In this book you will find a series of chapters designed to give young and aspiring lawyers the basics of real work legal practice. The book focuses on practice in a traditional law firm, although the principles involved can often be translated to other areas as well.
Topics in the book include a discussion of why you might enjoy being a lawyer and how you might find motivation in a legal career. The book talks about salaries, day to day tasks of a lawyer (both those done by junior lawyers and those done generally), what a law firm hierarchy looks like, and some descriptions of the different sizes of law firms.
Also included is a discussion of some of the common pros and cons of legal practice - include a discussion of stress, working hours and conditions, conflict and other negative issues that sometimes arise in legal practice.
Finally the book gives a description of some of the benefits of legal practice, and talks about how you can excel as a lawyer at various stages of your career, and what the path of promotion looks like in a law firm.
