This article is for those who are interested in the workplace of law. This article will help you understand such a thing as the school path of a lawyer, what to do to become one, his task, where he works, what's his salary, the retiring age and much more.
In the first years, it is very stressful, you have a lot of work to do and you have to accommodate to your new environment. Anxiety and stress often kick in but it is very normal. After a couple of years, you kind of get used to the pressure and you develop abilities that helps you to keep up with the speed of the work.
Lawyer often advice and represent clients in a courtroom. They do research and analysis of legal problems, interpret laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses, present facts to their clients or a jury for example, and argue on behalf of their clients. They also prepare and file legal documents, such as lawsuits, appeals, contracts, etc. Lawyers represent one of the parties in a criminal or civil trial by presenting evidence and arguing in support of their case. They also advice their clients about their legal rights and obligations and give them suggestions about their business and personal matters.
Lawyers usually work full time and many do extra time, so they work more than 40 hours per week. They will revise document, attend meeting with clients or with they coworkers and do research for multiple cases.
A lawyer can work at a law firm. We sometime call them associates. They do legal work for individuals or businesses. A lawyer can also work for the government. That's usually the case if you are a prosecutor, you file lawsuit against an individual or corporation accused of violating the law.
To become a practicing lawyer, you need two to four years of a university program and a Juris Doctor/Bachelor of Laws degree from a recognized law school. You also have to complete a period of articling, a bar admission course and exam, and be licensed in the province where you want to work. It goes between six and eight years, sometimes more.
The median wage in Canada is $116,940 per year but almost 80% of lawyers earn between $30,000 and $200,000 a year.
Lawyers must keep their knowledge up-to-date throughout their career by attending continuing education classes. Lawyers who are practicing law must complete at least 12 CPD Hours in Eligible Educational Activities consisting of a minimum of 3 Professionalism Hours on topics related to professionalism concepts and principles and up to 9 Substantive Hours per year.
The job in itself can be dangerous for the person who does it because it can work a lot on your moral, your health because of the stress and the lack of time you have to eat or sleep for example.
I think the chances or not very high because even though a robot would know all the rules of the society, I don't think it would have the humanity to defend a human being or judge him. It doesn't feel any emotion so it would have no empathy or whatsoever and I think you need that to judge or defend someone best interests.
50% report their firms currently have mandatory retirement policies. In firms with mandatory retirement, 38% mandate retirement at 65; 36% at age 70. 27% of lawyers plan to retire early; 29% plan to retire at retirement age; 29% plan to retire later; 4% do not plan to retire at all; 11% are unsure. I think that from this job, you learn to be wise, to observe, to analyse a situation better. You learn how to speak a point and you support with not only your opinion but facts. You also learn more about the justice of our society and you know for sure how to difference the right from the wrong. I think after doing this job, you become a better person.
Right now, I'm finishing cegep, so I'm only at the beginning of this path. Next year, I will start university and I think that this is the moment when everything will start to feel real because I'm going to start learning only about the job that I want to do. I hope that everything goes well and that I will enjoy very much this career.
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