How to Become a Lawyer in the United States
Lawyer is one of the toughest careers out there. Becoming a lawyer calls for long degree programs and tough working hours. But in the end it has great rewards as its one of the highest paying jobs in the United States of America.
Instructions
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What to do in high school and college
You need to make up your mind about choosing law as a career in the early stage of your education so that you can develop the required habits for being a lawyer in your high school. The most important one of them all, studying hard.
Take part in your high school debate or mock trial event. It helps a lot in developing the skills that will help you in the career as a lawyer. Get admitted in a decent college for a 4-year graduate degree as it’s the requirement of every law school in United States of America. Try to maintain a high GPA during the graduate degree, and remember that 3.0 GPA is the requirement of almost every law school in the country. Most of these colleges don’t factor out the subject of your graduate degree in their admission criteria so you should keep it simple and choose a degree program you are familiar with. Do well in the graduation and develop cordial relations with a professor or two since you will in need of a letter of recommendation by your teacher for getting admission in a law school.
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Do well in LSAT
LSAT stands for law standard aptitude test and is a half day test which is the requirement of every ABA-approved law school in USA. Prepare hard for the test, as some schools give more weightage to the LSAT scores than your college GPA.
Apply to ABA-approved law schools after getting the results of your LSAT. There is no need to apply to each and every school, just choose wisely and apply for schools that you can afford.
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Pass the bar exam
Just devote yourself to the law program and do not waste much time looking for jobs. Most law schools do not allow students to work in the first year of the program. Try to get some professional experience in a law firm, as it will help you a lot in getting a job later on.
Pass the bar exam and become a certified lawyer. Basically students pass the bar exam in the summer after they graduate from a law school.
Now look for a job, though it’s not the easiest of the tasks considering the whole country is saturated with lawyers, but good grades and your personal experience will help you a lot in getting a job as a lawyer.
