Monday, April 23, 2012

gap between theory and practice

having studying law for nearly a year in ntu, I feel like i just scratched the surface of legal studies.
those specialized terms and logical patterns different from those used in daily life seemed so abstract to me that sometimes I doubt if studying law is useful to settle any problems in life.Therefore, i tried to set aside time to listen to lectures, read books, leaf through magazines to navigate my way through college
And by observing and organizing what I had experienced in these days, I came down to a general conclusion. Legal graduates' choices of  professions can be  categorized  into three domain,theorists,practitioners,and dreamers.
First, theoretical field includes scholars, researchers. People devoting to these professions tend to buried themselves in clusters of books and uphold the value of  law. In my perspective, their jobs are significantly important,though too overwhelming. Too much academic workload detaches them from the imperfect reality and  imprisons them in a utopia.
second, practical professions contain judges,prosecutors, judge assistants,attorneys etc.
they especially focus on what legal measures can be taken to settle different cases.The measures employed by them depend on their stance at court.they care the final outcome more.
although their jobs are relatively more  diverse and interesting than those of their theorists counterparts, they also endure more pressure at work since there are specific deadlines they must met and most of the time they have several cases at hand simultaneously. If they can't manage to deal with their stress, they simply earn an envious salary at the sacrifice of their health and quality time.
third, just to clarify, i adopt the term of dreamers to refer to the group that had pursued legal studies but end up devoting to their dreams ultimately. whatever passions they cherish, they share one common thing ---strong will. to take a path with scarce footprints can be intimidating. without courage and perseverance, they are prone to family  pressure of their "unwise " decisions.
 even though it's too early for me to consider which job to take, it's better to grasp useful information as early as possible. and good news is academic field sounds not so appealing to me XD 

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