Lawyers

Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.

On the job, you would:

• Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.
• Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
• Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.

Education

• professional degree
• doctoral degree

Safety and Government

• law and government

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Business

• customer service
• management

Engineering and Technology

• computers and electronics

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• talking to others

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

• Analytical Thinking
• Dependability
• Integrity
• Attention to Detail
• Stress Tolerance
• Initiative

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
• use rules to solve problems

Attention

• pay attention to something without being distracted