Teaching Professional Responsibility is part of my law school teaching portfolio. While I hope to instill a love for practicing law, I strive to caution about its dangers, seductions, and pitfalls. Want to clue into them? Read “Law v. Life: What Lawyers Are Afraid to Say About the Legal Profession,” by Walt Bachman. It’s required reading in my PR class. Here are five lessons from it:
Lesson No. 1: Though the risks and consequences of a legal dispute are more dire for the client, it is the lawyer who gets the ulcers.
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