Also called: Legal information specialist
Research expert at a law firm, court, or law school who finds cases, statutes, and legal information fast.
Law librarians help attorneys track down obscure cases, manage expensive legal databases like Westlaw, teach legal research to law students, and evaluate AI legal tools. Many have both a JD and an MLIS.
Estimate; law firm librarians and law school library directors earn the most.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 9 years after high school. MLIS, often with a law degree (JD) as well.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Pre-Law, Political Science, Library Science.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). BLS projects ~3% growth for librarians and library media specialists.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI legal research tools find cases fast, cutting research staff; evaluating those tools and teaching research stay human.
Classes: AP Government, AP English Language, Speech or debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4022.
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