What Law School Doesn't Teach You

While law school taught us a lot, being practicing lawyers - and the lifestyle that comes along with it - involves so much more than what we learned as students. In this week's video, we want to share four of the things which law school didn't teach us, but which we think are important to know (and which have helped us on our own career journeys!).
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:08 Lawyers are highly specialized
2:23 The importance of interpersonal relationships
4:53 Work/life balance can be really hard
7:19 Becoming a lawyer isn't the only career option

[@khanhchinp]

My career has nothing to do with law but I still enjoy your contents a lot, thanks for the videos

[@rizzoli7]

onii - chan sama

[@jojowu1611]

Thanks for the useful advice! You and Lloyd are pro and deserve more subscriptions.

[@kyu1455]

Thanks for the insights. I find the same is applicable for other education disciplines and is really the skill sets obtained through education as oppose to the specific subject matter itself. I am sure a lot of others will find your tips useful. Looking forward to your next video. Cheers!

[@als.3619]

So glad you guys do these videos. They are so good!

[@alhambraalhambra734]

Can you talk a little bit about how a law firm is structured, like the different "ranks" within a firm, "of counsel", and the difference, if any, between British and American firms?

[@joannedion]

It’s a really good content, love you guys 🤎

[@user-kv2sy7qe5w]

If I had discovered this channel earlier, I wouldn't have been so stressed for searching an internship as a Year 1 law student...I know too little about this industry and I gain a lot from your videos. Thank you so much for sharing

[@EmandLloyd]

Thank you for watching! We definitely are trying to provide info which is helpful to students like yourself, so we're super glad to hear that you've gotten value from our videos. All the best with school!

[@enz0327]

this channel is so underrated!!!

[@rachellam3760]

thanks for your sharing!!

[@lauhon4320]

Logical and clear!

[@ingridyau3012]

Thanks for the last 2 tips! I'm in my penultimate year as law undergraduate, but I'm not limited to pursuing legal profession. Healthy habits and exploration of alternative career are definitely my key considerations these days!

[@ArtraLife]

Hey Em and Lloyd! great channel and content, fellow ex lawyer from HK here and just thought it would be great to connect :) you guys are doing a great job! love watching them! + 1 subscriber to support even though you guys have 10+ K already !

[@EmandLloyd]

Hi Tracey, thanks so much for your kind words and support! Always great to meet other lawyers who have made the jump 😊 Love what you're doing with your channel as well, and can't wait to see how your journey goes!

[@On99123]

Nice video 👍

[@olisal8566]

As someone that is about to start their training contract, it would be great to know what led you guys to select which seat to specialise in post-qualification, eg litigation and corporate M&A. Love your videos!

[@EmandLloyd]

Great suggestion! We're actually working on a video like this now - excited to share :)

[@zhijunlee1808]

Very useful video, could you share ur opinion about the situation in Hong Kong after the national security law took effect，thx

[@lammichael8111]

I am surprised to see you still keep Lloyd's introduction to jurisprudence 😂

[@EmandLloyd]

We didn't realize we had it until Em went digging through her old textbooks! Glad we kept it for this video 😂

[@lcylydia]

They didn't teach me to judge potential jurors based purely on prejudices: appearance, age, gender, and bag brand

[@salami7031]

As a lawyer, do you also have to learn psychology? (I’m interested in psychology and am curious if I’m suitable to be a lawyer) Love your videos!

[@EmandLloyd]

Not a prerequisite - but no harm in doing an undergrad in psychology and doing a JD if you're interested in Law!

[@kevinlau5940]

Teacher Kevin did not know why he got dumped out of HK

[@lazyhusband]

Law “class” taught me that I wouldn’t make a good lawyer. 🤣

[@shutongli6355]

I'm always the first 10 likes!

[@EmandLloyd]

Thanks so much for the support!

[@felixg4785]

Em is so cute, sweet and beautiful😊😊

[@stephenhall4115]

The law itself is relatively easy. If the law were so complex that people of reasonable intelligence could not grasp its requirements, it would be useless for the purpose for which it exists. It’s people who are (or can be) difficult.

[@kevinlau5940]

Career does not teach you to read people minds .
Kevin did not know the reason why he got dumped out of HK.

[@tomsun4951]

Tfw missed first. :(

[@leonfong4456]

Any greedy lawyers?

[@ctkom9577]

Second

[@fazalrahman5275]

I am a barrister from UK.......how to contact you