i want to be a lawyer when i grow up
2007-09-02 21:34:04 · 7 answers · asked by mini l 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
you'll have to do better in your sentence structure......why a lawyer????.....they are scum of the earth...right above illegals
2007-09-02 21:40:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether you are a government lawyer, a corporate lawyer, or a lawyer in private practice. It also depends on what your hourly billable rate may be as well as how many billable hours you get during a year.
If you are in private practice, you do not get paid for being in the office, you get paid for how much work you do. I know some lawyers who are in the office 40 hours a week and only get 25 to 30 billable hours a week. It is good if you are at the office many hours AND have the work to do.
If a person works 50 weeks at 40 hours a week, that person would have 2000 hours of work. However, with lawyers, often they will work 50-60-70 hours or more a week in order to get the required billable numbers.
Young associate lawyers starting out generally have the lowest billable rate, with higher billable rates for junior partners, and the highest billable rate for senior partners.
Billable rates will vary by location, with the highest billable rates being in major cities and lower billable rates being charged by lawyers in rural communities.
It would not be unusual for an associate in a major New York or Washington law firm to make in excess of $100,000 as a starting salary. However, some of those associates may last a year or less because they do not like the type of work they do and the demands of the practice there.
Life as a lawyer is not as idealized as it is portrayed on television shows. Much of the work is tedious and boring, and the hours are long. I regret that I am not able to give you an exact idea about how much lawyers make because there are too many variables in the equation.
Good luck, and study hard. Do all you can to become a good writer. The skills of writing, research, and rhetoric are a lawyer's stock-in-trade. Do what you can as a student to develop them. Become the smartest student in your class. It is a lot of work, but it you want to achieve your goals, you will find it worthwhile.
2007-09-03 00:15:05 · answer #2 · answered by Mark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends. If you are a very good lawyer in such a way that everybody in your community knows you for your winning cases, you can collect from your client a big amount. But if you're a low profile lawyer, you can get fees for your services which are only reasonable amount. It also depends on the facts, issues, laws, and money involve in the case. So if you want to be lawyer, don't think of the money that you will earn instead you have to study well in the school of law and be an outstanding student among your batch. And most importantly to pass the Bar and try to be included in the topnotchers.
2007-09-02 22:07:57 · answer #3 · answered by marco 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop counting money yet, you are not even in the law proper or what university you would end up with. Harvard or Oxford for that matter, what if you donot qualified then what?
Chances are you wouldn't end up as a lawyer, I would certainly bet on it. Why? Because the way you wrote this. Just a clairvoyant nothing much. Sorry.
2007-09-03 04:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get many money if you are a good one. Like 6 figure money.
(God Save America).
2007-09-02 21:37:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You get many money mini!
2007-09-02 21:41:04 · answer #6 · answered by Speaking_Up 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your mom raised you better than that!
2007-09-02 23:02:08 · answer #7 · answered by OC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋