TCP part 3

I want to be a lawyer. Lawyers act like advocates and advisors. Lawyers are like advocates because they represent people in court. They’re also like advisors because lawyers talk to people about their legal rights and tells them the best thing they can do in their situation. Lawyers can do many different things. I want to be a family lawyer. That’s someone who deals with divorce, child custody, adoption proceedings, and other things regarding the family.

To become a lawyer I needed to have 7 years of college. I needed 4 years of undergrad and then 3 years of law school. You’ll need a J. D. degree from a law school that’s been credited from the American Bar Association. They’re the ones that say that law schools meets certain standards. You need to have a bachelor degree to get into most schools. You also need to be good at public speaking, English, government, history, economics, and mathematic. Most of those I liked but doing government, history, and economics was a little harder for me.

It didn’t hurt to do some school sponsored legal clinics and a practice trial. Some skills I needed were helping solve problems, building relationships with clients, problem solving, speaking, and writing skills. When I first got hired I worked with experienced lawyers, than after a couple of years I got hired to a partnership. Even with that training my first employment was only $54,310. Employment is going to grow about 10 which is the average. The costs of clients are going to reduce. It’s going to be tough to compete since there are more and more lawyers but I knew I could do it.