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Cooper Legal Services
Dwayne E. Cooper, Atty at Law
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the Week
Lawyer Joke of
the Week
Primary Areas of Practice:
Family Law
Criminal Law
Personal
Injury Law
Estate Planning
Law
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Legal Topic of the Week
Preliminary notes to Reader:
- As an attorney, I receive many telephone calls each month from
people across the state who have legal questions. For many people, the
laws at the federal, state and local levels have become too confusing.
Clearly, these days, the ten commandments are not the only laws that
we must live by. Hopefully, this section will help you cut through
some of the legal jargon that is out there and may help you understand
some of your rights that you have. This section is not intended to be
a replacement for consulting an attorney on a legal matter. It is only
written to give you something to think about...
- Since much of my practice involves personal injury (auto
accidents, premises liability), family law (divorce, custody,
visitation, child support), criminal matters and estate planning
(wills, trusts and advance directives), it obviously makes sense to
start the "Legal Topic of the Week" section with these areas
first.
- Just lately, I was fortunate to address a group of young students
at South Wayne Junior High School, Pike High School and Lawrence Central High
School who expressed
some interest in possibly becoming a lawyer someday. I thought
you might be interested in looking at the outline of my speech to
those students. If you have a group or organization that is looking
for a speaker at your next meeting, feel free to give my office a
call.
So...you want to
become a lawyer?
A. Background info
1. Personal Info
2. Solo general practitioner
3. Communicator
4. Work hard and earn respect
5. A good lawyer should be a research expert
B. Why we need lawyers
1. Lawyer = one who works at the law
2. Law = the code of conduct that we all must live
by
3. Laws are necessary - makes our communities better
places to live in
4. There are many laws and many of the laws are
difficult to understand
5. Lawyers go to school to learn how to understand
laws
C. What does a lawyer do?
1. Advisor - informs what the law allows us to do
and what the law says we can’t do
2. Advocate - takes a person's side and argues for
that person
3. There are many other things that lawyers can do
D. What do you need to do to become a lawyer?
1. Education
2. Study hard to become a lawyer
3. Be willing to devote some time to becoming a
lawyer
4. Read
5. Become good at speaking
6. Be a good writer - Words are the main tools of
the lawyer
7. Learn to listen
8. Stand out from others in a good and positive way
a. Honesty - "honesty is always the best
policy"
b. Strong work ethic - "successful people
develop the habit of doing the things that failures don’t like to
do"
c. Unselfish
d. Compassionate to others
e. Other important qualities
* Law is a noble profession. Lawyers are guardians
of the law.
The above is not legal advice and you should not rely on it.
Everything on this web page is general information only. Nothing on
this web page establishes an attorney-client relationship. If you have
a legal question or problem, please consult an attorney.
Please send mail to dwayne@cooperlegalservices.com
with any questions or comments that you might have about this web
site.
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