Qualities, attitude and skills, in several ways, play a very crucial role in making a lawyer successful. Generally, lawyers develop these skills from the very initial stage when they start as law students. In the current times, the law schools are also playing a very important role in developing such skills. In fact, the competition and approach in the field of law has changed a lot since the last 20 years or so. Therefore, it is very important in such a competitive field to be very professional, passionate, committed towards work and having accurate knowledge of law. Apart from these skills, there are some etiquettes that a successful lawyer always carries. Besides, there is always a difference between a good lawyer and a successful lawyer. In the final analysis, a lawyer who embodies all these qualities and skills together with the correct attitude, is considered to be a successful lawyer.
Roughly, the attitude, quality and skills that make lawyers successful can be divided into two parts: i.e. (i) “What They Learn as Law Student” and (ii) “When They Become a Legal Professional”.
When You Are a Law Student
As a field of study, Law is requires a command on details of legislation, case laws and a wider view of how different areas interlock. Normally, a lawyer and a law student need to remember a lot of things and for that, they need to develop a base. A law school generally plays a very important role in developing a good base for becoming a good lawyer. They train the law student in those ways which are required to practice law competently and effectively for being successful.
Some of these ways are:
· Command Over Language
· Oratory Skills
· Reading Habit
· Perseverance
· Knowledge of Current Affairs & Research Work
· Dress Code
· Writing Skill
When You Become a Legal Professional
Enumerated below are some of the qualities and skills that are required by a lawyer to be successful and some of these skills are developed from the time of learning the subject of law as a student:
· Valuing The Clients
· Treating Colleagues with Respect
· Effective Communication
· Habit of Punctuality
· Dress Code
· Being an Attentive Listener
· Stress On Politeness
· Acceptance of Mistakes
A Good Lawyer and Successful Lawyer Are Not Always the Same
Theoretically, a good lawyer is thought to be a successful lawyer as well. But practically, this is not true. In fact, there are various factors that affect the success in the legal profession. Legal profession requires many qualities and skills and the person who uses all such qualities and skills at the best is known as a successful lawyer.
A successful lawyer must contain strong analytical and advocacy skills, good team work and support, passion in the particular area of law, command on advice and way of dealing with clients of different nature differently, and be able to understand the client’s objective clearly. These qualities create a good differentiation between a good and successful lawyer.
Final Words
To conclude, it can be said that this is not an exhaustive list. Other than all this, there are several other general skills that are required by lawyers like adaptability, time management, leadership skills and effective stress management. However, we can say that a sum of all these qualities is required to be a successful lawyer.
