-: I don't think there's a preferred academic track.
I think on my side, as a real estate lawyer,
as a corporate lawyer, having a business background
is very helpful so you can,
clients love to talk you know, about their business
and so the more you can talk the talk
the easier it is through that process.
I think anything involves presentations,
speaking in front of a group, I think that's always helpful
because a lot of my day to day is just negotiating.
So it's dealing with the other side.
You know, talking through things and trying to figure out
you know, what their real interests are and you know,
figuring out if there's a creative solution
to get deals done.
I think a lot of it's personality.
Is a big key.
The you know, when you work a lot of hours
it's, you wanna work with people you like,
you wanna work with someone with a good personality
because those are the people
that are going to be successful.
They're going to be the ones to find new clients.
You know, they're going to be the ones
who can successfully negotiate.
You know, when hiring new attorneys one of the things
people look at is their background.
What types of jobs they've had
and you know, from my side a lot of people
when you have a business background,
I think that's very helpful
because you can understand things a lot easier.
If people don't have that background it's not you know,
crucial by any means but what I do,
they don't teach in law school so there has to be
some kind of a connection or else we try to figure out
why you're looking at real estate.