Annual Salary Range
Example Job Titles
- Attorney
- Attorney at Law
- Attorney General
- City Attorney
- Counsel
- Deputy Attorney General
- General Counsel
- Lawyer
Jobs with Transferable Skills
- Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
- Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
- Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Judicial Law Clerks
- Law Teachers, Postsecondary
- Sales Agents, Financial Services
- Sales Agents, Securities and Commodities
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Skills:
- Client Communication
- Communication
- Risk Management
Typical Tasks:
- Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
- Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.
- Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case.
- Represent clients in court or before government agencies.
- Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.