{
  "id": 6160525,
  "title": "Why I ask what the young lawyer read",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/por-que-pergunto-o-que-o-jovem-advogado-leu",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-07T18:38:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Brazil Journal",
    "slug": "brazil-journal",
    "url": "https://braziljournal.com/por-que-pergunto-o-que-o-jovem-advogado-leu/"
  },
  "original_language": "pt",
  "account": "Rodrigo Tannuri, a partner at Tannuri Advogados and a Columbia University law master, shares his experience of interviewing young candidates for internships. He asks them what they've read for pleasure in the past 12 months, finding it a telling question. Tannuri believes reading is essential for a career in law, particularly in contentious law, where ambiguity and uncertainty are common. He argues that reading helps develop critical thinking and the ability to evaluate complex situations, citing examples from literature such as Dom Casmurro and Guerra e Paz.",
  "summary": "Ao longo de meus 30 anos de vida profissional, uma pergunta sempre causa desconforto aos jovens candidatos que entrevisto para estágio: “o que você leu, por prazer, nos últimos doze meses?” Conta-se que, como teste, um escritório londrino pedia a seus candidatos apenas uma coisa: que descrevessem a árvore que viam da janela. Os aprovados […] The post Por que pergunto o que o jovem advogado leu…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}