LAWYERSHEMIAH TAYLOR

EDUC 1300

SPRING 2015

WHAT EXACTLY IS A LAWYER?

• Lawyer is a licensed professional person who practices or studies law; and attorney or counselor.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF A LAWYER

• Communicate with his/her clients.

• Maintain confidentiality of the clients and his/her case.

• Strengthen their clients case.

• Must keep your personal property separate from his or her own property, and must keep your money in an escrow account.

• As a public citizen, a lawyer should seek improvement of the law, access to the legal system, the administration of justice and the quality of service rendered by the legal profession

GUARANTEED BENEFITS.

Salary can range low as $54,310 a year, to as high as $187,200 a year.

Depending on which company you work for you’ll be entitled to a retirement plan.

Paid Holidays Are Not Required or Any Sick Days.

Many employers offer a certain number of paid holidays per year as part of their benefits packages, But vocational time is optional.

Certain insurance companies provides Vision and Dental care coverage.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

7 years of Full-Time studying after high-school.

4 years of a undergraduate study

3 years of Law school

A bachelor degree is required for entry into law schools.

Becoming a licensed lawyer is called “admitted to the bar”

All applicants studying law must passed the Bar Exam

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Majority of lawyer work in a private or corporate legal offices.

Some Lawyers travel to attend meetings with clients at various locations.

The majority of lawyers work full time, and many work long hours.

TYPEFOCUS ASSESSMENTS

From doing the TypeFocus Assessment I discovered what occupation I could fit into based on the Interest Assessment, Also I discovered what occupations fits my strength.

The TypeFocus assessment can also help you set goals and help search for your future career.

My personality type was ESTJ some of their traits are Natural leaders, Excellent organization abilities, and Straight-forward and honest.

TOP 5 SCHOOLS TO BECOME A LAWYER

• Yale University • Harvard University• Stanford University• Columbia University• University of Chicago

INTERESTING FACT!

DAVID BOIES David Boies is one of the most well known Lawyer in America. He worked with man high-profile cases in his career. Boies attended many Universities to get to where he is today such as: the University of Redlands, Northwestern University in 1964, Yale Law School in 1966 and New York University School of Law 1967.

MORE INTRESTING INFORMATION ABOUT LAWYERS.

• Not all attorneys go to court - While the popular media is bombarded with images of attorneys in courtrooms, not all attorneys actually appear before judges. Some attorneys – called transactional attorneys – work behind the scenes, writing contracts and doing other legal work that doesn’t ever involve going to court.

• There are many different types of lawyer the most know are criminal lawyers because they are mostly portrayed on prime time television.

• Finance & Securities Lawyer

• Criminal Defense Lawyer

• Family Lawyer