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Before you decide on choosing the law career, you need to know about the things that are related to the legal profession. You have to know what the legal profession can give you – will it be able to fulfill your basic requirements, will you be able to reach the career goals that you have set for yourself, will it suit your interests and will it allow you to get the lifestyle of your choice? Once you know the answers to all these questions you can decide on choosing the law career.

According to A. Harrison Barnes, the experienced lawyer who owns LawCrossing.com, the legal career is a profession that allows you to choose from varied areas of law practice. You can choose any of the practice area of law – workers’ compensation law, bankruptcy law, labor law, real property law, consumer law, insurance law, business law, criminal law, social security law, tax law, probate law, corporate law, family law and many others – that suits your interests and requirements. The choice completely depends on what you want.

Choosing a practice area allows you to work in the branch of legal profession that you are comfortable in. The legal profession comprises lawyers, judges, legal nurse consultants, legal secretaries, litigation support professionals, jury consultants, court reporters, e-discovery professionals, trial consultants, compliance specialists, paralegals and mediators. You have a variety of options that you can choose from says A. Harrison Barnes.

Once you have determined the law practice area you wish to pursue your legal career in, then you have to decide on the kind of legal environment you are comfortable to work in. There are a variety of options in this area as well. You can join a law firm or work for the government. You can choose to work as a solo practitioner or work in an in-house or may choose a boutique to practice law at. The people in the legal profession also have the choice of joining a non-profit organization if it suits their interests, says A. Harrison Barnes.

The best part of pursuing the legal career is that you will be able to earn good money for yourself and your family, as per the words of A. Harrison Barnes. You will be able to lead a very successful and luxurious lifestyle if you become a lawyer or a judge. The salary of the lawyers working at the largest law firms starts from $150,000 to $180,000 a year. In fact the partners at these law firms earn an average salary of $1.2 million annually.

The legal profession also includes other operatives like mediators, court reporters, legal secretaries, law clerks, contract administrators, magistrates, litigation support professionals, legal nurse consultants, paralegals and other courtroom personnel. The financial incentives for them are quite attractive as well. The more expereinced professionals in these fields earn a salary ranging between $30,000 and $ 100,000 per year. Barnes also adds that the salary of the legal professionals depend mostly on the experience they have, the field of law they are working in, the degrees they have, the law school they have studied from, the practice areas they are in and the geographical locations they are working in.

You should select the area in which you want to function as a legal professional while you are in law school itself. You can start working as an intern with a legal employer. This will give you an idea of what the law practice area is all about – how lawyers and other legal professionals function in that particular legal area.

Expansion in legal career is very easy if done in the right way. You should be at the right place at the right time to expand your legal career. You have to work with a law firm that is expanding. Make sure that the legal job you are in sees more growth than retreats in the business. It is all about utilizing the right opportunities at the right moments. If you are unable to do so you might remain stagnant in your entire legal career and your life, believes Barnes.

After landing a job at a suitable law firm your first priority should contribute to the growth of the business of your firm. Make sure that your contribution is being recognized by the legal employers or else your effort will be of no value. But this should be done very subtly. You must see to it that you don’t give an impression of showing off or belittling others. The greater your contribution to the growth and success of your organization, the higher job security you will have at your firm. Your assistance for the expansion and growth of the company will place you at a better position. This in turn will assist in the growth and success of your own career in law.

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