How to Identify Legal Issues by Asking the Right Questions

This article was originally published by the American Bar Association's Division for Law Students.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_students/resources/student-lawyer/student-essentials/identifying-legal-issues-asking-the-right-questions/

Summary:

You can find the answers to exam questions online, but they’re worthless if you aren’t asking the right questions.

• The most elegant closing argument in the legal profession will never be heard if the case is dismissed before trial because an attorney did not know the correct answer to an important procedural question.

• Economies, politics, technology, and the job market change. You must learn to ask more and better questions and communicate in the world beyond the limited factual regurgitation memorized for your academic discipline.