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<blockquote data-quote="habituallylatte" data-source="post: 47214" data-attributes="member: 5921">Thanks Jacob!I appreciate your well-considered answer. I am sorry if I came across as condescending towards a particular motivation for a career in law. What I was trying to get at in that ill-judged throw-away line was to filter out the canned responses to 'why law' which I feel are not adequate (in the vein of 'coz my gran said I'm good at arguing'). Of course, a genuine appreciation of legal argument goes a long way in convincing a person to chose law.You say that if there is confusion between management consultancy and law, then maybe law is the wrong choice. Personally, I am crystal clear as to what a consultant does and what a lawyer does. However, if you boil it down to the essentials, and ask what about one of those careers appeals more than the other, it is difficult to express without getting into technicalities. Management consultants do intellectually-stimulating work, put in long hours on massive projects, deal with clients, look at documents (to an extent) etc. Therefore pinning down what law offers over that is harder than it would first appear.You are right of course that legal argument would be a satisfactory distinction. I am sure there are others that we know but cannot express.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="habituallylatte, post: 47214, member: 5921"] Thanks Jacob! I appreciate your well-considered answer. I am sorry if I came across as condescending towards a particular motivation for a career in law. What I was trying to get at in that ill-judged throw-away line was to filter out the canned responses to 'why law' which I feel are not adequate (in the vein of 'coz my gran said I'm good at arguing'). Of course, a genuine appreciation of legal argument goes a long way in convincing a person to chose law. You say that if there is confusion between management consultancy and law, then maybe law is the wrong choice. Personally, I am crystal clear as to what a consultant does and what a lawyer does. However, if you boil it down to the essentials, and ask what about one of those careers appeals more than the other, it is difficult to express without getting into technicalities. Management consultants do intellectually-stimulating work, put in long hours on massive projects, deal with clients, look at documents (to an extent) etc. Therefore pinning down what law offers over that is harder than it would first appear. You are right of course that legal argument would be a satisfactory distinction. I am sure there are others that we know but cannot express. [/QUOTE]

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