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If I could go back in time would probably again choose a career in law.
regards
op who typed choosed
1. Your messages so far seem to prima facie indicate that your ability to proofread is very poor indeed. This is a concrete skill you can work on. In order to be a good lawyer anywhere in the world, you need to be able to proofread well.
2. You won't always be given direct feedback. There might be situations where rules or regulations around feedback (academic settings in particular) stipulate that at most, a hint can be given to you about where your writing is going wrong (e.g., a dissertation supervisor being allowed to go only as far as to say, 'Are you sure every spelling on P. 15 is correct?'). Learn to take a hint. Yes, getting lambasted publicly isn't fun, but this is better than missing a hint in an actual high stakes situation.
3. Following on from no. 2, your ability to engage in self reflection is also very poor. Lack of improvement in this regard is likely to be unhelpful to you in the long term.
If I were you, I'd say this is more useful advice than some random sob story about how somebody made the choice to become a lawyer, for the above points are actual, concrete lessons you can learn in order to be considered even minimally competent in a field that shows little mercy to those who aren't.