Opportunities in Law Careers

by Munneke, Gary A.; Greene, Robert Michael

• ISBN13: 9780658010460
• ISBN10: 0658010468
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-31
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Opportunities in Law Careers offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers in the field of law. The book includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources.

Table of Contents

About the Author	vii
Foreword	ix
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
One Career, Many Paths	1	(4)
What Good Are Lawyers?	5	(8)
Do lawyers get in the way?
Are lawyers unscrupulous?
Are lawyers greedy?
Are there too many lawyers?
Lawyers and the Legal Profession	13	(7)
A changing profession
Private Practice	20	(8)
Small firms
Sole practitioners
Large firms
Partners and associates
Corporations	28	(6)
The Government	34	(8)
The federal government
State government
Local government
The military
Judicial administration
Politics
Public administration
Legal Services to the Poor	42	(6)
Serving people with low incomes
Law reform
Lawyers in Academia	48	(3)
Lawyers in Other Careers	51	(8)
Law-related options
Many alternatives
Substantive Areas of Practice	59	(13)
Business and corporate law
Services for individual clients
Immigration law
Litigation
Municipal law
Public utilities law
Energy law
Environmental law
Intellectual property law
Computer and Internet law
Entertainment law
Education law
Emerging areas of law
Should You go to Law School?	72	(9)
The career choice process
Legal education
Getting into Law School	81	(7)
The LSAT
Grades and other factors
Pre-law study
Which law school?
Going to Law School	88	(5)
Clinical education
Lawyering skills
Law student clerkships
Extracurricular activities
Graduation
After Graduation from Law School	93	(17)
The bar exam
Predictions of employment prospects
Financial rewards
Job satisfaction
Building a career path
Conclusion	110	(4)
Developing professionals
Appendix A: Model Rules of Professional Conduct: Preamble	114	(4)
Appendix B: Approval of Law Schools: American Bar Association Standards and Rules of Procedure (Selected Standards)	118	(10)
Appendix C: Sample Exam Question	128	(3)
Glossary	131	(10)
Bibliography	141