To become a lawyer requires 7 years of post-secondary education including 4 years of undergraduate study and 3 years of law school. Salaries for lawyers range from a minimum of $50,580 up to over $1,000,000 for the highest earners. Lawyers help clients understand their legal rights and achieve those rights in legal proceedings by using skills like communication, problem solving, reading, writing, and public speaking. An interviewed lawyer, Chad Franks, provides legal counsel to victims of childhood sexual assault and uses listening skills to gather important details about assaults.