Professional_Knowledge_and_Abilities_Paper

Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper GEN 200 03 October 2010 Professional Knowledge and Abilities Several organizations and associations can have an impact on one’s career success by developing professional knowledge and abilities. The American Bar Association is an association of qualified attorneys dedicated to offering a wide range of opportunities and programs to its members, but more specifically, the ABA section of legal education has established the necessary core skills and values courses to those seeking a profession in law. Society dictates that a high social and economical status can be achieved through higher education with formal training. How to Increase Professional Knowledge and Abilities The American Bar Association can contribute toward increasin professional knowledge and abilities by instilling the values and ethics needed to provide competent lawyer skills. Structured learning, or formal education, is the process within a program that gives a person the knowledge and the skills needed for optimal job performance and for future advancement. Depending on the level of success one is seeking to obtain, the degree of one’s education is relative to career success. The ABA section of legal education has established the necessary core skills and values to those seeking a profession in law. These skills and values are categorized as the following: analytical and problem solving skills, critical reading, writing skills, oral communication, and listening abilities, general recourse skills, task organization, and management skills, and public service and promotion of justice. These skills and values will attribute to specific areas of knowledge ascertainable prior to law school, providing a solid foundation in legal education. They are also dedicated to providing benefits, programs and services that promote professional growth and enhance the quality of the members. Furthermore, the 11 goals of the American Bar Association are to promote improvement in the U.S. judicial system, promote access to legal representation regardless of a persons economic or social condition, provide leadership in improving the law to serve the ever-changing needs of society, to increase public knowledge of conduct in the highest of regards, to provide benefit programs and services promoting professional growth and the quality of life of the members, advance the Rule of Law in the world, equal participation of women and minorities in the legal profession, maintain ideals of the law profession as a common calling and dedication to public service, preserve the independence of the legal profession and the judiciary as first and foremost in being a free society. However, other circumstances and experiences also attribute to the acquisition and the quantity of one’s knowledge and abilities. For example, class papers, exams, presentations, projects, summer jobs, internships, work-study, student government, clubs, hobbies, family life and religious organizations are just a few events that contribute to these skills. The Affect of Knowledge and Abilities The degree of knowledge, skills, and abilities obtained depends upon the amount of experience and education acquired. Therefore, it would be safe to say the more knowledge the more success, the more success, the more wealth. The impact of possessing a strong understanding of knowledge and abilities enable one to utilize their legal education and successfully adhering to these values and skills will provide a solid foundation in practicing the law throughout their legal career. References Council on Legal Education Opportunity – American Bar Association. Retrieved from http;//www.abanet.org Title of Paper Begin your paper here. Double space the entire document. Be sure to indent the first line of each paragraph between five and seven spaces by pressing the Tab key one time on the keyboard. Happy writing! References This is a hanging indent. To keep the hanging indent format, simply delete this line of text using the backspace key, and replace the information with your reference entry.