What They Don't Teach You at Law School. The Secrets of a Lawyer's Professional Mastery

You hold in your hands a anniversary edition of the book that began the series “What You Aren’t Taught in Law School” five years ago, in a new design, with corrections and updates. The book helped many lawyers—both beginners and experienced professionals. A lot of books are dedicated to success, but none has touched the eternal questions of law students and graduates—young specialists who find themselves one-on-one with the realities of life. What and how should you study? What to do right now, while sitting on the student bench? And how to earn later in conditions of tough competition, even if you’ve graduated from the most popular and prestigious track? Vyacheslav Orobinsky, a practicing lawyer—formerly the head of litigation practice at a large law firm—summarizes his experience, his path to knowledge, and also the experience of colleagues: who how studied, who became whom, and what they achieved. The author went from intern to head of the legal department at a major phone company, then moved into consulting, learning the everyday life of private practice. He won many court cases both in arbitration and in courts of general jurisdiction. The book is addressed primarily to students, graduates, and young specialists. But even an experienced professional will be able to learn something new and useful here: client-work strategies, and ideas for career development—both as an employed lawyer and as a private practitioner.