Biggest Challenges Faced by an Attorney at Stubbs Alderton and Markiles LLP
Ani's biggest challenge as an attorney is overcoming the ingrained habit of "knowing it all," a characteristic developed from previous roles as a student and program manager. The transition requires embracing the limitations of a new career and learning to comfortably say "I don't know," a process that will ultimately lead to expertise in their field.
Overcoming Challenges, Career Development, Workplace Challenges, Confidence, Achieving Goals
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Ani Petrosyan
Attorney
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP
UCLA, 2017
Loyola Law School, juris doctor
English
Law
Legal
Honors Student, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. The biggest challenge is accepting that you don't know everything and constantly striving to learn and improve.
2. It is difficult to say "I don't know" or "I can't", especially when transitioning to a new role with more responsibility.
3. There is a need to overcome limitations and build expertise in the field to become an expert in the area of law, similar to previous expertise in other fields such as being an expert student or program manager.
Transcript
What is your biggest challenge in your current role?
I would say probably accepting that I don't know it all yet. For a long time, I've been comfortable in my role as a student or in my prior job. I was an expert student, an expert program manager for so long that I knew it all.
Now, being thrown into an environment where everything is new, with a lot more responsibility, I'm just accepting that I have limitations right now. I will surpass those limitations once I'm more experienced and more educated in my field.
I think the larger challenge is saying, "I don't know." I don't like to say I don't know or I can't. So, being able to understand again that's a limitation I have right now in my newness at this foundational level of being a lawyer.
I'm just constantly striving to learn and be better and do things better. So that one day I'll get to the point where I can say, "Now, I'm an expert in X," like I used to be an expert student or expert program manager.
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