A day in the life of an attorney. Its said that its the last job you'll ever want. (source 1) Over thirty percent of lawyers who receive their law degrees are not practicing law regularly ten years after graduation. Attorneys can work up to eighteen hours a day and more than three thousand hours in a year on cases. (source 1) Lawyers also spend time in law libraries or record rooms, in the homes and offices of …
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…secrets of clients that practitioners would rather not hear but which they must listen to and listen to very carefully. Lawyers as a group have a lot of cynicism and unease, often with good reason. (source 6) Whether the defendant is a accused Unabomber, a nanny or an Oklahoma City bombing suspect, the public craves insight into the latest sensational tale. But when people tune in to television's lawyer-commentators, insight isn't always what they get. (source 10)