You learned the law. Now comes the part nobody put on the syllabus
How do you tell a partner you have made a mistake? When do you fight every change in a contract, and when do you leave it alone? How do you work out who actually knows what is going on, say yes without becoming a doormat, and build a career without handing your whole life to it?
This is a practical guide to the human, commercial and occasionally ridiculous reality of becoming a lawyer. Fifty concise chapters, each with a real story, the trap to avoid and something you can do differently tomorrow morning
Learn everyone's name. Ask the stupid question early. Put the answer first. Take notes nobody asked for. Never negotiate against yourself. Know the end game and work backwards from it.
For trainees, newly qualified solicitors, in-house counsel and anyone who has discovered that qualifying was only the beginning, this is the page law school left out
Craig J. Duncan is a solicitor of England and Wales with nearly three decades in technology and commercial law. He trained in the City at Wilde Sapte, now Dentons, went in-house early and rose to General-Counsel, and has negotiated deals in more than forty countries. He has done all of it as a sight-impaired lawyer.
