Human Rights Lawyer
My Career Choice
What IS a Human Rights Lawyer?
A human rights lawyer is a lawyer that would help someone who is feeling like their Human Rights are being violated. Human rights lawyers might also specialize in similar things like: Discrimination, Public Law, War Crimes, etc.
What Characteristics do you Need to Become a Human Rights Lawyer?
First things first, you need to be very organized and neat. You also have to be able to communicate with your clients, and make them feel welcome. Also you have to be friendly because you'll be working with a variety of people all the time. You also have to have good interviewing skills when collecting evidence. Last but not least, you have to have good writing skills, especially when debating, because lawyers usually use pre-written material.
Education and Pay
How Much Money Does a Human Rights Lawyer Make?
The average starting salary a human rights lawyer gets a year is $45,000. Lawyers in this field can make as much as $200,000 especially when working for government agencies.
What Are Good Universities/Law Schools to go to
The top universities to go to are Ivy League Schools, which include schools like Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, and about 5 more high ranked schools. The top colleges with great law schools are Yale Univeristy: Yale Law School & University of California: Davis School of Law.
How Many Years of Education Do You Need?
You will need to have a bachelor's degree, then you take a test to apply for a law school called the Law School Admissions Test, then you spend 3 years working for a J.D. Then you can specialize In a specific field like Human Rights.
A.V.I.D. Can Help?
How Might AVID Help Me Achieve Being a Human Rights Lawyer?
I read you need to be really organized so AVID can really helps me with organization. It also help me with college readiness.
What Makes This Career Interesting to Me?
I like how you stand up for people and how you have the chance to change their lives and make it better. And I also like to stand up for what I believe in, and I believe in all 30 of the Human Rights.