General Information/Overview
-Government and public Administration, and it is in the Law, public safety, corrections and security pathway. Lawyers help individuals and businesses solve legal problems, they help people write wills, prepare taxes or write contracts, they can settle family disputes like child custody and divorce cases. They also represent clients in court for a lawsuit. The average salary for lawyers in Wisconsin is 91,000 a year (43.83 per hour). The National salary for lawyers is $112,760 a year($54.21 per hour) In 2010 there were 728,200 jobs that were filled in, from 2010 to 2020 the number of lawyers is gonna increase by 73,600 or 10% (About as fast as average). Some related occupations are judges, mediators, and political office.
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-Sources for more information
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/p/attorney.htm
http://www.careersearchdatabase.com/lawyers-attorney-career.html
Education and training
Some helpful classes you could take in high school would be AP Government, Forensics Fundamentals, and Criminal Justice and Investigation. -When high school is over you will need to go to college.
-Wisconsin has two colleges that would be great for becoming a lawyer, they are the university of Wisconsin and the university of Marquette. -The least amount of college time needed is a bachelors degree and to be safe you should take 7 years. You should have an under graduate degree in Pre-law.
-Lawyers have a few special certifications; first, they need a J.D degree from a school accredited by the American Bar association.They make sure the school is making certain academic standards.
-Some beyond education activities you could do are playing sports, cleaning around your town, staying after school and getting help with homework, and helping other people tutor and their are many more things that you can do as well.
-Some ways to advance in the job are gaining experience and beginning as salaried employees of a law firm and then become Jr partners and some even own their own law firms.
-Wisconsin has two colleges that would be great for becoming a lawyer, they are the university of Wisconsin and the university of Marquette. -The least amount of college time needed is a bachelors degree and to be safe you should take 7 years. You should have an under graduate degree in Pre-law.
-Lawyers have a few special certifications; first, they need a J.D degree from a school accredited by the American Bar association.They make sure the school is making certain academic standards.
-Some beyond education activities you could do are playing sports, cleaning around your town, staying after school and getting help with homework, and helping other people tutor and their are many more things that you can do as well.
-Some ways to advance in the job are gaining experience and beginning as salaried employees of a law firm and then become Jr partners and some even own their own law firms.
Nature of work
-Lawyers do most of their work in offices, law libraries, and courtrooms. They sometimes meet in clients' homes or places of business and, when necessary, in hospitals or prisons. They may travel to attend meetings, gather evidence, and appear before courts, legislative bodies, and other authorities. Some salaried employees have specific work schedules and if your not salaried you could be self employees and work when you want.
- Lawyers have tough working conditions, they work long hours and mostly full time. The hours can range from 40 hours a week to 70, but once you get more advanced and on your own you work less time and get paid more. Some advantages are that you get paid a lot of money and it increases your personal skills with people that you meet and you become smarter because you hear many stories of people when you represent them. Some negative aspects are that you have to work alot of hours and go to college for a long time, you could also loose a lot of money if you invest in a law case that looses.
- Lawyers have tough working conditions, they work long hours and mostly full time. The hours can range from 40 hours a week to 70, but once you get more advanced and on your own you work less time and get paid more. Some advantages are that you get paid a lot of money and it increases your personal skills with people that you meet and you become smarter because you hear many stories of people when you represent them. Some negative aspects are that you have to work alot of hours and go to college for a long time, you could also loose a lot of money if you invest in a law case that looses.
Opinion
-This job is job for me because i like to help people who i think are right win arguments, I also am good already at taking a side and presenting evidence even if I'm messing around. I also have good speech skills that i use to talk to people always. I also would like to learn how to persuade people more and in prove my speech skills. One last reason i like the job is that it makes money, happiness is good but so is some money here and there.