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Please refer to the home page to read the discussion question for each chapter. Then come to this page and use the "discussion" option in the menu to post your comments. This is my page!!! L awyers are not like the ones you see in Television. But, they use a lot more of their time. They gather information before they go to court. Lawyer: a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.

Lawyers use law libraries and computers to gather information on the subject they are dealing with. Lawyers need to know if there are any law changes because the law could affect the case or future cases they are or will work on.

Lawyers use law libraries, their office, courts, and in the field.  Lawyers use video chatting, cell phones, and electronic fillings to talk with their clients.

There are different levels of lawyers. At the federal level lawyers investigate cases for the U.S. Department of Justice. Criminal lawyers represent people who have been charged with crime. When insurance claims are filed the attorneys review the claim and respond to them in the court. Trial lawyers tend to speak easier and think quicker because they need to be ready all the time while in court. Lawyers in private practice help clients that got in trouble or that need financial advice.

There are many different kinds of lawyers and their salaries vary. Some kinds of lawyers are bankruptcy, probation, international, environmental, but most are in private practice. Lawyers require 7 years of collage. 4 years of undergrad then 3 years of law school. With the amount of new lawyers each year it is an intense process to get accepted into law school. The average salary for a lawyer is about $60,000 a year. But,each different kind of lawyers salary varies. Lawyers in private practice average about $85,000 a year and lawyers in buisness average about $60,000 a year. Lawyers in government average about $46,000 a year and Academic lawyers average about $45,000 a year. 27% of all lawyers are self-employed.

Lawyers use most of their time to help their clients. Only about 37% of lawyers work full time or about 50 hours a week. In 2006, 761,000 jobs were taken up by lawyers. Lawyer jobs are going to continue to be keen becasue of the number of students graduation from law school each year. 