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 Law is a profession where individuals train and become authorized to practice law. Some lawyers become prosecutors. A prosecuting attorney is a lawyer empowered to prosecute cases on behalf of a government and its people. The main responsibility of the prosecutor is to enforce criminal laws and work for the victims of crime. Stephanie Rothstein, a prosecuting attorney, stated," The main goal of the prosecutor is to do justice." (Stephanie) In a typical day lawyers have to interpret laws in order to help their clients and be successful; this requires years of study and preparation.

Advanced years of higher education are needed if someone wants to be successful and find the job they want. To become a prosecuting attorney the person needs to go to college for four years and then law school three years. A student can have an under graduate degree in just about anything and still go to law school. The two law schools in Wisconsin are Marquette University and UW Madison. After law school the student needs to take an exam called the bar exam which in some states you can be exempt from. In Wisconsin, if you lived in Wisconsin and go to either Marquette or UW Madison, and you pass, you can be exempt from the exam. To be exempted is a real honor and takes hard work. Also it is very rare, only few states including Wisconsin allow this. This encourages people that want to be lawyers to live and go to law school in Wisconsin. This is beneficial for Wisconsin because it would have more lawyers.

Prosecutors have to work many long hours to help their clients. Stephanie Rothstein explained her work schedule as, "I usually get to work around 8:30am because that's when court starts. Then we get a lunch break and return back to court. We usually finish  around 5:00pm and I either go home and do my homework, or go to my office and write about what had happen during the day." (Stephanie) Many prosecutors go to court every day.

When someone finds a job, they usually look at the salary and benefits of it first. Stephanie says, "A huge benefit for me is when you go home at the end of the day, you feel like you have made your community a better place." (Stephanie) Another benefit is that you don't work as many hours as lawyers in law firms do. For prosecutors the typical base salary in the United States ranges from $45,457 to $63,612 per year.

Every job has its benefits but they also have drawbacks. Some important drawbacks are that the job has very serious cases and is not very pleasant. There are many people who would not like this job. Also the prosecutor does not get paid as much as lawyers in law firms.

Prosecutors use many things that students learn about in school as everyday objects. This includes the Constitution. Many people rarely think about the Constitution but prosecutors use it every day. They uphold the Constitution by helping to protect the rights of their clients. People can learn so much more about American's laws and rights by being a prosecutor.

Prosecutors have to write many documents but according to Stephanie she says, "The biggest job of the prosecutor is to write the complaint." (Stephanie) In the United States,