Blog 20 Fourth Interview Questions

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

I was thinking about interviewing Javier Castillo but I was also thinking about finding someone else to interview. He is a lawyer I happened to know but I don’t quite know what his expertise is.

2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

1. How long have you been practicing law?
2. What Type of law have you been practicing?
3. What kind of experience has helped you in your career?
4. What kind of experience helped you after law school?
5. What skills are important to master?
6. What kind of decisions are easy to make?
7. What kind of decisions are hard to make?
8. What type of cases have you had?
9. Who is your typical client?
10. What skills help you when dealing with a challenging case?
11. How much preparation occurs before a case?
12. What type of people do you work with?
13. What other training have you had besides law?
14. What is your approach to winning a case?
15. What do you think lawyers have to do to be more successful?
16. What makes a good lawyer?
17. What makes a bad lawyer?
18. What is the easiest part about being a lawyer?
19. What is the hardest part about being a lawyer?
20. How do you know that the case went well?

Blog 19: Third Answer

• EQ
• How can a bankruptcy lawyer best help his client reach a fair settlement?
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
• The best way a lawyer can help his client is using good financial skills.
• 3 details to support the answer
• Useful when reviewing client’s assets and debt.
• Helps when reorganizing plan of debt.
• Transaction skills are good to have.
• The research source(s) to support your details and answer
• Barnes, Harrison. "What does it mean to be a bankruptcy lawyer." Law Crossing. Law Crossing. n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.
• Concluding Sentence
• In a field like bankruptcy law financial skills are going to be used a lot. There is going to be many moments where money and transactions are involved.