Archive for February, 2009
I just noticed that I had two minor errors on a thank you letter I just sent out for a business school interview. I used the word “regards” where it should have been “regard” and put a common in the sentence “Thank you, I look forward to speaking with you in the future.” where there should have been a period after you. How noticeable will these errors be and what kind of impact can they have? The rest of the letter was very well written. I actually gave it to an attorney at my firm and he didn’t notice the errors. My interview didn’t go as well as I had hoped so this letter was my chance to redeem myself. I think it was a good letter, but small things like that can be seen as sloppiness. To be honest, my grammar can use some work and these are issues that I would not have noticed, if someone hadn’t pointed it out to me after the fact.
A medical firm failed to provide necessary patient care in a hospital. One of their physicians was to provide physical therapy, and after asking me 3 times how I was doing, he never followed up. I told him I had not received any therapy. I asked the nurses about physical therapy, and they told me each time that there were “no written orders”. I was released anyway, and wheeled out to my car. I stool up to get in and collapsed. My legs were jelly. I was confined to my room for ten days, and feel that my muscles were atrophied, and after two months, I still have problems with strength and other complications from heavy steroids given to me IV st the hospital.
I am about to be a Government Sophomore at UT Austin and I just read an article about how several law firms around the nation are getting rid of hourly billing and how this change has come about. I have always had a fundamental interest in law and would like to become a lawyer in the future. But I was wondering about what lawyers in the future should expect. Does it get easier along the way. Aside from personal experiences, is it a relatively enjoyable career. With this change in some law firms, is it still an expectation to make a good living?
Thank you for all of your answers. This has quite possibly ruined my night. I was so naive to think through the years that lawyers have it easy and that money is just shoved down their throats for easy work, but this has shown me the actuality of the situation. I always thought that my career choice would lead me to enjoy financial security from the beginning but im starting to think otherwise. I think ive decided not to graduate college early at this moment right here. It seems that the real world is too brutal and that college is the protective shell that I need right now. Hopefully I will end up with the job that gives me everything I need but i guess law will not do that for me. And it is a shame. All of these years I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I guess not. Thank you










