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《金装律师》（suits）里讲述的法律人成长秘籍
相信不少法律人都看过美剧《金装律师》，该剧讲述了来自曼哈顿的著名律师哈维准备聘请新人做副手，然而面对前来应聘的哈佛法学院高材生，竟无一让他感冒，唯一引起他注意的却是一个被大学赶出来还不是律师的麦克。麦克拥有一颗神童般的大脑，不仅过目不忘，还带着一股迷人的机灵和狡猾，就这样，两个都不太按常理出牌的人组成了无敌的“西装搭档”。
《金装律师》对于许多尚不了解或刚刚步入法律行业的人士来说，有如另一部美剧Boston Legal 一般，让人对法律行业充满着憧憬和期待。
纵观全剧，麦克成长为一名优秀的律师依靠的聪明才智，更依靠着其对律师事业的热爱以及从实践中不断打磨积累而成的经验。
《金装律师》拍摄至今已经有九季，随着剧情的推进，麦克和哈维共同成长、互相成就，麦克在律所的成长路径也有许多值得借鉴之处：
1、保持敬畏心
对于法律事业，要时常保持敬畏心，无论身处顺境或逆境，都要秉承认真的工作态度以及严谨的工作习惯。
2、永不放弃
法学学科门类广泛，需要法律人对自己从严要求，不断随着法律的更迭，更新自己的知识库。工作中，遇到问题时需要具备解决问题的能力以及永不言弃的精神。
3、扎实的理论基础
法学是一门实践性学科，但若无扎实的法学理论基础，面对现实工作、学习中遇到的问题，仍然较难找到切入点，因此，身为法律人，在成长路上，还要不断夯实自己的理论基础。
4、严谨
严谨的工作习惯以及说话方式，同样也是法律人成长路上不可忽略的一点。发表法律观点，要从事实以及细节出发。
要成长为一名优秀的法律人，前行的路上，要具备披荆斩棘的能力，也要树立勤勉自信的形象。《金装律师》虽不能代表行业全貌，但也可启发我们法律人不断自我提升。
美剧《金装律师》与现实生活的辉映与反差
What it gets right: the glamor, nice suits, beautiful people, and penthouses that nearly every lawyer, regardless of their practice, experiences in their everyday.
What it gets wrong: they are often in the office late at night and in many instances even work at home. Real lawyers are not usually in the office late and don’t work very much at all. Law school taught them to work smarter, not harder, and most of them work a solid 30-40 hour week.
Nobody wins that often and a lot more people would have gone to jail/ got disbarred after the stunts they pulled. Sidebar: Louis was right 90% of the time.
看美剧《金装律师》学实用商务英语词汇
Key words &. phrases
- applicant=candidate
- marijuana 大麻
pot [俚]大麻- intrigue v. 激发…的兴趣/好奇
- Why/where/who/how the hell …
=[informal] to make a statement or question more forceful; ofter used to express anger and can be considered rude- novel=a long written story about imaginary people and events, normally published as a book
- elementary school 小学
- stake out
=to police or do surveillance over an area or place where it is thought that a crime will happen or a crimminal will appear- perp <口>罪犯
- throw off
=to make somebody’s investigation or chase go in the wrong direction; or to refer to confusing somebody or to impair their performance, confidence, or concentration- 25 grand = 25 thousand
- signing bonus
=an amount of money received by somebody who has just signed up or been hired for a new job
- Bar Association 律师协会
- full of crap / shit
=be full of it
=someone is trying to deceive you by telling a lie or exaggerating about something- vulgar adj. 粗俗不雅的
- 发音 结尾的P和T
- 发音 full of [ful-luh]
- handbook
=an book that contains instructions on how to do something or information about a subject, like a manual that teaches how to operate a machine- liability=responsibility
- civil liability 民事责任
=the responsibility of paying for somebody’s losses, if you have intentionally or even just mistakenly injured them or damaged their property- plaintiff
=the person who brings a case against another in a court of law—the person who initiates the lawsuit, the other side or person is called the defendant- on behalf
- =to represent or suppor
- agency
- deviation
=the act of doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable- hotshot
=an important or exceptionally talented person. It’s commonly used sarcastically to imply that you are not so impressed by somebody, or that in your opinion, they think too much of themsevles.- give orientation 给新员工培训
- hit on =flirting
- paralegal 律师助理
- fire up=turn on or launch a computer programs or machines
- attorney
=lawyer, attorney-at-law, counsel, counselor, advocate, barrister
