Being A Lawyer

GamerDude talks about the various choices a new lawyer has to make when entering the legal profession. He talks about the trial attorney, which is what everyone pictures an attorney is, based on TV and the movies. He also talks about other areas of the law, like Trusts and Estates, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Real Estate, where attorneys can spend their entire careers and never see the inside of a courtroom. He also explains why those areas didn't interest him, because he wanted to be a trial attorney. He talks about one of his first trials as an intern in a prosecutor's office, where he had to take a speeding case to trial. He also talks about one of his first criminal defense cases: a trespassing case, and explains how he won it. He also talks about how rationalizing being a criminal defense attorney can be more difficult when dealing with more heinous crimes, like sexual assault. GamerDude also explains some of the practical sides of the practice of law that they don't teach you in law school. He talks about having to delay a preliminary hearing because an important witness, Mr. Green, hadn't shown up, and he talks about how his boss taught him not to show up for court until the client pays for your services.