You Want To Be A Lawyer? Really?

Posted in Community ::: March 6, 2009 12:28 PM

This past week I was one of the presenters at the Rome Free Academy Career Day, where Juniors had a chance to visit with numerous area businesses and find out more about their respective careers.  This was the second or third time doing this for me and it was again enjoyable.  The folks at RFA, combined with the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce, had it well organized and running like clockwork.  And despite this profession eating you up and spitting you out on some (most?) days, I did my best to not discourage the students from considering it as their calling! Here are some random observations:

* You have to give out candy - without candy, you will have a very lonely booth.

*  The young people of today, for the most part, are definitely more aware of all that goes into a career than I was at their age. I fielded some pretty good questions on the cost of law school, the bar exam, difficulty starting out as a business owner, etc.  Pretty impressive. 

*  Rome Free Academy never ceases to impress me.  That place is nicer than both my college and law school were when I attended them.  Rome is fortunate to have that school and it was the right choice to build it. 

*  Despite being more aware of life in general, most of the students had as their impression of the law what they've seen on Law & Order.  It's not quite like that, suffice to say. 

*  I seem to be way more popular when I visit high schools now than when I was actually in high school, go figure!

All in all, it was a good expenditure of time and am happy that my office can give back as much as we do.  Onward. 

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  1. Posted :: March 31st, 2009Andy McElwee

    No way could RFA be nicer than SBU. Does RFA have a gym built like Butler in the 90’s (1890s) or halls with torn carpet and exposed electrical like Dev?

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