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Law school misconceptions |
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You are a funny guy. |
| Date Posted: |
06/14/2001 |
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It could be a lotta BS.
It could also be that this person ENJOYS law more than they enjoy selling widgets, so they would be more successful lawyers than salesmen.
Also, the best salesmen I've met are usually just personable, excellent interpersonal speakers (BSers), and good at managing personal relationships. Good lawyers, on the other hand, must be good at public speaking, intelligent, and capable of constructing/presenting compelling and convincing arguments to a jury in a symapathetic manner. These skills not perfectly transferrable from one profession to the other. Most good lawyers wouldn't necessarily make great salesmen, and great salesmen would rarely make good lawyers. If you can proove otherwise, I'd love to hear.
If not, please just admit that you were wrong and that it is possible for a JD to be a requisite for success in some cases. Saying otherwise would be futile at this point because my arguments have simply put your logic (and hopefully your reputation for advice on this board) to shame.
I always thought you sounded like an idiot and an asshole... |
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Your argument is all but conclusive if it is applied universally. The counter-example of a corporate attorney who never enters a courtroom would require none of your tenets. Although intelligence would remain questionable, because lawyers do not have to brilliant.
Actually the individual your response pertains to is quite right. When abiding by the laws of pure logic, which most lawyers claim is so necessary to the profession, nothing is absolute. The closest their one can get is probabilities or presumption of fact.
Being a lawyer has more to do with rhectoric than truth or logic alhtough logic can very well be encompassed within rhetoric.
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