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What You'll Do: There are many types of attorneys, and the specific duties of the job varies with each of them. The most popular are criminal law attorneys. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are both criminal law attorneys. The prior is employed by the government to penalize those accused of breaking the law, while the later is tasked with defending clients charged with breaking the law. All generally have the following duties: doing legal research to gather information needed to protect clients and keep up with the dynamic law, informing clients about the law in detail based on one's own interpretation or understanding of it, giving clients legal advice, representing clients in court by providing evidence and attempting to convince the jury, and preparing a wide variety of legal documents.

Much of your work day will be spent in a comfortable office setting doing research and paperwork. You may be forced to leave the office when you visit clients in their residences or places of business and serve in court. Like most attorneys, you'll probably work for a private law firm or run your own. You might also be employed in a financial field or by the federal government. You'll work full-time, but the nature of the job requires you to do overtime, weekends, and holidays quite frequently.

Education and Training: Becoming a lawyer means undergoing many years of lengthy and tough schooling. Typically, a juris doctor degree is required for attorney positions. The degree is commonly obtained after passing three to four years of law school and passing the notoriously difficult bar exam administered by the American Bar Association.

Getting into law school is an admirable feat of its own as you usually need to have a four-year college degree with high GPA and pass the LSAT exam. Law school applicants come from all kinds of backgrounds, so there isn't a specific concentration that you need to have. However, a bachelor's degree in English, communications, political science, or psychology may prove very useful.

The Future: The law profession is expected to grow at about 10% through 2020.

The Pay: Annual salaries for Lawyer in the U.S. range from $54,100 to $166,400, with the average median annual wage hitting $113,300 in 2011 as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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