careers related to the environment and the law, the educational requirements and nature of work in those field

Question

could you give me a list of careers related to the environment and the law, the educational requirements and nature of work in those fields please?

Answer 1

If you are going to do anything with the law: Become a regulator


State Level:
Most of the state people I deal with are degreed engineers that become Professional Engineers, or geologists that have become Professional Geologists.

Federal = EPA

Same criteria.

Law: If you work on the state and local level, you are most likely in permitting, or regulatory enforcement.

Some regulators go on to work in the private sector or as consultants and do well

Some, have gone on to Law School and generally defend those accused of breaking the law. Activists will seek to sue those that violate the law and/or state regulators into enforcing laws.

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You can get a job as a chemist, biologist or general environmental scientist with a degree in either.

Most of the successful environmental consultants I know are either Civil Engineers that specialize in Environmental, or geologist that work in assessments or remediation.

Both degrees require a very good background in science and math.

If you want to see careers, go to any state EPA and the Federal EPA and search "environmental", or go to careerbuilders.com and search "environmental".


Good luck.