Law Jobs : The job of an attorney/lawyer

Practicing law can be broadly generalised as:

1.Interviewing the client and identifying what is their legal matter or dispute;
2.Identifying the discrete legal and factual issues embedded within the client's larger problem;
3.Researching systematically each issue;
4.Deriving a solution that resolves some, if not all of the issues;
5.Executing it through specific tasks like drafting a contract or filing a motion with a court.

Most academic legal training is directed to identifying legal issues, researching facts and law, and arguing both the facts and law in favor of either side in any case.