I wanted to become a lawyer because I was always interested in law. I thought it was fascintaing how a trial works and thought it would be fun to argue my case to a jury like you see in the movies. Well real life is diffent than the movies (don't get to do near as much fun stuff like the movies do), but it's still pretty neat to try to presuade people to believe in you. If you like to debate, argue with people to prove them wrong, then being a lawyer is something you should try to become.
That is exactly how I feel. Law is always so interesting to talk about and learn what the debate is all about. I have another question for you. How does your job effect fractions?
I'm replying for my boss, Eric Commer. I'm his legal assistant. He's in the midst of a judicial campaign and is very busy, so I'll try to answer as I think he would.
He wanted to become a lawyer since he was a boy and watched the television show "Perry Mason". It was one of the first TV shows in the 60's about lawyers and court room drama.
He decided last spring that he wanted to run for district court judge here in Sedgwick County. He won the primary election in August, and now if he wins against his opponent next Tuesday, he'll be the next District Court Judge of Division 28 in Sedgwick County. He'll take office in January.
He has used math and percentages all of his career in the Family Law Division of Sedgwick County. He has to figure child support, spousal support, income tax percentages, wage comparisons and much more using his math skills. In fact, right now as he is campaigning, he uses those same math skills to make decisions on how much he's going to spend from the campaign funds on print advertising, radio/TV advertising, campaign yard signs, etc. It is critical to his campaign (hence, his future job) to get the figures and percentages right. So critical, in fact, that the law requires that all candidates must have a campaign treasurer to oversee this important aspect. But the final buck stops with him--not his campaign manager or his treasurer.
After reading, I would say math skills are next in line in importance in almost any career.
Arguing is NOT what I like to do, but I do like to try to figure things out. I do like it when people work out problems together. When I decided to be a lawyer, I wanted to make the world better, and it seemed to me that to change things, I needed to understand how laws work. So I went to law school to learn what lawyers know. Now I am a lawyer, but my work is mostly as a "mediator." I get two sides of a dispute together and see if there is a way for them to agree on how to solve the dispute. Many of my clients are parents arguing over their children. You very seldom see mediators portrayed on TV. That's too bad. I think there's too much arguing and not enough problem solving. As for fractions, I use them in figuring out child support amounts for parents and setting schedules for parenting time. I use them to determine how much an heir inherits when someone dies and leaves an estate of money or property. My lawfirm is a business, and I use fractions and decimals in figuring employees' paychecks, how much I have to pay in taxes, and how much rent the other attorneys who share my building have to pay to my firm. I almost always have a calculator around, because there is so often a need for math, and much of that involves fractions.
I practice mainly in criminal law, but would agree that divorce/family law, tax and business, and disability law deal a lot with math and especially fractions. Criminal law involves fractions as well. You need to know the amount of jurors needed for a case and how many "strikes" you need to remove them from a jury. Drug cases involve a lot of weights and decimals/fractions to discuss, as well as DUI cases. You have to explain to a jury what it means if someone blows a .08 in an breath test machine. All that is based on math and fractions. Finally, how much "good time" credit a person received is all based on math. If you are sent to prison you can earn 20% off your prison sentence if you behave yourself while you are in there(called "good time").
Wow I wouldn't of guessed that decials and fractions involved so much in this job. Now IK ponder about this. In presentage, how many people are more guilty than not guilty?
Hello again. I'll try to respond to the latest questions. Chase, I do like my job. I get to help people and try to protect their rights and your as well. It's something new everyday and you never know what may come next. Megan, I can get between 5 to 10 cases a week so about 1 or 2 new cases a day. So by the end of the year I might have had 250-500 new cases. It's a lot of work, but it can be very fun and rewarding. Finally Brandon, I don't know the figures on how many people are innocent, but are found guilty. I would like to think not a lot. Sure some people are found guilty, when they are not, but most of the time the people who are found guilty plead guilty to their crimes. Most people realize that what they did is wrong and fess up to it. As a lawyer we try to protect the innocent so this doesn't happen.
Can i ask you some questions, How do you use fractions in your job? Do you use them a lot? Do you deal fractions, percents,and decimals in court cases? Do you use them all the time?
It is very interesting that 500 cases would come in a year. You woujld think that less would, but then again tons of cases are happening all over the places. Therefore 250-500 come to you.
Anyways, I got a queston similar to Brandon's. In percentages, how many people do you save from going to jail? What Io mean by that is how many people do you prove inocent?
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Hello, my name is Megan Garr and my dream job is to be a Lawyer. How did you know that you wanted to become a Lawyer?
Hello, my is Brandon Clark. What inspired you to become a lawyer?
Hi my name is Carla Ceja and my dream is to be a lawyer. Why did you choose to be a lawyer?
Hi my name is caitlynn Speilman. What inspired you to become a court reporter? Why did you want to become a court reporter?
Hi my name is David Weece and I'd like ask you some questions.Why did you want to be a lawyer and not something else?
I wanted to become a lawyer because I was always interested in law. I thought it was fascintaing how a trial works and thought it would be fun to argue my case to a jury like you see in the movies. Well real life is diffent than the movies (don't get to do near as much fun stuff like the movies do), but it's still pretty neat to try to presuade people to believe in you. If you like to debate, argue with people to prove them wrong, then being a lawyer is something you should try to become.
That is exactly how I feel. Law is always so interesting to talk about and learn what the debate is all about. I have another question for you. How does your job effect fractions?
I'm replying for my boss, Eric Commer. I'm his legal assistant. He's in the midst of a judicial campaign and is very busy, so I'll try to answer as I think he would.
He wanted to become a lawyer since he was a boy and watched the television show "Perry Mason". It was one of the first TV shows in the 60's about lawyers and court room drama.
He decided last spring that he wanted to run for district court judge here in Sedgwick County. He won the primary election in August, and now if he wins against his opponent next Tuesday, he'll be the next District Court Judge of Division 28 in Sedgwick County. He'll take office in January.
He has used math and percentages all of his career in the Family Law Division of Sedgwick County.
He has to figure child support, spousal support, income tax percentages, wage comparisons and much more using his math skills.
In fact, right now as he is campaigning, he uses those same math skills to make decisions on how much he's going to spend from the campaign funds on print advertising, radio/TV advertising, campaign yard signs, etc. It is critical to his campaign (hence, his future job) to get the figures and percentages right. So critical, in fact, that the law requires that all candidates must have a campaign treasurer to oversee this important aspect. But the final buck stops with him--not his campaign manager or his treasurer.
After reading, I would say math skills are next in line in importance in almost any career.
Arguing is NOT what I like to do, but I do like to try to figure things out. I do like it when people work out problems together. When I decided to be a lawyer, I wanted to make the world better, and it seemed to me that to change things, I needed to understand how laws work. So I went to law school to learn what lawyers know.
Now I am a lawyer, but my work is mostly as a "mediator." I get two sides of a dispute together and see if there is a way for them to agree on how to solve the dispute. Many of my clients are parents arguing over their children. You very seldom see mediators portrayed on TV. That's too bad. I think there's too much arguing and not enough problem solving.
As for fractions, I use them in figuring out child support amounts for parents and setting schedules for parenting time. I use them to determine how much an heir inherits when someone dies and leaves an estate of money or property. My lawfirm is a business, and I use fractions and decimals in figuring employees' paychecks, how much I have to pay in taxes, and how much rent the other attorneys who share my building have to pay to my firm.
I almost always have a calculator around, because there is so often a need for math, and much of that involves fractions.
I practice mainly in criminal law, but would agree that divorce/family law, tax and business, and disability law deal a lot with math and especially fractions. Criminal law involves fractions as well. You need to know the amount of jurors needed for a case and how many "strikes" you need to remove them from a jury. Drug cases involve a lot of weights and decimals/fractions to discuss, as well as DUI cases. You have to explain to a jury what it means if someone blows a .08 in an breath test machine. All that is based on math and fractions. Finally, how much "good time" credit a person received is all based on math. If you are sent to prison you can earn 20% off your prison sentence if you behave yourself while you are in there(called "good time").
Hello, My Name Is Jonathan Maturino.Why did you choose to become a lawyer?What inspired you to choose this career?
Wow I wouldn't of guessed that decials and fractions involved so much in this job. Now IK ponder about this. In presentage, how many people are more guilty than not guilty?
Hi im David I'l like to ask you how you use decimals,fractions in this job.
Hi my name is Chase. I want to be a lawyer. Do you like your job?
I also wonder and think of what is the availability of a Lawyer?
There is another question about how many cases come in a day?
I also wonder and think of what is the availability of a Lawyer?
There is another question about how many cases come in a day?
Hello, my name is Brandon Clark. I was wanting to ask, how many people are innocent out of the ones who are guilty?
Hello again. I'll try to respond to the latest questions. Chase, I do like my job. I get to help people and try to protect their rights and your as well. It's something new everyday and you never know what may come next. Megan, I can get between 5 to 10 cases a week so about 1 or 2 new cases a day. So by the end of the year I might have had 250-500 new cases. It's a lot of work, but it can be very fun and rewarding. Finally Brandon, I don't know the figures on how many people are innocent, but are found guilty. I would like to think not a lot. Sure some people are found guilty, when they are not, but most of the time the people who are found guilty plead guilty to their crimes. Most people realize that what they did is wrong and fess up to it. As a lawyer we try to protect the innocent so this doesn't happen.
Hello my name is Dominick Eilrich and my dream is to be a lawyer, what fraction of people are usualy guilty when you do your job?
It's Caitlynn Speilman I have a question. How do you work with fractions, decimals, and percentages when you have the job as a court reporter?
How do you use fractions or decimals during court cases?
Can i ask you some questions, How do you use fractions in your job? Do you use them a lot? Do you deal fractions, percents,and decimals in court cases? Do you use them all the time?
I have another question for you. How does this affect social life?
It is very interesting that 500 cases would come in a year. You woujld think that less would, but then again tons of cases are happening all over the places. Therefore 250-500 come to you.
Anyways, I got a queston similar to Brandon's. In percentages, how many people do you save from going to jail? What Io mean by that is how many people do you prove inocent?
Wow really 500 people. Well i have another question. How would you use decimals in your job?
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