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Law
Pooja Bery
02/01/2012
Earnings
Median salaries 9 months after graduation
Medial annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of lawyers in
May 2008 were:
Factors that could affect earnings:• Starting your own practice• Experience
Educational Requirements
Becoming a lawyer usually takes 7 years after high school – 4
years of undergrad (must earn Bachelor’s degree), and 3 years of
law school.
No recommended major• Prospective lawyers should be proficient in writing and speaking,
reading, researching, analyzing, and thinking logically. • Courses in English, foreign languages, public speaking, government,
philosophy, history, economics, mathematics, and computer science, among others, are useful.
• Lawyers interested in a particular aspect of law may find related courses helpful.
To get into law school, LSAT scores are very important.
All lawyers must have a great sense of responsibility.
Perseverance, creativity, and reasoning ability are also essential to
lawyers.
Opportunities For Advancement
Most beginning lawyers start in salaried positions.
Newly hired attorneys usually start as associates and
work with more experienced lawyers or judges.
After many years, some lawyers are admitted to
partnership in their firm.
Some experienced lawyers are nominated or elected to
judgeship.
Some also go into teaching.
Nature of Work
Generally, lawyers counsel their clients about their legal rights and
obligations and suggest particular courses of action in business and
personal matters.
However, what lawyers do on a day-to-day basis may depend on their
specialty.
Although all lawyers are licensed to represent parties in court, some
appear more frequently than others.
Trial lawyers spend the majority of their time outside the courtroom,
conducting research, interviewing clients and witnesses, and handling
other details in preparation for a trial.
Working Conditions
Lawyers do most of their work in offices, law libraries, courtrooms,
and occasionally places such as their clients’ homes or workplaces,
hospitals, or prisons.
They may need to travel to attend meetings, gather evidence, and
appear before authorities.
Salaried lawyers have structured work schedules, whereas those
who work for firms or are in private practice may work irregular
hours—including weekends—while conducting research, conferring
with clients, or preparing briefs during non-office hours.
Job Outlook
Lawyers held about 759,200 jobs in 2008.
Employment for lawyers is expected to grow 13% during the
2008-2018 decade—the projected employment for 2018 is
857,700 lawyers. Reasons for growth:• Growth in population and in business activity• Increased demand for legal services in areas such as healthcare,
intellectual property, bankruptcy, antitrust law, and environmental law.
• Middle-income people should be able to afford help due to the wider availability and affordability of legal clinics.
An occupation related to law is that of a paralegal.
Advantages/Disadvantages
Advantages to this career• I would be doing something I enjoy• I will be helping people• It doesn’t seem like something that would ever be boring or
repetitive
Disadvantages to this career• High stress• The amount of work that it’d take just to study to be a lawyer• Long work weeks
More about this career can be found on www.lawschools.com.
Personal Skills
This career is certainly a possibility, because if I enjoy something
and have a goal, I will do my best and work my hardest to achieve it.
And I certainly think that the law is very interesting.
Also, if I go into law, I would eventually like to be a family lawyer
and help with cases ranging from divorcing parents to child neglect.
I enjoy helping people and making them happy, and in the end, it
would be very satisfying indeed to put smiles on the faces of an
entire family.
Preparation
Things I could do now to prepare for this job:• Start preparing for the LSAT, perhaps by taking
practice tests.• Take a summer internship in a law firm.