Opportunities in Law Careers

Opportunities in Law Careersoffers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers in the field of law. The book includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources.

About the Author

vii

Foreword

ix

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

One Career, Many Paths

1

(4)

What Good Are Lawyers?

5

(8)

Do lawyers get in the way?

Are lawyers unscrupulous?

Are lawyers greedy?

Are there too many lawyers?

Lawyers and the Legal Profession

13

(7)

A changing profession

Private Practice

20

(8)

Small firms

Sole practitioners

Large firms

Partners and associates

Corporations

28

(6)

The Government

34

(8)

The federal government

State government

Local government

The military

Judicial administration

Politics

Public administration

Legal Services to the Poor

42

(6)

Serving people with low incomes

Law reform

Lawyers in Academia

48

(3)

Lawyers in Other Careers

51

(8)

Law-related options

Many alternatives

Substantive Areas of Practice

59

(13)

Business and corporate law

Services for individual clients

Immigration law

Litigation

Municipal law

Public utilities law

Energy law

Environmental law

Intellectual property law

Computer and Internet law

Entertainment law

Education law

Emerging areas of law

Should You go to Law School?

72

(9)

The career choice process

Legal education

Getting into Law School

81

(7)

The LSAT

Grades and other factors

Pre-law study

Which law school?

Going to Law School

88

(5)

Clinical education

Lawyering skills

Law student clerkships

Extracurricular activities

Graduation

After Graduation from Law School

93

(17)

The bar exam

Predictions of employment prospects

Financial rewards

Job satisfaction

Building a career path

Conclusion

110

(4)

Developing professionals

Appendix A: Model Rules of Professional Conduct: Preamble

114

(4)

Appendix B: Approval of Law Schools: American Bar Association Standards and Rules of Procedure (Selected Standards)

118

(10)

Appendix C: Sample Exam Question

128

(3)

Glossary

131

(10)

Bibliography

141

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