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Rough Draft: Being a lawyer is a difficult job. There are many requirements for being a lawyer, many advantages and disadvantages, and also many things a lawyer has to do in order to be a good lawyer. Al lawyer is a person in the law; as an attorney counsel, or slociitor; a person licsened to practice law. The number of self employed lawyers are expected to grow slowly, reflecting the difficulty of establishing a profitable new practice in the face of longer established ones. About 27 percent of lawyers were self-employed, practicing either as partners in a law firm or in solo practice. In 2006, there was 761,000 lawyer jobs. Employment of lawyers is expected to grow 11 percent through the 2006-16. Employers are looking for graduates who have experience in a specialty, such as tax, patent, or admirable law. Competition for job openings should continue to be keen because of the large numbers of students graduating from Law School each year. The willingness to relocate may be an advantage of getting a job. The large growth of population and in level of buisness activity is expected to create more legal transactions, civil disputes, and criminal cases. Many salaried lawyers working outside of government were employed as house counsel by public utilities, banks, insurance companies, real estate agencies, manufacturing firms, and other buisnesses firms and non-profit organization. Most salaried positions are in urban areas where government agencies, law firms, and big corporations are concentrated. Most government employed lawyers worked at the local level. In the federal government, lawyers worked for many different agencies but were concentrated in the department of justice, treasury, and defense. Some lawyers appear in court more often than others. Trial lawyers must be able to think quickly with ease and authority. Familiatry with courtroom rules and strategy is particulary important in trial work. Trial lawyers also spend time outside the courtroom, conducting research, interviewing clients and witnesses, and handling other details in preperation for a trial. As advocates, they represent one of the parties criminal and civil trials by representing evidence and arguing in court for their client. Lawyers may specialize in a number of areas, such as banruptcy, probate, international, elder, or enviromental laws. Lawyers representing enviromental law may represent interest froups, waste disposal companies, or constuction firms in their dealing with the U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency, or other Federal and state agencies. In criminal law, lawyers represent individuals who have been charged with crimes and argue their case in court. The Unites States is one place where law is taught in law schools. Becoming a lawyer usually takes about 7 years. It takes a 4 year college degree, 3 years of law school, and passing a bar exam. Law schools in the United States award graduates a j.d. (juris doctor). Also, some law schools require lawyers take a LSAT entrance exam (Law School Admission Test). Schools also may award other students a s.j.d. for students who wish to advance their knowledge in law. Law schools are graduate proffesionals schools where a bachleor's degree is needed for admission. Law schools are also sometimes followed by advance examinations, apprenticeships, and additional work course at special government institutes. In some states, law is taught by a faculty of law, which is a deparment of a university's undergraduate college. Some law schools are part of universities while some are independent institutions. Some countries even require another bachleors degree to become a lawyer. The graduates with superior acedemic records will have the best job oppurtunities. There is also continuing eduaction that a lawyer has to take. Lawyers are required to take 30 credits of Continuing Legal Education every two years to comply with the Office of Lawyer Regulation. The lawyer that i interviewed said that the best thing about her job is to help people in need. There are many benefits of being a lawyer. Lawyers like the fact that they can help so many people in so many ways. They feel rewarded to know that they have helped a person, family, or company out of situations that call for problem solving. They like the feeling knowing that they have solved a problem that results in a positive change for their client. Another benefit is that you get to meet a lot of new people when you work as a lawyer. You can meet new friends from meeting clients, from the defending side, and when you travel you meet a lot of new friends. Another benefit is that lawyers get a good salary. Making money depends on how good of lawyer you are, how much education you went through, and how long you have been a lawyer. Lawyers who have been lawyers for less than a year usaully make about $57,147 per year. Lawyers who have been lawyers for 1 to 4 years usually make $63,746 per year.Lawyers who have been in the buisness for 5 to 9 years make usually $87,464 per year. For lawyers who have 10 to 19 years of experience uaually make $101,891 per year. And for lawyers with 20 years of experience or more usually make $113,908 per year.