“A lawyer is kind of like a doctor – you listen to clients’ problems with empathy, help them frame the problem correctly, offer alternatives, and provide the confidence to follow the right course of action without deciding for them.”
This is what my dad, a retired physician of many years, said to me recently.
These used to be called soft skills. But with legal research, writing, data and administrative tasks demanding far less time and honed ability, these may be the hardest legal skills still standing.
A lawyer is kind of like a doctor
“A lawyer is kind of like a doctor – you listen to clients’ problems with empathy, help them frame the problem correctly, offer alternatives, and provide the confidence to follow…
