This week in the Law School Insider we are bringing you Jason DeSouza of the DeSouza Law, P.C. Litigation Law Firm. Jason is alumnus of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.
Born and raised in Toronto Canada, and at the end he wanted to continue his education. One of his professors encouraged him to go and see a lawyer in action. Through the opportunity to see a criminal lawyer in action he found that the law was something that led him to law school.
He decided to study law in the USA because he wanted a degree that was transferable back to Canada and also versatile and a degree from the USA was something that would offer this.
Jason found that a JD degree required a lot more time and effort than he first thought it would be. He had to figure out for himself that he needed to put more time into his studying to be able to grasp all of the concepts. He stated that he lived at the library and
As he was going through law school he was paying for everything. He knew that at the end he wanted to find a career that could help him pay his bills. He started in Civil work and he found that he was very competitive. He loved being able to go against large insurance firms. He also found that personal injury work allowed for him to receive more money for his client and for himself and this allowed him to pay down his bills quicker too.
Jason DeSouza mentioned that you have to put the client as the #1 person always! Everything is second to the client and you cannot forget this. As long as you place your client in the forefront you will find success.
In law school, Jason DeSouza said that it took him a few terms to figure out how great of a law school his law school was and how strong of a lawyer this law school was training him to become. Once he realized this, he was able to reframe his own thinking and if he could go back in time he would have wished that he could have started with this humble perspective.
Jason DeSouza decided in his second year to get a tutor to help him better understand the concepts for himself. This was not because the teaching was problematic, but he found that he needed to delve deeper into the content itself and the tutor helped him with this. Jason said to be open to study in new ways than you have studied in the past.
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