First, the characteristics of the legal profession
(a) the professional law dealing with people as a discipline to adjust people's behavior norms, whether the formulation and implementation of its rules directly affect people. Therefore, as a legal worker, you usually have to deal with people directly and be good at dealing with people. People-oriented thinking and problem solving. (2) Majors closely combining theory with practice Although most disciplines need to combine theory with practice, the degree of combination of law is more thorough. Without a solid theoretical foundation of law, it is impossible to deal with it. We only know the principle and ignore the reality, so we can't implement it in practice. Taking litigation as an example, the facts involved in disputes cannot be separated from the analysis of legal principles, which are integrated into various facts. Moreover, in addition to the principles of the law itself, we should also face up to customs, business practices and so on. And different social realities directly affect the effect of law enforcement. Therefore, traditions, customs and the way of the world are all things that legal persons must pay attention to. On the other hand, new problems in reality also directly promote the revision and perfection of legal rules. (3) The same legal provisions as other disciplines have different characteristics in different professional fields. If you don't know the relevant fields, it will restrict the legal person's understanding of legal phenomena. For example, in construction disputes, legal persons should not only understand the contract law, but also understand the basic rules in the field of construction. As the handlers of medical disputes, we need to understand the basic processes and phenomena of medical treatment. Although the expert assistant or expert witness system can be adopted, the legal person's own understanding will be beneficial to the settlement of disputes. ? Second, the professional ability requirements? The close combination of theory and practice determines that law students need to have the ability of theoretical analysis and problem solving, especially as legal practitioners, they also need the following abilities: (1) Clear expression and professional expression are the basic skills for legal persons to use the law. After all, law is not a still life on paper, but a practical subject of application and real life. Whether in court, preaching or communicating with the parties, it is inseparable from clear and professional expression. (2) Communication ability The process of dispute resolution is the process of communication. Whether it is trial debate, business negotiation, reception of parties, coordination of conflicts between parties, etc. Need communication skills. Different communication has different effects. (3) Writing ability is inseparable from rigorous and standardized writing, and legal practice is also inseparable from various legal documents. Contracts, complaints, legal analysis reports and legal opinions are all tests of legal writing ability. Take lawyers as an example. A lawyer who can't write cannot be a good lawyer. (4) Logical ability, whether it is oral expression or written writing, or legal analysis and argumentation, is inseparable from strong logical thinking ability. Without logic, there is no persuasion, without logic, there is no communication, without logic, it is often impossible to understand, and the legal person's logical thinking ability is particularly important. (5) the ability to solve problems quickly, taking lawyers as an example. Disputes often happen suddenly, and they are often in a hurry to solve them. It is the basic feature of this profession to ask for quick and efficient dispute resolution. Because of this, lawyers must seriously study the solutions to common disputes in peacetime, sum up experiences and mistakes in time, and often make some types of analysis and preparation for certain disputes. Once a similar problem occurs, they will immediately start typing the solution. (VI) Mentality: Dedication, honesty, diligence and adherence to the legal profession are hard occupations, which require not only a strong body, but also a pious attitude and love for the legal profession. In the process of legal profession, persistence and diligence are needed. The court has many people and few cases, and the pressure is huge; Faced with the high or even unreasonable demands of clients, lawyers are under great pressure. To be a master of solving problems by law, only diligence. To win the recognition of others, in addition to the above-mentioned ability training, we must also adhere to honesty and piety to the law. ? Third, the employment prospects? Generally speaking, excellent legal persons are still very scarce. A very prominent phenomenon is: on the one hand, excellent legal persons cannot be recruited, on the other hand, legal persons can't find jobs in long queues. The reason is that the training mode of colleges and universities is obviously out of touch with legal practice, and the skills needed by the unit can not be cultivated for a while, or even never mentioned. This also restricts students' smooth employment. Of course, different units have different characteristics. (1) It seems natural for legal persons in judicial organs to enter the judicial organs, and it is indeed the first choice of many legal persons. However, due to the judicial environment and entry threshold, other institutions have become an important choice for modern college students. The greatest benefits of entering the judiciary are: the application of learning art, the consistency between work and specialty, and the satisfaction of professional feelings. Moreover, the initial treatment is more secure than the law firm, and relatives and friends around you will feel more dignified than entering the enterprise. But the work pressure is not light. (2) Law Firm In everyone's mind, lawyers are a "free, high-income" profession. In fact, the surface of the scenery masks the hardships behind it. The so-called high income is not as beautiful as the public sees, especially in the initial stage, the lawyer's salary is very low and the life pressure is huge. Three or five years later, some of them have grown up and some are still struggling. The so-called freedom is relative, and freedom is usually inversely proportional to treatment. However, the greatest advantage of the lawyer profession is that you can show your ability to the maximum extent. (3) Corporate Law Corporate Law can quickly solve the basic survival problems for newly graduated students, but the bottleneck of development is also very obvious, especially the marginalization of law. Although more and more excellent enterprises begin to attach importance to the role of law in enterprise management and regard law as productivity, legal persons in more enterprises are still marginalized. Because the legal person constantly puts forward risks in the enterprise, it often conflicts with the thinking of "expanding the scale and getting quick success", which can not reflect the role of the legal person and is even regarded as a reaction. Therefore, it is a common phenomenon that corporate lawyers eventually leave the legal affairs to go to the top of the enterprise or return to the ranks of lawyers. (4) The "all-purpose oil" feature of government agency law enables law students to work in any institution. In addition, in the atmosphere of supremacy of power, civil servants are still highly respected by the public. Therefore, there are not a few law school students who put all their eggs in one basket to take the national examination. Although the legal person did not use his own legal major after entering the office, over time, he gradually got used to the office environment, gradually became indifferent to his major, and at the same time lost the ability to compete with others in the legal field. Only a few of them still love the law or don't adapt to the institutional environment, and finally leave the civil service to join the corporate legal and lawyer team. (5) The threshold for other institutions to enter colleges and universities is getting higher and higher. Although the treatment may not be the highest, it can only be very few. Whether you are just starting a business or meeting the right opportunity to change careers, you often hear the saying of changing careers. After all, the openness of social concepts and the diversification of employment have been more and more accepted by people.