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Successful Attorney Scott Lucas

published May 26, 2023

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
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Successful Attorney Scott Lucas
  1. If you could only tell them one thing, what one thing do you feel is most important for recent law school graduates to know about that would help them be successful attorneys?

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    A. Keep your options open and remain flexible early in your career. Also, be mindful that pursuing employment that will lay a good foundation for your career early on is far more important that pursuing money in the early stages of your career. Many recent law graduates have tunnel vision about large starting salaries but they don't realize many newly minted attorneys do not hold onto these highly-compensated jobs for very long. When you're starting out, the most important part of a long and success legal career is focusing on the fundamentals and honing in on skills that are both marketable and transferable.
  2. What are some of the ways that you became a successful attorney?


    A. Patience and persistence with the evolution of my career combined with diligence in the development of my litigation skills. Improving my craft as a lawyer takes steady concentration, a willingness and enthusiasm about increasing my aptitude as an attorney, and a positive mental attitude about engaging in a process that can take quite some time. Everyone sees the end product but no one becomes a world-class litigator overnight. It does not matter where you went to school, what journal you were on, or what your grades were. Becoming a successful attorney is a lifetime endeavor.
     
  3. If you could change one thing that happened during your career, what would it be?


    A. The startup of my solo practice would be one area I might have done differently. Had I the chance to redo it, I would never had started the practice as I was not able to compete with large firms that had advertising budgets. The time I spend in the practice could have been better spent elsewhere advancing my career. With the recent downturn in the legal market, there's a lot of hype out there about going solo as a means to instant success. However, some practice areas require a substantial advertising budget in order to retain a sufficient number of cases and clients. A new attorney would be wise to seek the opinions of attorneys practicing in the areas the potential solo is interested in and learn the ins and outs and common pitfalls of that practice area.

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  4. What is your advice for current law students on how they can prepare for their future careers now?


    A: Get practical experience as early and as often as you can. You will learn a lot in school, but there is no substitute for being exposed to the practice of law. Find an internship, a part-time position as a law clerk, a summer law clerk position, whatever you have to do, do so that you can get inside of a law practice and get a real feel for what is going on. Law school teaches you a great deal of policy and case law, which is certainly useful, but it won't suffice when you're out in the world trying to make a living. Volunteer if that's what it takes. Once you graduate and pass the bar, there won't be as much time - and patience on the part of employers - for someone who is not diligent about learning how to practice. Additionally, law is in many ways a sales business. Learn how to sell yourself and what you do as a lawyer. This is another important area that law school will not teach you, but is very important as a component of your legal career's success.

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Harrison is the founder of BCG Attorney Search and several companies in the legal employment space that collectively gets thousands of attorneys jobs each year. Harrison’s writings about attorney careers and placement attract millions of reads each year. Harrison is widely considered the most successful recruiter in the United States and personally places multiple attorneys most weeks. His articles on legal search and placement are read by attorneys, law students and others millions of times per year.

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published May 26, 2023

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
( 11 votes, average: 4.6 out of 5)
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