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Originally posted by pony_trekker
Anyone with any sort of a sales ability would not even consider law skool in the first place.
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Dude, I worked in sales for years and I can attest to the fact that sales experience is worth as much as knowledge of black letter law before the majority of juries, and a healthy number of judges. I take it as the highest compliment when bookish sorts accuse me of succeeding by using style over substance.
On the flip side, I recently had a very nerdy judge rip me a new ass when I tried to slide a very sketchy argument past her. The dorks can be awfully nasty when they think they're slapping around a shyster or a slacker. Fuck it... I like getting nailed from time to time. Keeps my act sharp. Getting away with too much style over substance makes a man lazy...
Oh, and sales experience is a must for selling your bill to the client, win or lose. No one knows how to try cases anymore in the commercial field because none of the kids have personality. You gotta relate as a human to a judge or jury, and you can only do that by being confident and fluid in your delivery. These overstressed are too busy reading law review articles when they should be out honing their "sales pitch" to the judge/jury.
