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The Importance of Networking in the Law
To qualify as a barrister in England, you have to attend certain dinners together. It's like a little monastic group of monastic warriors who are hired to do well in court against yourself. The lawyers on the commercial side are pretty well divided into rainmaker types and people good at research but not entrepreneurial work. And they're nowhere near as valuable to their firms. But even those rainmaking skills, you can develop those if you're fortunate enough to have a mentor.