I would submit that these are needed in the long term as well!!
The top 10 skills, in order, considered necessary in the short term include:
- Keeping confidentiality.
- Arriving on time.
- Honoring commitments.
- Integrity and trustworthiness.
- Treating others with courtesy and respect.
- Listening attentively and respectfully.
- Responding promptly.
- Diligence.
- Having a strong work ethic.
- Paying attention to detail.
“Just as the medical profession realized that ‘bedside manner’ matters in a doctor, IAALS’s research reveals that being a ‘whole lawyer’ means possessing a high character quotient in addition to having skills and intellect,” said Alli Gerkman, director of IAALS Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Initiative. “Our findings in this study have the power to radically shift the discussion about what law schools teach and how employers hire, and motivate a different approach to educating, training and employing America’s next generation of lawyers.”
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