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Do you need to be good at english to be a lawyer?

username3477548

I mean, obviously I'm fluent in English, but if we have to write essays and stuff I'm screwed. :frown:

Reply 1

gtty123

Original post by vix.xvi

I mean, obviously I'm fluent in English, but if we have to write essays and stuff I'm screwed. :frown:

You realise to become a lawyer, I believe, you have to be really good at writing essays in addition to being very fluent in English (which you claim you have). I personally believe essays are essential in Law. Btw I'm no Law undergraduate, but going to uni (hopefully) this year.

Reply 2

Dancer2001

It’s important, but you don’t have to be good at it before you start. It’s something you will learn to do.
A lot of universities like it if you have an essay subject at A level though, so you can already write a bit.

Reply 3

harrysbar

Original post by vix.xvi

I mean, obviously I'm fluent in English, but if we have to write essays and stuff I'm screwed. :frown:

Of course you have to write essays in a Law degree

Reply 4

username4986690

Yes, outside of the academia standpoint one wrong word in a contract can mean it takes a completely meaning to what you had intentioned.

what srsly? oml

As a lawyer your choice of words is crucial. It’s not just what you say but how you phrase it. This will apply to interpreting a contract or swaying a jury. The success of a case could turn on the meaning of a single word.

You need to be a wordsmith if you want to be a successful lawyer. So if you are shying away from writing essays this does not bode well.