Profession of law requires rigorous training and a deep understanding of laws and regulations. In this regard, lawyer Georgian Toader emphasizes that the admission process is not inaccessible to those who do not have significant financial resources.
“Two months ago, during an (unfortunate) family event, I participated in a conversation where someone, unaware that I am a lawyer, said that someone (I don’t remember who) ‘wanted to study law, but talked to a lawyer who clearly asked: <
Throughout college, my father told me that while discussing with someone at work whose wife was a lawyer, he was told that “it’s tough with lawyers, you can’t make money, you need connections.” My mother has been “suspected” many times of “selling land” or “taking loans from banks” to: 1. Get into the bar association; 2. Open her own practice.
Personally, I have had multiple conversations where I heard that “you need money to join the Bar association,” that you “need money to open your own practice,” that “you need connections to succeed in law.” Now, almost 6 years into my legal career and over 3 on my own, with a successful firm and exceptional collaborators, being able to fully enjoy what I do, I don’t know if I have “succeeded in law,” but I am completely satisfied with how things are going and I see perspectives.
What I can say is that my parents never had tens of thousands of euros to give for me to enter the Bar association, but I acknowledge that they paid the exam fee for me (1500 lei) and supported me during college (morally and financially), which allowed me to spend thousands of hours preparing for the exam. However, I believe the main factor that led to my admission to the bar association was those thousands of hours of studying. And to go on my own, the main factor was the 80+ hours of work per week.
Exactly one week from now, the bar association admission exam (INPPA) will take place, and I just wanted to guarantee the participants that nothing else is needed to succeed in law, except for a passion for justice and a willingness to put in the effort,” said lawyer Toader Georgian.
