<p>I have a general impression of lawyers/attorneys that is characterized by boring, lethargic and dull work.
So, I was wondering what the fun side of being a lawyer is... this could be anything related to the life of a lawyer</p>
<p>Laughing at JAG and Law & Order.</p>
<p>My uncle, a patent lawyer, says the most fun part of his job is going to trial. Strangely enough, this is considered the worst by his partners… I guess they’re worried about losing millions in front of a jury.</p>
<p>My dad, a prosecutor, says the most fun part is the satisfaction of bringing someone to justice… which incidentally happens in front of a jury.</p>
<p>I’m personally hoping I enjoy the oratory and argument required of lawyers. If I understand correctly, though, most of a lawyer’s time is spent preparing for the case… which can be quite dull.</p>
<p>It’s better than being an accountant.</p>
<p>Monty Python said it best:</p>
<p>"First let me say how very pleased I was to be asked on the 4th inst. to write</p>
<p>an article on why accountancy is not boring. I feel very very strongly that</p>
<p>there are many people who may think that accountancy is boring, but they</p>
<p>would be wrong, for it is not at all boring, as I hope to show you in this</p>
<p>article, which is, as I intimated earlier, a pleasure to write. </p>
<p>"I think I can do little worse than begin this article by describing why</p>
<p>accountancy is not boring as far as I am concerned, and then, perhaps, go on</p>
<p>to a more general discussion of why accountancy as a whole is not boring. As</p>
<p>soon as I awake in the morning it is not boring. I get up at 7.16, and my</p>
<p>wife Irene, an ex-schoolteacher, gets up shortly afterwards at 7.22.</p>
<p>Breakfast is far from boring and soon I am ready to leave the house. Irene,</p>
<p>a keen Rotarian, hands me my briefcase and rolled umbrella at 7.53, and I</p>
<p>leave the house seconds later. It is a short walk to Sutton station, but by</p>
<p>no means a boring one. There is so much to see, including Mr Edgeworth, who</p>
<p>also works at Robinson Partners. Mr Edgeworth is an extremely interesting</p>
<p>man, and was in Uxbridge during the war. Then there is a train journey of</p>
<p>2 minutes to London Bridge, one of British Rail’s main London terminal, where</p>
<p>we accountants mingle for a moment with stockbrokers and other accountants</p>
<p>from all walks of life. I think that many of the people to whom accountancy</p>
<p>appears boring think that all accountants are the same. Nothing could be</p>
<p>further from the truth. Some accountants are chartered, but very many others</p>
<p>are certified. I am a certified accountant, as indeed is Mr Edgeworth, whom</p>
<p>I told you about earlier. However, in the next office to mine is a Mr</p>
<p>Manners, who is a chartered accountant, and, incidentally, a keen Rotarian.</p>
<p>However, Mr Edgeworth and I get on extremely well with Mr Manners, despite</p>
<p>the slight prestige superiority of his position. Mr Edgeworth, in fact, gets</p>
<p>on with Mr Manners extremely well, and if there are two spaces at lunch it</p>
<p>is more than likely he will sit with Mr Manners. So far, as you can see,</p>
<p>accountancy is not boring. During the morning there are a hundred and one</p>
<p>things to do. A secretary may pop in with details of an urgent audit. This</p>
<p>happened in 1967 and again last year. On the other hand, the phone may ring,</p>
<p>or there may be details of a new superannuation scheme to mull over. The</p>
<p>time flies by in this not at all boring way, and it is soon ,when there is</p>
<p>only 1 hour to go before Mrs Jackson brings round the tea urn. Mrs Jackson</p>
<p>is just one of the many people involved in accountancy who give the lie to</p>
<p>those who say it is a boring profession. Even a solicitor or a surveyor would</p>
<p>find Mrs Jackson a most interesting person. At 10.00am, having drunk an</p>
<p>interesting cup of tea, I put my cup on the tray and then…( 18 pages</p>
<p>deleted here - Ed .) … and once the light is turned out by Irene, a very</p>
<p>keen Rotarian, I am left to think about how extremely un-boring my day has</p>
<p>been, being an accountant. Finally may I say how extremely grateful I am to</p>
<p>your book for so generously allowing me so much space."</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>First off I will premise this by saying that I am typing this from my desk in the law firm. From what I have gathered based on my brief time working at this Law Firm( I am interning for the summer). Oh, before I go further I am working at one of the Top litigation firms in the country, just so you know the field of law. The lead partners have told me they take great pride in fighitng for the victory for their clients and really enjoy being the best prepared going into the courtroom to do battle. The whole process leading up to trial is difficult, but the verdict usually makes it well worth it ( In over 40 trials, the managing partner here has lost only 3 in his entire career.)</p>
<p>There’s no fun side of law, unless you mean on a relative scale (i.e. fun for law), in which case: retiring.</p>
<p>narkij I take it u are not a lawer or are not a good lawyer?</p>