If you don’t watch the television show Law and Order religiously, you should (SVU or Criminal Intent, either is acceptable). Elliot and Olivia are my favorite cop duo on the show, and they frequently work with judges, lawyers, paralegals, and attorneys to put criminals behind bars. Specifically, Casey Novak, the young and focused senior assistant district attorney helps them win a number of cases. If I ever had to stand before a judge in court I’d want her (or another lawyer) on my side to give me advice and represent my legal matters.
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Lawyers give advice to their clients and represent their legal matters in court. To do this they apply abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems or to advance the interests of those who hire them.
Typical days for lawyers are long, full of travel, and full of communicating and preparing or revising documents. They might spend time discussing cases with clients or preparing the briefs of a case. To do this they travel to meet their clients wherever they are. Lawyers also travel to court and to different places to gather proof or evidence for their case that they can submit to the legislative bodies. When lawyers aren’t working on a case, they devote time during their day to study law and new laws in order to protect their clients.
A new lawyer makes on average between $44,000 and $171,000 per year. Beyond that there are growth opportunities like General Counsel ($75,000-$300,000), Senior Attorney ($77,000-$276,000) and Corporate Counsel ($67,000-$192,000).
Here are some hot spots for lawyers:
You must attend a graduate school for law where a bachelor’s degree is a prerequisite for admission. The bachelor’s degree can be in any field since high grades and a high LSAT score are more important than a specific major. Law schools award graduating students a J.D. (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Jurisprudence) as the practitioner’s law degree. Many schools also offer post-doctoral law degrees such as the LL.M (Legum Magister/Master of Laws), or the S.J.D. (Scientiae Juridicae Doctor/Doctor of Juridical Science) for students interested in advancing their research knowledge and credentials in a specific area of law.
If a career in law still sounds like your cup of tea, here are a few things you should do to get started.
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Campus Safety Officer, Part-time | Cheyenne, WY |
| Public Relations Specialist | Breinigsville, PA |
| Director of Public Relations | Orlando, FL |
| Assistant Glassblower, Hands-On (part time/seasonal) | Dearborn, MI |
| Associate Brand Manager | Ripon, WI |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Marketing Analyst (A/B Testing - eCommerce optimization) | San Francisco, CA |
| Product Manager - Mobile Products | San Francisco, CA |
| SalesForce Developer | San Francisco, CA |
| Director Financial Planning Analysis | San Francisco, CA |
| Legal Content Intern | San Francisco, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Freelance Writer | New York, NY |
| Account Manager | New York, NY |
| Product Manager | New York, NY |
| Marketing Web Designer | New York, NY |
| Sales Engineer | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Manager, Direct Marketing | Red Bank, NJ |
| Buyer | New Brighton, MN |
| Branch Sales Professional/Sales Representative - 100713 | Merced, CA |
| Product Research Analyst – Property Tactical Research | Redmond, WA |
| Senior Business Systems Analyst Consumer Insights Consumer Digital Technology | Portland, OR |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Development Director | Boston, MA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Summer Intern | New York, NY |
| Editorial Assistant | New York, NY |
| Recruiter | Atlanta, GA |
| Production Editor | New York, NY |
| Senior Media Editor | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Senior Social Media Specialist | Lake Forest, IL |
| Part Time Online Editor/Writer | Glendale, CA |
| Director of Web Services | Walla Walla, WA |
| Internet Marketing Strategist | Madison, VA |
| Business Development Manager | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| R.N. II | Glendora, CA |
| SIP Technical-Undergrad Summer | Livermore, CA |
| Student Intern - Center for Cyber Defenders Grad Summer (5600) | Albuquerque, NM |
| Student Intern - Research & Development Undergrad Yr Rnd | Albuquerque, NM |
| ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Seattle, WA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Part Time Court Monitor Project Specialist 051-13 | Jackson, TN |
| Vice President, Marketing and Communications 046-13 | Irving, TX |
| Victim Services Specialist | Long Island, NY |
| Program Specialist 53-13 | Tallahassee, FL |
| State Executive Director 020-13 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows 8 Developer | Davie, FL |
| C# Software Engineer | Orland Park, IL |
| Senior Software Engineer - Web 2.0, Java | Redwood City, CA |
| Outside Sales Manager | Houston, TX |
| Front End Designer | Boulder, CO |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Case Manager for Elders | Springfield, VT |
| Tribal Administrator | Ketchikan, AK |
| Senior Policy Manager | San Francisco, CA |
| United Way Manager | Central, IL |
| ADULT PSYCHIATRIST (Consultant) | Trenton, NJ |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Senior Account Executive | Miami, FL |
| FINANCIAL WRITER / PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Associate Corporate Counsel | Atlanta, GA |
| Estate Planner | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Asset Manager | Dallas, TX |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Associate Editor | New York, NY |
| Temporary Assistant Photo Editor (Online/Web/Digital) | New York, NY |
| Home Editor | New York, NY |
| Director, Corporate Communications | New York, NY |
| VP, Merchandising | San Francisco, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| 15W UAV Operator | Pineville, LA |
| Strategic Account Manager - End Users, Central US | New Holland, PA |
| Competitive & Market Intelligence Intern | Washington, DC |
| Manager Product Marketing | Norway, ME |
| Summer Internship, Analytics (Paid) | Chicago, IL |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Copywriter | Seattle, WA |
| Intern - Account Management - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| Intern - Media - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| Intern - Production - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| Intern - Public Relations - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Inventory Disposition Coordinator | Deerfield, IL |
| Medical Assistant Internal Medicine ACB | Houston, TX |
| Maintenance and Engineering Manager | Henry, IL |
| Medical Assistant Oasis | Denver, CO |
| Medical Assistant/Patient Registration Assistant | Rochester, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| VP of Finance | New York, NY |
| Cloud ITSM Coordinator | Chelmsford, MA |
| Marketing Creative & Administration | Edmond, OK |
| Director of Marketing | Irvine, CA |
| Director Business Development | Lexington, MA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| AVP Enterprise Architecture, Commercial Markets P&C Lead | Windsor, CT |
| Corporate Recruiter IT | Savannah, GA |
| Service Engineer/Service Technician | Medford, MA |
| Recruiting Business Partner | Atlanta, GA |
| Corporate Recruiter I | Savannah, GA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Account Manager | San Mateo, CA |
| Research Coordinator/Consultant-Project Employee | New York, NY |
| User Interface Product Designer- P/T Contract | San Mateo, CA |
| Investment Risk Specialist | Boston, MA |
| Client Data Integration Specialist | Norwalk, CT |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Editorial Assistant - Scribner | New York, NY |
| Editorial Assistant - Touchstone | New York, NY |
| Editorial Assistant - Atheneum | New York, NY |
| Production Editor | New York, NY |
| Editorial Assistant - Scribner | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| AVP Enterprise Architecture, Commercial Markets P&C Lead | Windsor, CT |
| Network Engineer II | Phoenix, AZ |
| Senior Engineer Common Systems | Littleton, CO |
| Primary Care Director, Physician Services, Full-Time | Saint Albans, VT |
| MGR, SOA/INTEGRATION TECH COE | Owings Mills, MD |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Sales Representative | Denver, CO |
| Research Manager, Financial & Business Services | New York, NY |
| Summer Associate | New York, NY |
| Product Manager - ClearServe | New York, NY |
| ClearServe | Software Engineer | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Creative Director Job | Hillsboro, OR |
| Machine Learning Intern | Phoenix, AZ |
| MCG SEG Intern (MS/PhD Level) | Hillsboro, OR |
| PIV Intern | Hillsboro, OR |
| Senior Manager - Strategy Development | Santa Clara, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| 12317br | Las Vegas, NV |
| Project Manager | Las Vegas, NV |
| Technical Intern | Reno, NV |
| IGT Turbine Repair Engineer | San Antonio, TX |
| Executive Assistant to the VP of Global FP&A | Las Vegas, NV |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Summer Intern - Nashville Division (in NYC) | New York, NY |
| Editorial Director | New York, NY |
| Editorial Assistant | New York, NY |
| Administrative Assistant | New York, NY |
| Summer Intern – Production | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Service Sales Manager - Seattle/Spokane, Washington | Seattle, WA |
| Project Manager II | Seattle, WA |
| 13-096-ARNG, Human Resources Specialist-Labor Relations (NATIONAL GUARD REQUIREMENT) | Camp Murray, WA |
| Program Assistant | Pullman, WA |
| Regional Field Organizer - Seattle | Seattle, WA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Digital Solutions Specialist | Chicago, IL |
| Product Development Manager | Bellevue, WA |
| Data Scientist | New York, NY |
| Sr Java SW Developer | New York, NY |
| Sr Operations Engineer Infrastructure | Indiana |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Cloud ITSM Coordinator | Chelmsford, MA |
| Senior Product Designer | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Sales Engineering Manager - Cloud IaaS | Houston, TX |
| Director of Product Management | Tampa, FL |
| Pre-Sales Engineer - Cloud IaaS | Houston, TX |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Service-Learning Director | Apopka, FL |
| Director of Development, Florida | Miami, FL |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Police Captain | Sacramento, CA |
| Mgr, Sr Quality Assurance (Waco) | Waco, TX |
| Coordinator of Student Leadership & Civic Engagement - Bonner | Moraga, CA |
| Intern (2682) | Islandia, NY |
| Product Planning Professional | Dayton, OH |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Senior Research Consultant, Claims Research Data Team | Hartford, CT |
| Director & Risk Manager - Quantitative R&D/C++ Developer | Simsbury, CT |
| Director Research - Personal Lines Predictive Analytics | Simsbury, CT |
| Director of Applied Research, Applied Research & Data | Hartford, CT |
| Director, Claims and Reserving Actuarial - Automobile | Hartford, CT |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Publishing Research Associate, YouTube | New York, NY |
| Manager, Product Specialists, RightsFlow | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Direct Marketing | Akron, OH |
| Research Associate/Senior Research Associate | La Jolla, CA |
| Assistant Executive Housekeeper | North Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Tanker Owner Operators - Regional & OTR | Crystal Lake, IL |
| Program Manager - Mobile Development | Cincinnati, OH |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Intern | Mountain View, CA |
| Part-Time Administrative Assistant | Providence, RI |
| Executive Assistant | Atlanta, GA |
| Administrative Assistant | Bloomington, MN |
| Research Coordinator | Columbus, OH |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Internship (Defender Research), Fall 2013 to Spring 2014, Graduate Student | New York, NY |
| Family Defense Pratice Lateral Attorney | Bronx, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Web Chat Customer Sales Representative | Opelika, AL |
| Distribution Services Analyst | Minneapolis, MN |
| Java/J2EE, Flash/Flex Developer | Columbus, OH |
| Senior Marketing Communications Design Specialist | Cambridge, MA |
| Project Coach | Tucson, AZ |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Bartender | San Francisco, CA |
| Director, ACE Program Management | Stamford, CT |
| Technical Support Associate | Norwalk, CT |
| Summer Housekeeping | Eatontown, NJ |
| Data Verification Assistant | Norwalk, CT |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Internship (Defender Research), Fall 2013 to Spring 2014, Graduate Student | New York, NY |
| Internship (Jail Research), Fall 2013 to Spring 2014, Graduate Student | New York, NY |
| Research Associate | New York, NY |
| Center Coordinator | New York, NY |
| Internship, Summer 2013, Undergraduate or Graduate Student | Brooklyn, NY |
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