What factors are needed to become a good lawyer?

Becoming a lawyer is the dream of many people. This dream is quite trendy and consistent with the development of society because in reality, the legal profession is currently considered “hot” and is increasingly asserting its position and role. So, what factors are needed to become a good lawyer? Let’s learn about them with PL & Partners through the following article.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.

To become a good lawyer, the first factor that all professions require is compliance with “Professional Ethics”. To demonstrate the importance of this factor, the Vietnam Bar Federation has issued Decision No. 201/QD-HDLSTQ 2019 regulating the code of ethics and professional conduct for Vietnamese Lawyers.

Nam Cao once said: ” Negligence in any profession is immorality.”, in the legal profession it is even more necessary. The reason is, lawyers represent their clients and carry out requests to protect their clients’ best interests and rights according to the provisions of law. Therefore, maintaining professional ethics is extremely important and affects the client as well as the lawyer himself.

STRONG PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION.

Lawyers must be knowledgeable about the provisions of law. The main activity of a lawyer is to apply the law and advise on the application of the law in different cases in life. Therefore, lawyers must fully and accurately grasp the regulations and know how to apply those regulations flexibly.

In addition, mastering professional knowledge and the spirit of the law also helps lawyers study, improve knowledge and update new legal information more quickly and effectively.

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HAVING SOFT SKILLS.

Lawyers must have necessary soft skills. They can be understood as the ability to be eloquent, grasp, synthesize and analyze problems, convey accurate information,etc.

Soft skills play a very important role in determining a lawyer’s ability to work. Because the legal profession has to communicate with not only clients but also state agencies and related parties to assist in solving tasks.

LOGICAL THINKING.

The main job of a lawyer is to advise and solve legal problems for his clients. To be able to synthesize and analyze the information provided by clients and come up with solutions, it is necessary to have logical, coherent and rigorous thinking. This is an important factor that determines whether a lawyer can go far with his profession or not because being a lawyer is an attractive profession but also has many difficult and tough cases that need to be resolved. Therefore, training and promoting analytical and logical thinking is extremely necessary.

GOOD FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

Another factor that is also extremely important for lawyers to get a foothold in the industry is foreign language. In Vietnam, the number of lawyers with good foreign language skills is not much. Meanwhile, the country is transforming strongly towards integration with the world. Clients and cases with foreign elements are fertile “grounds” that make good money for lawyers. Therefore, having lawyers with good foreign language skills will be a great advantage in providing the best services to clients.

Above are the necessary factors to become a good lawyer.