2007-04-05 23:59:20 · 15 answers · asked by guinevere 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
All the answers are thought provoking. Your thoughts are appreciated. By the way, I am not practicing in court yet, I'm currently in the lecturing profession.
2007-04-12 23:17:51 · update #1
Not a good one. Attorneys are by nature (the good ones) very verbose, articulate, well informed and passionate debators. You can be shy. But you can't ACT shy.
2007-04-06 00:02:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
In any profession, there's someone who is extremely shy. Heck, most entertainers are extremely shy off-camera. A person can actually have two sides (a private side and a public side). You can be shy privately, but publicly you have to "put up a fake front" - so to speak. It takes practice but it is doable. What you can do is pretend you're someone else (i.e., Bill Clinton, Rudy Giulliani, Martin Luther King Jr.). What I'm saying is that the mind is a powerful thing - use it to your advantage.
You can apply this to lawyers. However, if one is having difficulty fighting off shyness then I would focus on corporate law, probate, real estate law, etc. - something of the sort where you don't litigate in front of the courtroom. But yes, there are shy lawyers. What one does to alter his or her personality depends on the effort you put into it.
2007-04-06 16:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by ЖЖЖ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course... there's shy people in every profession. Lawyers don't have to litigate though... especially in the big firms, a lawyer can simply work at his desk all the time and never come into the courtroom... or they can do estate planning or contracts or something... where they're working with people individually or in small groups. Or, there's plenty of people who can overcome their shy-ness to do certain things, but be shy elsewhere. Some people could have mastered lawyering to such an extent that the courtroom doesn't bother them anymore and they do great outgoing things in the courtroom, but are still shy elsewhere.
I'm just a law student, but I'm still pretty shy... but when I warm up to the situation, I start to talk more and become more outgoing. I haven't decided what I'm going to practice, but i know if i want to litigate I'll be able to handle it... I did speech and debate in high school and I've held offices and stuff for organizations before... I'm shy, but at some point you just have to get over it and do what you have to do.
2007-04-06 07:21:33 · answer #3 · answered by kmnmiamisax 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It becomes a different arena for them completely. When they walk into a court room they are somebody else. It is their power spot. This won';t happen immediately but will come quickly. Especially if they are good and know their stuff.
I am very shy but I am a lecturer an University. Because I know my stuff I can stand up and talk in front of 250 people no problem. Just don't ask me to have a convesation at a table with a group of people... I'm way too shy.
Good luck.
;-)
2007-04-06 07:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by PsiKnight9 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure.
I assume you're talking about someone that doesn't want to go in front of a court or jury and argue a case. Some lawyers never do that. They can work as corporate lawyers, and do well sitting in an office, drawing up or reviewing contracts, researching cases, etc. The results of their work go to the boss attorney who negotiates with other companies, or goes to court.
They could also work as a one-man outfit in a storefront, creating wills, reviewing real estate transactions, etc. I have no idea what kind of living they can make this way, though. It might be lucrative, it might be just enough to keep the lights on.
2007-04-06 07:04:55 · answer #5 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
many lawyers are shy. However it depends on their area of specialisation. As a rule lawyers who act in contentious matters need to be hound dogs to succeed. Lawyers delaing with non-contentious matters such as property transactions and probate can be a little more laid back. A good lawyer will be shy outside court and a wild boar in court. That is what we do for a living. We apply the law, viciously in favour of our clients.
2007-04-06 08:18:53 · answer #6 · answered by Cyrus M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so when they are in court. The nature of law is to fight mentally for the cause they a representing.
If the lawyer is shy then I don't think they would be able to present the case effectively for the client.
They could be shy in their personal life when dating or at parties..
2007-04-06 07:06:40 · answer #7 · answered by Aliz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeh.. they usually spend most of there careers in the public defenders office (as in free work for the clients) because unless you have no morals and a killer instinct you will fail at a defense position in the client paying world were the big money is.
2007-04-06 07:03:56 · answer #8 · answered by gregory_usa83 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never met a shy one...sly, yes. Of all the attorneys I know personally, they are all outgoing and won't think twice about telling you the way it is, even if you did NOT ask for it.
2007-04-12 23:08:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES
there can be a shy lawyer but it doesn't absoluately mean he won't perform well in the courtroom
2007-04-06 07:28:17 · answer #10 · answered by katy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all lawyers need to be all up front in courtrooms.
like copyright lawyers.
not just them but other types that don't need to be up in front of people, and deal with clients 1 on 1.
2007-04-06 07:04:00 · answer #11 · answered by adam w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋