Careers In Legal Work

Lawyer / Attorney: OBJECTION! A wag of the finger of Justice!
OBJECTION! Bam! All eyes are on you when you yell it out in the courtroom, and you better make it count. Objections are a defense attorney's main weapon. Remember that. But before you can step into a court of law, you'll need years and years of education. Law School, to be exact. To get there, though, you will need to take your LSATs. Start prepping for that as early as possible. It's not easy, at all. Once you've secured that coveted law degree, it's time to pass the Bar. The career path to bei...

Court Reporter: Dot Your Ts... Wait a Minute
Be impeccable. Law is about details, and those details have to be recorded by someone who is up to the task of being accurate and precise. It's a big responsibility transcribing legal affairs. You are the historian of current events. But be cool, you're not the one on the stand. Whatever you are reporting about, you need to know the terms, be they business, law, or medical.

Court Reporter: Song "Danger Zone"
You have to be a bear for detail. And you have to be able to focus completely on what you are doing. If you are editing transcripts after the fact, you have to make sure that anyone looking at your work knows exactly what is taking place in what you have written. If you are doing real-time transcription or recording, you have to make the quality of your recording or transcription top notch.