Criminal+Attorney


 * **Category ** || **Explanation ** || **EXTRA REQUIRMENT ** ||
 * Tasks || * Communicate with clients and co-workers
 * Travel to depositions
 * Represent clients in court ||  ||
 * Tools & Technology || * Smartphone to communicate with clients and co-workers
 * Computer and internet for communicating and looking up information ||  ||
 * Knowledge || * Language arts - lawyers read a lot ||  ||
 * Skills / Abilities || * Lawyers need to be able to communicate well with others ||  ||
 * Work Context || * Lawyers work at their office or at the courthouse on a daily basis. || media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=courthouses+in+wilmington+nc&aq=&sll=34.231666,-77.945625&sspn=0.017137,0.027509&ie=UTF8&hq=courthouses&hnear=Wilmington,+New+Hanover,+North+Carolina&ll=34.231674,-77.945638&spn=0.014258,0.006295&output=embed" width="425" height="350" ||
 * Education || * Lawyers must go through law school.
 * They have to complete an internship before they can get a good job ||  ||
 * Related Occupations || * Judge ||  ||
 * Wages & Employment || * North Carolina average - $100,000
 * National average - $113,000 || [[file:Book1.xlsx]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Additional Information || * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Lawyers have to travel for their job. They don't stay in the office all day every day. ||  ||

This career was probably not the right career for me. I didn't like how formal it was in court, I would be uncomfortable if I was the one speaking to the judge. Outside court was pretty laid back. The lawyer I shadowed spent a lot of time talking to his co-workers about what they were going to do or say. He also spend a lot of time talking to his clients and I am very comfortable talking to other people. I also didn't like how when you are a lawyer you don't get much vacation time. If you want to leave you have to plan months in advance. You don't get much free time. This is a very organized career. It certainly pays well and is a good career for some people, just not me.

Being a lawyer involves a lot of reading and communicating with others. It is very important that someone who wants a career as a lawyer is not only good at language arts, but also enjoys reading. It might seem strange but someone who is good in geometry should do well as a lawyer. Geometry helps develop logical thinking skills that will help win arguments. Someone who likes negotiable answers might also like to be a lawyer. Sometimes there can be more than one right answer and a person who can stand behind their answer and explain why it is correct would make a great lawyer. //Teen Court//. Dir. BlueDynamic. //Teachertube.com//. 7 Apr. 2009. Web. 1 June 2011. <http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Teen_Court&video_id=95278>. media type="custom" key="9634328"

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