Career Cluster Organizer

List the Career Clusters that you discovered as being best suited to your skills and
interests:
1. Corporate Lawyer
2. Judge
3. The Fuzz

List the top eight to ten Career Occupations related to your Career Cluster(s):
1. Solicitor
2. Barrister
3. Administrator
4. Legal Executive
5. Patent Attorney
6. Trademark Attorney
7. Barristers Clerk
8. Project Manager
9. Management Consultant
10.

Complete the table below for the top three career occupations that most interest you
using information gathered from your research.
Career/Occupation # 1: Corporate Lawyer
Job Description: Corporate lawyers serve one client-the corporation in which they are
employed. Small corporations may retain one or two lawyers on staff while larger
corporations may have numerous lawyers, each with their own specialty. Typically,
corporations like banks, insurance companies, hospitals, retail stores, oil firms,
biotechnology companies and manufacturing, energy and communications companies
require the full-time services corporate lawyers provide .
Earnings: Starting salary for first year associates can range from as little as $40,000 to
$110,000 but the salary for a lawyer is anywhere from $150,000 to $400,000.

Working Conditions: Lawyers do most of their work in offices, law libraries, and
courtrooms. They sometimes meet in clients' homes or places of business and, when
necessary, in hospitals or prisons. They may travel to attend meetings, gather evidence,
and appear before courts, legislative bodies, and other authorities
Required Education/Training: To be a corporate lawyer, a juris doctorate degree is
required. Most corporations prefer their corporate lawyers receive one from a law school
accredited by the American Bar Association. They must also hold an attorneys license
in order to practice law in the state in which they are employed. In addition, to be
permitted to represent their clients in a federal court, corporate lawyers must be
admitted and approved to practice in each federal court.
Ongoing education is not uncommon amongst corporate lawyers. They frequently attend
training programs and continuing education in order to enhance and strengthen their
legal skills and knowledge.
Essential Skills Required: The diversity of the job requires a strong background in a
variety of areas. Corporate law experience is helpful along with knowledge and general
experience in business and the corporations industry. Possession of administrative
skills, managerial skills, and negotiating, writing, interpersonal skills is also of great
benefit.
Corporate lawyers are employed in a quick-paced work environment. Meetings with
board members and management occupy part of their time where they are called upon
to strategize and offer legal as well as business advice.
Their other duties may include:

Negotiating employee contracts

Preparing and filing government reports

Drafting legal documents

Reviewing new business relationships with vendors and subcontractors

Guiding managers on regulatory and compliance matters

Administering training workshops

Formulating employee handbooks

Analyzing legal issues relating to proposed products

Representing the corporation before administrative boards and court trials

Providing supervision to outside lawyers hired to assist the corporation with their

specialized legal services

Structuring joint enterprises with other organizations
Future Prospects: The demand for corporate lawyers are low right now but it might
raise in the future.

Career/Occupation # 2: Judge
Job Description: Judges play many roles. They interpret the law, assess the evidence
presented, and control how hearings and trials unfold in their courtrooms. Most
important of all, judges are impartial decision-makers in the pursuit of justice. We have
what is known as an adversarial system of justice - legal cases are contests between
opposing sides, which ensures that evidence and legal arguments will be fully and
forcefully presented. The judge, however, remains above the fray, providing an
independent and impartial assessment of the facts and how the law applies to those
facts.
Earnings: Judges make anywhere from $110,000 to $250,000
Working Conditions: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers do most of their
work in offices, law libraries, and courtrooms. Work in these occupations presents few
hazards, although sitting in the same position in the courtroom for long periods can be
tiring. Most judges wear robes when they are in a courtroom. Judges typically work a
standard 40-hour week, but many work more than 50 hours per week. Some judges with
limited jurisdiction are employed part time and divide their time between their judicial
responsibilities and other careers.
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators usually work in private offices or meeting rooms;
no public record is made of the proceedings.
Required Education/Training: Most judges begin their careers as lawyers, and prior
legal practice is a prerequisite for many state and federal judgeships. Lawyers must
hold Juris Doctor (J.D.) degrees, which require completing three years of legal
education at a law school approved by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Essential Skills Required: The Skills required for becoming a judge is Legal Skills,
Interpersonal Skills and Self-Awareness skills you also have had to be a lawyer before
hand.
Future Prospects:

Career/Occupation # 3: The Fuzz

Job Description: The duties of a police officer, also known as a law enforcement
officer, focus on protecting people and property. They patrol the areas they are
assigned, which sometimes include entire jurisdictions, respond to calls, enforce laws,
make arrests, issue citations, and occasionally testify in court cases.
Earnings: The yearly salary for a police officer is $43,751-$61,988.
Working Conditions: Police officers are first-line emergency workers who
investigate crimes, patrol communities and respond to accidents. Working
conditions vary greatly based on factors such as location, staffing levels and
the number of incident reports. Police work often proves to be both physically
and mentally demanding, especially compared to most other jobs.
Required Education/Training: Police officer education requirements range from a high
school diploma to a college degree. The minimum requirement is usually a high
school diploma, although an increasing number of police departments require
applicants to complete at least one or two years of college coursework or have an
associate's degree.
Essential Skills Required: Analytical Thinking, Self Confidence, Communication,
Flexibility/Valuing Diversity, Self-Control, Relationship Building, Achievement
Orientation, and Medical/Physical Skills and Abilities.
Future Prospects: Police officers are highly looked for because you can never have
enough cops.
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