Practice Management

There is a good post on Lawyerist concerning how law students can go about creating their own niche. Laura Bergus writes that law students can improve their job prospects and create confidence by building on a niche during law school.

I think she is right.

Lawyers generally are not in the greatest demand believe it or not.  However, people that have an expert knowledge or interest in something are in tight supply. For law students, the better that they can define their interest and curiosity, the better they will succeed at the practice of law after graduation.

As Ms. Bergus points out, a niche interest (we do not have to call it knowledge at this point) not only tends to build confidence in you as the lawyer or law student, but it also builds confidence in those who might want to employ you.

The article suggests that you can build upon this interest throughout law school in legal writing assignments, research projects, papers, notes and articles you might pursue. This is simply good advice.