There are numerous plagues all lawyers should avoid – things that if they could keep their hands off, could see them all smiles most of the time. Some of these things are hard to abandon – ones you get hooked, you’ll feel trapped in a maze and you might end up an unhappy lawyer if you don’t find your way out fast.
Don’t use your client’s money as if it’s your own – in other words, falling for the temptation to keep more money than you services can bargain for, leading you on the verge of being declared bankrupt.
Missing court sessions (e.g. if you are a defence lawyer) or showing up late, infuriating your client is somehow a disgrace to the profession.
At times one may fail to differentiate between the client and the lawyer, when the client seems to know what should be done leaving the confused lawyer sweating profusely. Do enough research and consultation. Shine, don’t wait to be outshined.
Are you quickly falling for greed? If your first priority is money (and lots of it) and second comes trailing your profession, your hands may end up touching ‘blood money’ which is always accompanied by a bullet that can do nothing but spill your blood all over your car seat in case you don’t abide by the wishes of its owners – remember their wish is always your command.
Get updated and weigh the moral implications of human law to the society in general.
Lawyers as social engineers should also give back to the society, for example, by sensitizing the people on various important aspects of laws, basic things like human rights, criminal and civil procedure, among other things.
A lawyer should try hard to avoid the many pitfalls known to them, apart from the ones listed above – that is if they want peace and value happiness.
To guarantee satisfaction to the clients, lawyers have no other option but to avoid the little baits that’ll whisk (away) their happiness.
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