Gloria Allred is a famous lawyer who partook in many famous court cases. She is here with TVLesson to give us some great advice on what it takes to be a great lawyer.
Advice for future lawyers:
-Study hard
-Be disciplined
-Be careful in the use of words
-Make appropriate sacrifices
-Needs to have heart
Transcription
Gloria supposed somebody�s out there and interested in becoming an attorney. What advice would you give them? I would say that, they need to study hard; they need to be very disciplined. They need to be very committed; they need to be very careful in the use of their words. And they need to make the appropriate sacrifices. And that�s the kind of advice id give my own grandchildren as well. They need to have heart. It is not enough to be just smart. Or book learning as they say. It�s not even enough to be a great debater. At least that�s what I tell my grandchildren who are excellent debaters. There's a difference between a good attorney and a great attorney we have number of good attorneys. We don�t have a lot of great attorneys. I think that the difference is people who do have heart for their clients really, really care about them 1000% dedicated to them and to their issue and they�re well prepared. And just staying in it as long as it takes. So my advice is don�t go into it unless you really love it. Unless you�re self discipline, willing to make the sacrifices and have a lot of heart for your clients. That�s the formula for success.
Gloria Allred is the most famous woman attorney practicing law in the
nation today, a tireless and successful advocate whose high-profile legal
battles on behalf of victims whose rights have been violated have led to many
landmark precedent-setting court decisions and hundreds of millions of dollars
which she has won for her clients.
When a high-profile legal case hits the airwaves, we have become accustomed
to seeing Gloria Allred in some key role as attorney or commentator. But this
nationally-recognized advocate has built her pioneering career on much more than
O.J. Simpson and Amber Frey. As a tireless crusader against discrimination in
all areas of our lives, Allred’s legal reach has been wide and long. For the
past three decades she has played an integral role in combating injustices and
winning new rights especially for women and minorities.
Fearless lawyer, feminist, activist, television and radio commentator,
warrior, advocate, and winner Gloria Allred is all of these things and more.
Voted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by
Time magazine as "one of the nation's most effective advocates of family
rights and feminist causes," Allred has devoted her career to fighting for civil
rights across boundaries of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, and social
class.
Gloria Allred is a founding partner of
Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, one of the pre-eminent employment law firms in
the country, which has won national prominence through many precedent-setting
cases over the course of more than 30 years. With the other attorneys of her
firm, Gloria has been involved in some of the most defining cases of our day,
including O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, and Robert Blake, as
well as one of the earliest sexual abuse suits against the Catholic Church. At
the same time, she has also played a role in many groundbreaking legal decisions
that have forever changed our lives for the better.
