Legal

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Types of occupations, skills, abilities, training ideas for career path:

Administrative Law Judges,  adjudicators, and hearing officers: Conduct hearings to decide or recommend decisions on claims concerning government programs or other government-related matters and prepare decisions. Determine penalties or the existence and the amount of liability, or recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims, or compromise settlements.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; speech clarity; oral comprehension; reading comprehension; critical thinking; active listening; complex problem solving; judgment and decision making; social perceptiveness; law and government;  English language; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Law/legal studies

Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators: Facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue. Resolve conflicts outside of the court system by mutual consent of parties involved.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; oral expression; written expression; speaking; reading comprehension; active listening; negotiation; social perceptiveness; persuasion; law and government;  English language; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Legal studies

Court reporters: Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; speech recognition; near vision; active listening; writing; reading comprehension; time management; social perceptiveness; complex problem solving; English language; clerical; computers and electronics
Training Programs: Court reporting

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates: Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May issue marriage licenses and perform wedding ceremonies.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; oral expression; deductive reasoning; speaking; reading comprehension; active listening;  social perceptiveness; complex problem solving; judgment and decision making; law and government;  English language; public safety and security
Training Programs: Legal studies; law

Law clerks: Assist lawyers or judges by researching or preparing legal documents. May meet with clients or assist lawyers and judges in court.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; written comprehension; near vision; critical thinking; raiding comprehension; active listening;  time management; complex problem solving; judgment and decision making; law and government;  English language; clerical
Training Programs: Legal studies; law

Lawyers: Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, and manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; oral expression; oral comprehension; speaking; critical thinking; active listening; complex problem solving; judgment and decision making; persuasion; law and government;  English language; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Legal studies; pre-law; international business

Paralegals and legal assistants: Assist lawyers by researching legal precedent, investigating facts, or preparing legal documents. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; oral expression; oral comprehension; writing; reading comprehension; active listening; time management; coordination; service orientation; law and government;  English language; clerical
Training Programs: Legal assistant/paralegal

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