Final project

Final Project

Career Planning Spring 2011

By Whitney Punzone

Personal AssessmentsThe Holland Code:

C – I – S Conventional – Investigative – Social

Birkman Colors: Interest Color – yellow

Usual Style – red

Career Path: LawyerMy future career will most likely be

a lawyer. I want to become a lawyer because I feel that I possess all the needed skills and abilities for this career. Also, I want to be able to help people who have had injustice done to them. I want to be able to put the “bad guys” away. After all my years of college, I will be a state prosecutor. Being as determined as I am, I will work hard at my job and help those who have been wronged.

Special Skills Communication (speaking/writing):Lawyers need to be able to communicate effectively in a way that people around them can understand. This is needed especially during courtroom trials.

Use of resources:Lawyers need to use their resources, such as books and the Internet. Most lawyers spend some time in the library researching when they are not with clients or in the courtroom.

Time management: Lawyers must have good time management skills. This is so they can set out certain times for each task that they need to complete.Critical thinking:

This is needed because lawyers must go into specific details, rather than just “hitting the surface” of things. It also requires a higher level of thinking.

Problem solving:Lawyers need to figure out reasons for why people are guilty or not guilty, and why they do what they do.

LawyerDaily Tasks: represent clients in a courtroom, present

clients’ cases and show evidence to defend them, study the law, choose jurors and question witnesses

Skills Needed: (See “Special Skills” slide)

A Typical Day: Lawyers may work in their offices, libraries, the courtroom, and sometimes their clients’ homes, hospitals, or even prisons. They work very long hours and face lots of pressure, especially when a trial is coming up. Lawyers must research and keep up with updated laws. They work long days. Most work at least 40 hours per week.

Related Jobs: criminal investigator, paralegal, judge

Salary

Work experience (years) Average annual salary ($) 0 - 1 46,000 to 70,0001 - 4 50,860 to 81,2005 - 9 68,900 to 115,450

10 - 19 79,980 to 145,42020 - more 88,360 to 156,000

* Salary depends on work experience, field of specialization, level of education, location, and size of firm *

American Bar Association (ABA)

Benefits: continues legal

education provides information

about the law has programs to

assist lawyers in their work

works on improving the legal system for the public

Education Requirements

4 years of undergraduate school to earn a Bachelor’s Degree

Pass the LSAT test before applying to a law school

3-4 years of law school to earn a J.D. (Juris Doctorate)

Pass the Bar examination

Related Careers

3. Judgea) Instructs juries on laws, sentences defendants in

criminal cases, rules on admissibility of evidence, reads documents, and interprets and enforces rules

b) Judges and lawyers both need to have much knowledge about the law and are involved in the jury, whether it’s picking the jurors or instructing them.

c) I like how judges enforce rules because I’m very good at setting rules to people.

1. Criminal investigator:

a) Verifies/records evidence, observes suspects, prepares reports, testifies before a jury, analyzes evidence in the lab

b) Criminal investigators and lawyers both need to use their evidence against others.

c) I like how criminal investigators have to use their findings to put away criminals.

2. Paralegal:

a) Prepares/organizes documents, prepares for trial, meets with clients, investigates facts, gathers/analyzes research data

b) Paralegals and lawyers both need to research extensively and prepare for trials.

c) I like how paralegals do similar tasks that lawyers need to do, such as meeting with clients and using problem solving skills.

Job Outlook/ Projections

Employment in 2008 – 759,200

Projected Employment in 2018 – 857,700

Changes between 2008-2018 – Number: 98,500 Percent: 13

Shadowing Experience Where? Stony Brook Hospital

Different Jobs Observed – hematologists, microbiologists, pathologists, immunologists

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Facts – •Hematologists work on weekends and holidays and have irregular hours•All data is stored into computers and most equipment is hooked up to the computers•Most of these jobs require a 4 year Bachelor’s Degree•Pathologist technicians require 2 years of college•Pathologists require 4 years of college and a license •Microbiologists should go to a med-tech program•Only a high school diploma is required for a lab aid

Shadowing (continued)• High school graduates with a high

school diploma can draw blood. They don’t need to get a college degree

• There are evaluations done for quality• Supply managers check the amount of

supplies the hospital has • Clinical lab scientists can become

administrators• College major: clinical laboratory

science• Microbiologists BACTEC 9240 – tells if

bacteria is growing in the blood (2 specimens mostly used are spinal fluids and blood)

• Pathologists – iron and silver stains help to diagnose diseases

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