What are the employment directions for the legal profession?

In recent years, the law major has been a popular choice for liberal arts students. So, what are the employment directions for law majors? Below, the author has collected and compiled employment directions for law majors for everyone. I hope it will be helpful to everyone!

Lawyer

A long-established golden profession. The word lawyer always brings to mind words such as quick thinking and personable demeanor. Compared with the boring environment of public prosecutors and legal practice, lawyers have always been the ideal choice for young graduates. Lawyers are also recognized as a high-income class in society and are a symbol of identity and status. After joining the WTO, lawyers are one of the biggest beneficiaries. Lawyers who understand English and international law have very bright career prospects. A lawyer's income depends on the lawyer's ability. A high annual salary can reach 300,000 yuan or even millions of yuan, while a low annual salary may only be about 10,000 yuan. Different majors such as economic law, labor law, and intellectual property have different incomes. At present, our country adopts a strict admission system for lawyer qualifications, and one must pass the national judicial examination.

Legal Advisor

A new choice for graduates. Legal consultants are the most concentrated employment sector for law graduates in my country. They mainly serve the legal affairs departments, legal advisory departments and intellectual property departments of enterprises, and some are government legal advisory departments. However, this part is not something that ordinary undergraduates can do. Generally, government departments have higher educational requirements for legal advisors. . As for salary, the annual salary of legal service personnel of foreign companies is around 100,000, and they are required to be proficient in English or a common national language; the annual salary offered by large state-owned enterprises and private enterprises is around 50,000 to 70,000, but it varies for different universities and majors. ; The annual salary offered by small enterprises is around 20,000 yuan.

Employment in a single subject: Give full play to your advantages. In addition to lawyers and legal consultants, due to the broad conceptual coverage of law, there are also a large number of jobs with advantages in a single discipline. Generally speaking, the professional requirements for such positions are higher and the number is smaller, but the salary is definitely higher.

1. Accountants, auditors and other accounting personnel

The Three Gorges Project audit scandal has made people realize the power of auditors. In fact, this type of accounting personnel has already shown their professional advantages in our country . Practitioners of this type generally have a background in economic law, but they can also have backgrounds in civil and commercial law and administrative law, but they need to take an exam to become a certified public accountant. Such personnel are favored by entrepreneurs because they are proficient in the relevant provisions of my country's commercial law, tax law, economic law, and audit law. Many graduates also like to start their own businesses and set up their own accounting firms.

2. Employees in the securities industry

From the current perspective, the treatment of employees in the securities industry is unlikely to be as good as it was before 2000, but the temptation of high salaries is still attractive to graduates. Yes, the general annual salary can reach about 80,000. This type of person needs to study commercial law and economic law specifically in order to achieve proficiency.

3. Environmental impact assessment practitioners

This is a new type of employment direction and a profession stipulated in environmental laws in recent years. my country's "Environmental Impact Assessment Law" stipulates that construction projects must obtain an "Environmental Impact Report" and "Environmental Impact Report Form" from an assessment agency with environmental assessment qualifications before they can be declared. This type of practitioner requires skilled professional knowledge of environmental law. Judging from the current situation, if you are in a developing large and medium-sized city, the annual salary is more than 100,000, and in a small and medium-sized city, it is around 80,000.

4. New business lawyers

This type of lawyer is different from ordinary lawyers. They generally have their own law firms, which are mainly engaged in legal aspects of business activities, such as agency debt collection, agency business negotiation, etc. Such lawyers may be legal advisers or outside directors of multiple companies, and their remuneration can be imagined. It is possible to earn an annual salary of one million, but the required professional knowledge is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people and requires time to hone.

5. Professional Detective

The criminal investigation profession covered by the law has always been a hot topic in the law, but the recent emergence of professional detective practitioners also shows that the law actually has many paths to diversify, but The first is that my own professional knowledge is too strong. This type of personnel generally engages in investigation work in an investigation company, such as Shanghai need007 Investigation Company, etc., and their annual salary is also very generous.

6. Forensic appraisal practitioners

Forensic appraisal personnel come from forensic medicine, criminal investigation and other majors.

At present, our country emphasizes the judicial appraisal link in litigation and legal procedures, opening up the market for this type of employment. In fact, the salary of this type of practitioners has always been very high. Due to its high technical content and small number of employees, the salary of a good forensic center employee can reach more than 200,000, but the threshold for entering this industry is also relatively high.

7. Film and television legal consultant practitioners

This type of person usually follows film and television celebrities. Although they are not well-known, they definitely earn a lot of money. These people must not only be familiar with my country's film and television laws and regulations, but also must have comprehensive and detailed professional knowledge. At present, the "legal lag" phenomenon in our country's film and television products has seriously interfered with our country's legal propaganda work. The position of film and television legal advisors has also emerged. They must not only ensure the accuracy and correctness of the legal issues of the film , and must handle issues in all aspects of film production and distribution. There is no specific standard for salary, it depends on which director or producer you work with. For this reason, many law schools offer broadcasting majors.

8. Real estate consulting practitioners

The popularity of real estate has also driven the development of many industries. Due to the strong government supervision of the real estate industry and many legal loopholes, graduates majoring in real estate law Very popular with real estate developers. Of course, there are also many graduates who have established or joined real estate consulting companies to provide the general public with real estate contract writing and other related legal services. Of course, the salary of the latter is incomparable to the former. The former’s annual salary can reach about 150,000, while the latter only It can hover around 50,000.

9. Government Compulsory Supervision Department

Many people have never heard of such positions, but it is precisely these professions that not only ensure the exercise of national functions, but also gain benefits for themselves. The foundation of one's career, such as: Import and Export Animal Quarantine Bureau, Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, Prison Bureau, etc. Many times, when recruiting staff for these institutions, they will be confused: apart from those who study politics and law, who else can I recruit? There are no domestic universities offering related majors, or there are very few graduates of such majors. However, the positions of practitioners must be divided according to the popularity of the school and the region.

10. Legal publicity talents

This type of talent should emerge from the development of edge disciplines and adapt to the actual needs of legal publicity in our country. The main employment units are central and provincial and municipal government newspapers and periodicals and Specialized legal propaganda newspapers and periodicals, such as "Legal Daily", as well as legal columns of major TV stations, such as Today's Statement, Statement, Statement, etc. As for the annual salary level of this type of personnel, it depends on the level of the unit, the affairs they are engaged in and personal reasons, but the minimum annual salary will not be less than 50,000. The TV station as a whole is slightly higher than the employees who work in newspaper propaganda, and the annual salary is not It will be less than 90,000 yuan.

At present, there is a dilemma in the employment of lawyers, but the future is still very bright. To give a small example: in terms of the number of individual lawyers, according to statistics in 2002, there are 120,000 lawyers in the country, with an average of 10,000 lawyers. The number of lawyers per person is only 0.8. This ratio is not only lower than that of developed countries (30 in the United States and 15 in the United Kingdom), but also lower than that of some developing countries such as Brazil and Argentina. This ratio is lower not only than in developed countries (30 in the United States and 15 in the United Kingdom), but also in some developing countries such as Brazil and Argentina, which have 20 and 12 lawyers respectively. As far as businesses are concerned, there are 50 million businesses in China, of which only 40,000 have hired lawyers as legal advisors. All the setbacks the law currently faces are temporary. Lawyers or legal workers who are interested in legal career cannot sit back and wait for death. They must be good at forging ahead, tapping their own potential and improving their overall quality. Relying on everyone's efforts, the legal profession will surely usher in spring with hundreds of flowers blooming after the cold snap.