1. The Career of a Lawyer By Nick Pelikan E Block 2/24/11
2. What Do Lawyers Do? Lawyers act as Advocates Lawyers act as Advisors Lawyers’ common goal is to use their knowledge of law to help their clients get what they want
3. Overview Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation Draw up legal documents Manage or advise clients May specialize in a certain area or may practice broadly in many areas of law
4. Four years undergraduate study Three years of law school (must have bachelors degree and LSAT for admission) High marks are desired Education
6. Salary Beginning: hourly: $26.57 annually: $57,900 Middle: hourly: $54.44 annually: $112,700 Potentially, lawyers can make several million dollars a year
7. Outlook and growth potential Career outlook is about average Outlook is stable 2008-2018 growth rate: 13%
8. The comparison of the careers of a lawyer and a pharmaceutical sales representative
9. To kill a mocking Bird Short video clip:http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi536216345/ Atticus Finch is a lawyer in the 1930’s. He defends a wrongly accused black man against an undeserved rape charge. Despite prejudice and racism he does what is right.
10. Thoughts about success “I will study and get ready and perhaps my day will come.” -Abraham Lincoln Lawyer and President of the United States of America
