Lawyers

Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies(grad-cert)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$220,853

Law(professional)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$220,843

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies(masters)Duke University, NC

$213,539

Law(doctoral)Cornell University, NY

$213,356

Law(professional)Northwestern University, IL

$210,979

Law(professional)University of Pennsylvania, PA

$210,273

Law(doctoral)Duke University, NC

$205,891

Law(professional)University of Virginia-Main Campus, VA

$204,216

Law(professional)University of Chicago, IL

$199,603

Law(professional)University of California-Berkeley, CA

$196,724

Law(professional)University of Southern California, CA

$183,063

Law(professional)Harvard University, MA

$175,880

Law(professional)Fordham University, NY

$170,942

Law(professional)University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI

$170,537

Law(professional)Georgetown University, DC

$168,995

Law(professional)Stanford University, CA

$162,001

Law(professional)Vanderbilt University, TN

$156,307

Law(professional)University of California-Los Angeles, CA

$155,825

Law(professional)Boston University, MA

$139,986

Law(doctoral)Yale University, CT

$139,244

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies(masters)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$130,948

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies(masters)Georgetown University, DC

$130,394

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies(professional)Northwestern University, IL

$129,670

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies(masters)University of San Francisco, CA

$122,124

Law(professional)Boston College, MA

$117,864