Ce qu'il faut pour etre un riche avocat...

Dans les commentaires d'un article sur les difficultés pour les étudiants en droit de trouver un emploi très bien rémunéré, j'ai trouvé ceci particulièrement éclairant: I’ve made a living in private practice for thirty years so I have scars to prove I know whereof I speak. The qualities that get someone into (and through) law school are NOT the qualities that help a lawyer survive and prevail in private practice. Intelligence and hard work are enough to bring success in law school. In private practice, a lawyer needs self confidence to the point of arrogance, a powerful and realistic instinct for the bottom line and cost effective work practices, ability to cut one’s losses, charm and good looks, salesmanship, and family connections. And if you can only have one of all these advantages, family connections is far and away the most helpful thing to have. Incidentally, I find that - contrary to the stereotype - there is no correlation between success and low ethical standards. There are lots of highly successfuly lawyers who are scrupulously ethical and lots of really crooked lawyers who never make decent money. Comment by Quitaque - September 23, 2007 at 11:25 pm PS. As far as I can see, everyone in the legal profession lies constantly about their salaries (we inflate when reporting to friends and law school and too many of us deflate when turning in our tax returns). I don’t think anyone has a realistic idea of what lawyers really make, but I think the true figures, across the board, are much lower than anyone thinks. When you look at the 150,000 a year salaries paid to top grads, it looks great until you realize that these kids are working 70-80 hours a week to get this money. They barekly make $50/hour when all is said and done. Plumbers and ac repairmen make more per hour than kids with entry level “dream jobs” at big law firms. Comment by Quitaque - September 23, 2007 at 11:30 pm http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/09/24/the-dark-side-of-legal-job-market/