How do working people in legal profession deal with the warped system that exist on ground which is very different from the one projected law school? I mean you realise once you start working that the professionals (many of them) are unethical, corrupt and greedy at most of the workplaces (irrespective of the type of office.. be it corporate, litigation, in-house, etc).
And the work itself seems very much clerical, which stunt growth of ideas within you. All this turns out totally opposite to the legal principles and ideas we study and progress through, in our law school journey. Am I the only one having this feeling and feeling disenchanted with the way things are?
Maybe it's not our education system not improving in accordance with the job market, but the job market conditions not getting better to match the idealistic standards of our education system?
As a lawyer from a T1 NLU now working at a T1 law firm, it's a harsh reality check to see the dissonance between the idealistic principles we learned in law school and the often Kafkaish nature of the legal profession. It's like studying one game but playing another altogether. However, while the system may be bad, there's still room to uphold integrity and drive change from within.
It's about finding balance between the ideals we hold dear and the practicalities of the profession. And perhaps, as professionals, we can strive to reshape the system to better reflect the principles we were taught.
That's life. Even if you're from the best university in the world and work with the best company in the world. You will still be subject to these miseries of life. Learn to be realistic, nihilist, positive etc. whatever sails your boat.
And the work itself seems very much clerical, which stunt growth of ideas within you. All this turns out totally opposite to the legal principles and ideas we study and progress through, in our law school journey. Am I the only one having this feeling and feeling disenchanted with the way things are?
Maybe it's not our education system not improving in accordance with the job market, but the job market conditions not getting better to match the idealistic standards of our education system?
Thoughts?
It's about finding balance between the ideals we hold dear and the practicalities of the profession. And perhaps, as professionals, we can strive to reshape the system to better reflect the principles we were taught.
Point is, status-quo is beneficial for few and fatal for the normal citizenry.
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