Favorite Parts of Working in the Legal Industry as a Partner
Josh, a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, appreciates the "fuller understanding of the world" gained from legal education, particularly its political insights. Their labor and employment practice provides daily relevance, impacting "everyone" through insight into employer concerns, legal requirements, and employee experiences cultivated over 21 years.
Legal Education, Labor and Employment Law, Politics, Impact of Law on Daily Life, Understanding Workplace Dynamics
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Josh Rodine
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
University of California, Santa Barbara (1996)
University of Maryland, College Park (MA, Philosophy 1999); University of Illinois College of Law (JD, 2002)
Philosophy
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Legal
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans
Video Highlights
1. Josh's legal education provides him with a deeper understanding of governmental and legal issues, impacting daily life and offering insights beyond the general public's knowledge.
2. Josh's specialization in labor and employment law allows him to work in a field affecting everyone who works, providing insights into employer concerns, legal requirements, and employee psychology.
3. Josh finds his practice area interesting because of its impact on the lives of all employees and the insight he gains into the concerns of both employers and employees.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
This might be a bit of a longer answer. There are kind of two things, I suppose.
One is a function of having gone to law school. I have a better sense of how many things in our daily lives relate to governmental and legal issues. We hear so much in the news about criminal law issues.
Although I've never practiced criminal law, I understand that arena much better than the general public. This is simply because I went to law school. We see and hear so much about legal issues that the public can't fully comprehend because they haven't been exposed to the details of how it all works.
I like knowing more about the world in which I exist due to my legal education, especially as it relates to politics. It's unsurprising to me, having been through law school, that so many members of Congress and governors are attorneys or went through law school. It gives you an appreciation for the background against which our lives are built.
In that regard, I appreciate the education necessary to get to the industry, perhaps more than the industry itself. I feel it's given me a fuller understanding of the world in which I live.
Secondly, and this is much more specific to my practice area in labor and employment, I live in a space that impacts all of us. Everyone works, and with the exception of the self-employed, most people work for an employer. What I deal with daily really impacts everyone.
I have more insight into the concerns and pressures that employers face due to the legal requirements imposed on them by federal and state governments. I also have a better insight into the psychological aspects of what goes on with people at work. This isn't because I had particular training in that area, but simply from practicing labor and employment law for 21 years.
I've been exposed to many employees and their problems. I just find my particular practice to be really interesting in that regard.