between associates and partners? Do you recommend any website?
Isabel
Partners start and/or run the firm. Associates work under partners - they have passed the bar, but normally do not control their cases. This also depends on the field of law, of course. Partners normally have been practicing for longer.
Oscar C
An interesting question answered interestingly by Isabel.
ronjon007
I'd like to supplement Isabel's answers. I assume you first question is why do attorneys work in firms. 1) job training- you get to train under people who have experience doing this. 2) Stable paycheck- in your own firm, you are not guaranteed a paycheck. 3) Don't usually have to handle too many administrative matters- in your own firm, you're the attorney, the accountant, the manager, the bookkeeper, the accounts receivable and payable dept., human resources, etc. In a large firm, usually, someone else handles those functions.
There is no difference between the function of an attorney and a lawyer. Attorney sounds a little more distinguished, don't you think?
If associates work hard enough, they can become partners (there are different levels of partnership also). As Isabel said, certain partners run the firm, and generally, partners in a large firm tend to be very experienced and usually have a well established client base.
I don't know what kinds of websites you are looking for, but the ABA website (www.abanet.org) and Law.com might be able to help you.
mailaccount63
Attorneys and Lawyers are the same thing.
Warning! Jobs in the field of Law are drying up FAST!! This is not a good field to invest time and/or money into. This is a SHRINKING vocational field. Many reasons. Many people today (mistakenly) think they can do their own legal work, thanks to the Internet. Also, we simply have WAY TOO MANY Legal Professionals - we have an absolute GLUT!! ("Legal Professionals" includes, but is not limited to: Attorneys/Lawyers, Paralegals, Legal Assistants, Legal Secretaries, Bailiffs, Court Reporters, etc, etc)
Law school will cost approx $ 150,000+.
Even IF you finish law school, you won't be able to find a job when you are done. Since this vocational field is shrinking, many new attorneys/lawyers are, themselves, having to work "down" as Paralegals, Legal Assistants, Legal Secretaries, Bailiffs, Court Reporters, etc, etc, to simply try to keep some of THEIR bills paid <
Now... the law schools know this, but they won't tell you the truth >that the job market/economy is SATURATED with WAY TOO MANY Legal Professionals. Instead the schools will feed you a fairytale and will LIE to you. The root of the problem is we have too many law schools. We are in a recession, and the schools are fighting for their own survival - they will tell students ANYTHING to get to the students' money. (Which is why they won't tell you the truth about the job market for the field of Law.) AND these schools continue to recruit and churn out even MORE Legal Professionals.............
If you don't believe me, then just do a SEARCH here on Yahoo Answers to see what other posters are saying about the current status of the field of Law.
In the book "So You Want to be a Lawyer?" by Marianne Calabrese and susanne Calabrese (ISBN 0-88391-136-1): "The United States has more lawyers than any other country in the world. About 38,000 students graduate >EACH YEAR< from 200 law schools in the United States. The competition is very keen for jobs and clients."
If you want a JOB when you are done with your studies, consider and look into the field of >>>HEALTHCARE!
Good luck.
(This was intended as personal opinion, and not intended to be used as legal advice.)
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