Insights into Lawyer Salaries, Benefits, and Career Outlook
Explore the salary range for lawyers across their first seven years of experience, starting at $82,000 and reaching up to $170,000. This overview highlights the emotional and financial rewards of a legal career, including mental stimulation and multiple career options. Ideal candidates possess strong ethics, perseverance, and often a Type A personality. The educational path requires a high GPA, LSAT scores, law school graduation, and successful bar exam completion. Surprising facts reveal the competitive landscape of lawyers and the ethics they follow.
Insights into Lawyer Salaries, Benefits, and Career Outlook
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Law By : Sam Moberg
Salary Experience levelLowHighAverage 1st year $82000 $94000 $88000 2nd year $87000 $103000 $95000 3rd year $100000 $115000 $107000 4th year $110000 $124000 $117000 5th year $115000 $135000 $125000 6th year $125000 $146000 $135500 7th year $135000 $170000 $152500
Benefits • Mental Stimulation • Multiple Career Options • Emotional Rewards • Financial Rewards (making great money) • Helping Others With Legal Trouble • Backbone of the Legal System
Enjoyable Aspects • You get to work with other lawyers • No pressure to be cool • Able to learn great phrases • Job fulfillment and salary • Wide variety of job vacancies • Advancement options • Ability to own your own firm
Type Of Person Who Would Want To Do This Job • Believes in right and wrong • Follows rules • Has a good work ethic and perseverance • Type A personality (competitive, aggressive, impatience) • Perfectionism • Need for control
Education Requirement • High grade point average • Attend university (no particular major is required) • Score well on LSAT (law school admission test) • Graduate from law school • Internship with a law firm • Pass Bar exam
Surprising Facts • Too many lawyers in the lower mainland, which means they may have to go else where to practice • Have their own code of ethics • Based on a study done in the USA, most lawyers are Caucasian • Lawyers were established in 1783 • Based on a study done in the USA, there is one lawyer for every 300 people • Lawyers are required to take a professional ethics course