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Use of Words

  • Posted by dray
  • January 30, 2006

One of the interesting things I heard about Law School is that it trains future lawyers to not only research and argue more effectively than others, but also to speak more effectively than others. Apparently the idea is that Lawyers learn how to use a different vocabulary than other professionals. Using many words that others don’t understand, they then are able to exert influence by coming across as more intelligent and intimidating.

I don’t know if that’s true, but I thought it was really interesting. If it was the case, it would probably be pretty effective.

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