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“Yes! That’s just it! Admin! Sit on committees! Prepare management information and statistics!”
“Yes! That’s just it! Admin! Sit on committees! Prepare management information and statistics!”


But this is, surely, like buying a cricket bat and using it to play tennis. The JC has no data beyond anecdote to support this assertion, but he still feels it strongly: most people in the world who spend the five or more years it commonly takes to qualify as a lawyer do so ''because they want to practice law''. They do not ''want'' to be middle managers. ''Anyone'' can be a middle manager.  
On that day, the JC commended his soul into the weed-strewn honey.


It requires little acumen to manage. In fact, it seems to require a lack of it. Middle management works even better when it isn’t undertaken at all. In any case, if you want someone to do some middle management, hire a middle manager.
For this is, surely, like buying a cricket bat and using it to play tennis. The JC has no data beyond anecdote to support this assertion, but he still feels it strongly: most people in the world who spend the five or more years it commonly takes to qualify as a lawyer do so ''because they want to practice law''. They do not ''want'' to be middle managers. They will not be ''good'' at being middle managers. They will not ''like'' it.
 
''Almost anyone'' can be a middle manager: why waste a lawyer?  It requires little acumen: in fact, it seems to favour a lack of it. In any case, if you want someone to do some middle management, ''hire a middle manager''. Let your legal eagles fly — watch them soar and float and dive — into the luscious, beckoning weeds.  


On that day, the JC commended his soul into the weed-strewn honey.
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