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Is a great trial lawyer only born, or can one be taught?

By Marks & Katz, LLC

 Can great trial lawyering be taught, or is one only born with it?  When I was a college senior struggling to figure out whether to go to law school or business school (I preferred saving the world with a law degree, but saw a business career as a safer way to financial security), and what to do with my life in either discipline ?- rather than taking a t?ai chi harmonious approach, not having learned t?ai chi yet -- a close relative panned my consideration of possibly being a trial lawyer. This relative, not a lawyer himself, viewed successful trial lawyers as being successful actors, and said I had not proven myself as an actor (I had barely acted, except for small rolls in a few elementary-school-age plays). By the way, since being real and honest is a key ingredient to being a great trial lawyer, that does differ from when an actor is part of an effort to create a fantasy setting...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on April 07, 2008 (boomark / email).