2006-09-05 02:54:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Intelligence helps, but is not necessary. What is required is a reasonably good memory (mainly for the exams, not as much for actual practice) and the ability to understand rules.
The whole concept of law is that it is a set of rules, fit within a structure. To be able to practice (or pass the exams) you need to be able to understand that structure, and apply the rules within it to the facts that you get.
The other important skill in actual practice (and somewhat on the exams) is the ability to change perspectives, and think about a problem from multiple different directions. Lawyers that jump to conclusions without detailed and thorough analysis often do very poorly.
Finally, the one thing you will need a lot of to get through law school and the bar exam is determination. There's a lot of studying, a lot. But it's not just about memorization like in other types of schools. The purpose is to teach people how to extract the structure of the law from cases, and how to apply that law to the facts to reach a conclusion. That's what's tested on the bar exam, and that's most of the work of real life.
Good luck, and let me know if you have any other specific questions.
2006-09-05 05:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To succeed as a top lawyer one needs both excellent reasoning skills and good memory: intelligence.
However, the most important part of a successful practice is the business side of selling. So even a mediocre lawyer will get rich if he has family and business or political connections and brings law business to the firm. Cleverer lawyers than he will do the hard work.
Also, much of law is clerical and administrative. A bankruptcy lawyer may deal in hundreds of consumer chapter 7s and there rarely will be a difficult issue. If there is s/he just has to recognize it and get help. The only bad lawyer is one who doesn't realize when s/he is over his or her head and doesn't ask for assistance.
2006-09-05 03:00:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
becoming a lawyer entails finishing college then attending law school for three years. Then you must sit for the bar exam, this HUUUGE exam that takes two days, pass it, have a background investigation and an ethics exam, and then get sworn in.
You don't have to be a genius but you need to have flexible intelligence and a good memory, a desire to help people and patience.
2006-09-05 05:14:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, becoming a lawyer does require alot of school but more than book smarts it requires common sense and to be able to think things thru.
2006-09-05 02:58:04 · answer #4 · answered by kathy p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No , intelligence is not really very important for lawyers...most rely completely on their assistants/paralegals-they are the brains behind any successful attouney. For the most part attourneys are slick conman/used car salesmen types. About 2 years extra college is all it usually takes most.
2006-09-05 03:37:14 · answer #5 · answered by baalberith11704 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think any special cognitive skill is needed to get through college and law school. It is true however, that one must be very intelligent to be an attorney, and a person must be very intelligent to be a physician, and a person must be extraordinarily brilliant to be a psychologist.
2006-09-05 03:29:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 05:13:16 · answer #7 · answered by desantiago 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It involves constant reading to keep yourself updated in law. It is because law is dynamic and is constantly growing. Keep up or loose out..
2006-09-05 03:13:27 · answer #8 · answered by ~Venus~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on the lawyers I have met....No
2006-09-05 03:01:42 · answer #9 · answered by rumpled 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, just have to be able to go through alot of boring lectures. alot. 9 years worth
2006-09-05 02:56:18 · answer #10 · answered by kerr to u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋