I hope this helped a little. A Dear Loves the Law, You're investigating a very noble and exciting gig, but one that takes much commitment and education. Lawyers usually specialize in a field such as tax, real estate, family, criminal maritime, education, probate, and bankruptcy. There are also lawyers who work for corporations called corporate attorneys. Lawyers that represent the city, county, state or federal government are known as district attorneys and prosecuting attorneys.
Lawyers can move on to become judges, professors, politicians, or business people.
Your educational path begins with a Bachelors degree. You should take a variety of classes throughout your college career in areas such as literature, history, political science, logic, philosophy, language, psychology, sociology, economics and accounting. Your college counselor can assist you in applying to take this exam. Law school will educate you in legal writing and research, contract law, property law, criminal law, wills, corporate law. and legal procedure. You must then take a pass a written exam in order to be admitted to the bar so that you may begin practicing.