Have you ever asked yourself what it takes to become an auto accident lawyer? You don’t just wake up one morning and think to yourself I’m going to be a lawyer and I’m going to specialize in auto accidents because that would be awesome! I suppose for some that may be true, but in the end I think there might be more to this whole lawyer thing.
Lawyers are cut from a different cloth and not just any person can become a lawyer. Not to mention having the stamina to be an accident lawyer. That is like the cars salesman of lawyers. From what I have been told there is a fair amount of education one must go through before you can even think about becoming a lawyer.
Even after all that school, which is not cheap, there is no guarantee that you can even be a lawyer. Before a person can become a lawyer they must first pass a bar exam, which is a difficult test that must be passed. Once you pass the test in a particular state you then receive a license to practice in that state. All the hard work that goes into becoming an auto accident lawyer does not happen overnight. It starts with a determined person with a goal. Maybe someone does just wake up one morning and decide that they want to become a lawyer, but after this initial thought it takes added determination and perseverance for that thought to actually become a reality. It does not just happen overnight but over many long nights of studying and many, many long days of exams.
So, how much school does it actually take to become an auto accident lawyer? Well, we know that there are 12 years of high school, and you cannot go to college without a high school diploma or General Education Diploma. After your 12 years of formal education in grade school you will need to start college if you ever want to be a lawyer. Depending on your grade point average, a Law School may look down upon bad high school grades. If you maintain a high grade point average in your undergraduate school a Law School might not even think to check your high school grades.
Before you can even start law school you must first attend college for four years and receive either your generals or sixty credits, depending on the college. The biggest factor that separates grade school from college is definitely the cost. Attending a general college and then a law school can run your financial situation into the ground. This can be scary, but if you are going to become an accident lawyer, there is no need to worry.
Auto accident lawyers pay off their student loans quickly, plus there are plenty of grants and scholarships that you can apply for while you are going through your higher education. For some reason people believe a myth: if you pass the bar exam alone, you do not have to go to law school and you may simply just start practicing law. This myth however, is not true. Not only would it be very difficult to pass the bar exam without first attending law school, but you are required to attend at least three years of law school prior to taking the bar. So, that brings the grand total of how long it takes to become an auto accident lawyer to seven years or seventeen if you count grade school.
Because becoming an accident lawyer is such a long process and because after the work to become an auto accident lawyer there is a rigorous job lying ahead of you, it is most definitely not a job for just anyone. Beyond the dedication it taken to be a licensed accident lawyer, most people do not know the amount of care and compassion it takes to become an auto accident lawyer. People only see the accident lawyer and forget completely about the person behind the title. They forget that an auto accident lawyer is a human being, just like everyone else.
An accident lawyer probably has a family and a life outside of his or her practice. Having a family of their own and having gone through college and passing the bar exam is humbling for many auto accident lawyers. Any great accident lawyer would have to be compassionate after going through their life this way. An auto accident lawyer is most certainly a special kind of person.
