Do I enjoy working closely with people regarding significant events or issues affecting their lives?
The practice of law is a “people business.” Lawyers do not work merely on “cases” or research interesting legal issues. A lawyer makes a living by helping people who have come for aid and advice regarding personal, criminal, social, or business related problems. Necessarily, a client already has concluded that he or she cannot solve the problem on his or her own. The client knows it will be necessary to divulge very personal or private facts to a lawyer. Personal and confidential relations are created. The client most often will not perceive the problem as merely “ordinary,” but as a personal or business crisis. A lawyer must enjoy working with people and must derive specific satisfaction from helping people work through difficult, threatening, and significant events in their lives. 2. Can I empathize with a client’s situation, yet have the ability to objectively analyze the issues and their consequences in light of the existing law? The main task of a lawyer is to solve a client’s pro
