Before you become a lawyer, there are many educational hills you must climb. First of all, like in most jobs, you must have a high school diploma. Then there's college. You must attend a four year college, although you may graduate in three, were as you would have to go to night school. But you're not out of the water yet. Law school is next on the agenda, which you must attend for three years. Some specific courses you may want to take to prepare for all of this include English, foreign languages, public speaking, government

I personally feel that being a lawyer would be a great experience, not just because of the money, but you would get to interact with many different kinds of people. I would really enjoy this job because I like the challenge, and I perform very well under pressure.

The chance of becoming a lawyer or the availability of the job is good, although not all lawyers are good ones. There were 656,000 lawyers in 1994, and three fourths of them, that's 75%, were all in private firms. The salary of a lawyer depends on a few factors. One, whether or not you work privately or in a large firm plays a big role. For example, most private lawyers start off around $37,000 a year, but in some large firms, starting salaries got as high as $80,000 per year. The top salaries are received by good lawyers in top firms reached $1 million a year. But the average lawyer in a good firm makes around $115,000 per year, which I might, add is not bad at all to say the least. The other factor is whether or not you are

Some common words found in the essay are:
, James Ward, Guide Colleges, example private, private firm,
Approximate Word count = 670
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)