So yes, it never ends.

It really doesn't. ha.

The first lesson they taught us at Leos, besides trust accounting and ethics and file management and a hooplah of other things is how to deal with lawyer jokes and how NOT to tell people that you are a lawyer by profession. I haven't clearly remembered how to deal with it yet (because I'm half asleep most of the time at 9.30 am lectures - it's better than ALL of the time, still waiting for coffee to take effect!) but I think it has something to do telling people that you're a monk that does good things for money, or something along those lines..

But that said and done... it's nice to be in this circle. It's nice to be able to wake up everyday and go to a place that has very talented people who have been in their jobs for so many years and still dealing with it. oh yes, the ridiculousness of it all.

Do you know that we're the only profession that tells our clients how they can go about complaining against us?!! yes. It's called disclosure form or something like that, that we have to attach at the back of every closing letter and after rendering a bill of costs. Yups.

So for all the years of pain that I'm going to subsequent after, but it's ok because this is MY dream....

Five reasons why you should have studied medicine, instead of law

Taken from Lawyer's Weekly:

01- It's NOT that funny to make jokes about doctors, whereas the rest of the world thinks lawyer jokes are hilarious

02- People still get sick during a recession, but legal services can quickly become a discretionary item (unless of course you've taken on the role as debt collection specialist

03- Driving a seriously expensive car would have been seen as a reflection of your worth to society, instead of just a blatant self-indulgence and indication of your ridiculous salary.

04- Upon graduation you would have received the fancy title of 'Dr' attached to your name, instead of just becoming initials or a code when reporting to billable units. and yes, we can still bill in 6 minute increments.
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05- When people asked what you do at parties, the declaration that you're a doctor wouldn't have become the conversation stopper that it is when you say you're a lawyer.