legal career
Life in law
A legal career is professional work in the field of law—as an attorney, judge, paralegal, or in related roles.
The phrase usually implies sustained employment rather than a single job: She built a legal career spanning three decades.
Someone might pursue a legal career or give up a legal career for something else entirely.
- public defenderAttorney representing those unable to afford one
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- paralegalAttorney support professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- judgeOne who decides
prosecutor · bar exam · law professor · compliance officer · district attorney · immigration lawyer · corporate lawyer · partner track · corner office · arbitrator · defense counsel · trial lawyer · tenure track · mediator · court clerk · solicitor · law firm · human rights advocate
- legal educationlaw schools, law school, moot court, law degree, law faculty
career structure
legal careerodd jobs
Small miscellaneous tasks
gig work · unemployment · joblessness · manual labor · blue-collar work