I am interested in becoming a lawyer. I was wondering if someone can explain what different lawyers do (ie. real estate, corporate) and provide average salary, hours of work per week details etc.? Thanks!
Answer by Thomas T
If you are a lawyer in the US, you can do trial work in criminal or civil cases working for civil plaintiffs or defendants or for criminal prosecutors or criminal defendants. You can work for government agencies by writing regulations that conform to existing laws. You can work for state or federal legislatures assisting with the proper wording of laws. You can help people plan their estates, set up trusts, write wills, administer probate cases. You can help people file for bankruptcy or represent creditors to avoid discharge. You can teach law in a law school or college. You can examine real estate titles to confirm their legitimacy. You can help people work their way through a divorce, establish child custody, divide property including pensions and intangible assets. You can help people set up business entities like corporations or limited liability companies and help them stay on track after formation. Maybe you'd like to work with patent and trademark law in intellectual property helping some guy get his invention on the market. You could be a sports attorney representing a professional athlete as his or her agent to make sure the contract is properly written for the benefit of your client. You could help with corporate or business mergers and acquisitions. You can be a talking head on FOX News or go into entertainment law. Jerry Springer was a lawyer and a mayor before he went into TV. Then there's maritime law. You could also join the military (they'll pay for law school) and sign on with the JAG division.
The average salary depends on who you work for or if you work for yourself. It can be next to nothing for a rural, general practitioner or millions as a senior partner of Skadden Arps or other large metropolitan firms. Some personal injury lawyers make millions. Others are starving. How many hours you work depends on whether you are a low level associate for a big city firm where you may not have time to sleep or whether you put out your own shingle and limit your hours (and your income) by taking selective cases and clients.
Or you can go to law school, get that kind of education and do anything else. It's not unusual for law school graduates to move into other professions. By going to law school, you can open a lot of doors.
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