Over the years Suffolk Law School has graduated a very large number of young lawyers interested in a career in civil litigation. Many of our graduates are among the most successful trial lawyers in New England. They practice in large firms and in small offices, serve as in-house counsel, and handle all types of cases from corporate disputes to civil rights claims. Many have gone on to become highly respected judges. One of the principal advantages of a litigation career is that it presents a rare opportunity in today's world to be a generalist. To handle your cases, in a short time you might have to master the intricacies of corporate finance, learn enough medicine to analyze the consequences of a traumatic brain injury, and become acquainted with enough physics to understand accident reconstruction. Your clients and their issues will provide you with a series of windows onto the world that most specialists will never have a chance to peer through. The successful trial lawyer must have sufficient intellectual curiosity and a mind agile enough to move from one field to the next, as the demands of the cases require. A litigator must possess strong legal writing skills. But she must also have a strong affinity for other people, the sensitivity to understand their stories and their problems, the ability to communicate those stories to judges and jurors, and a desire to serve as her clients' champion in the courtroom. The life of a courtroom advocate is often highly stressful, but also exhilarating and rewarding. What should you do as a student to prepare for such a career Below we have listed a number of relevant courses for those with an interest in a litigation career.