Why lawyers make good politicians

From Gandhi to Arun Jaitley, all good politicians were once a really efficient lawyer. So, what is it about lawyers that make them such good politicians. The top qualities are –

• Lawyers spend a lot of time with one problem and analyse it with every angle. Lawyers have the ability to analyse and come with unique solutions to a problem. That is very much required in the field of politics.

• Politicians have to be good and commanding speakers. When they speak, the entire world listens to them be it through Lok Sabha meetings or press conferences. Effective public speaking is required in law too. Lawyers who become advocates have the ability to persuade their points to others while speaking.

• Lawyers are used to working with people from all the classes of society. That is required when they become politicians. So the lawyer phase acts as a training period for them. The ability leads to political success.

• Lawyers have an understanding of how laws are made, so when they get to work with legislation, it is quite a cake walk for them.

Thus, lawyers have the knack of laws which helps them to become better politicians.