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:
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
Typical Tasks:
- Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.
- Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
- Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.
- Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
- Present evidence to defend clients or prosecute defendants in criminal or civil litigation.
Training Opportunities
- Columbia University500 W. 120th St., Mudd 1310 · New York, NY 10027
- Cornell UniversityCaldwell Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-2602
- CUNY City CollegeThe City College of New York 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031
- CUNY LaGuardia Community College31-10 Thomson Ave. Long Island City, NY 11101
- Fordham University113 W 60th St, New York, NY 10023
- New York University50 West 4th Street,New York, NY, 10012,
- Plaza College118-33 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, NY 11375
- Princeton UniversityHelm Building 330 Alexander Street, 3rd Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540
- Syracuse University900 South Crouse Ave. Syracuse, NY 13244
- United States Military Academy West Point758 Cullum Rd, West Point, NY 10996