A Day In The Life Of An Attorney At Robinson Bradford LLP
Contrary to popular media portrayals, a day in the life of an attorney at Robinson Bradford LLP involves extensive "sitting at [their] chair," reading documents, and typing, a routine that took "a couple years" to adjust to. The work is primarily sedentary, a stark contrast to the more dynamic experiences of schooling, leading to a feeling of missing "recess" and "outside time."
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Nathan Robinson
Attorney
Robinson Bradford LLP
Brigham Young University
Texas Tech University School of Law (law degree)
Political Science, American Studies
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Legal
Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. Attorneys spend a significant portion of their day working at a computer, reading and writing documents.
2. The job involves a lot of sitting and can be different from what is often portrayed in movies and TV shows.
3. It may take time to adjust to a mostly sedentary work style, especially for those used to a more active routine like students transitioning from school
Transcript
What does a day in the life of an attorney look like?
It is nothing like the movies and TV shows, so if that's what you think it is, you're going to be greatly disappointed. I'm sitting at my chair right now, eight hours a day. I'm typing on my computer, reading documents, and on phone calls.
It took me a couple of years to get used to basically being in one spot almost all day, five days a week. In school, you go from class to class, you're moving around, you're going outside.
I kind of joke with my kids that it's like prison, but you get your recess, you get your outside time. When you have an office job, whether you're an attorney or some other type, you miss that. So, it's a lot of sitting and a lot of reading and writing.
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