Also called: Law School Faculty
Teaches law students and writes scholarship that can shape how judges and lawmakers think.
Law professors teach classes like Contracts or Constitutional Law, calling on students to explain cases on the spot. Outside class they write long articles, give talks, and sometimes testify before Congress. Getting hired usually requires top grades, a judicial clerkship, and published writing.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 10 years after high school. JD from a top school, often a clerkship and sometimes a PhD.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school, Graduate school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Philosophy, History, Political Science, Economics, English.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Projection for postsecondary teachers overall (approx.).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI changes how law is taught and researched; teaching students to think like lawyers and original scholarship stay human.
Classes: AP English Literature, AP U.S. History, AP U.S. Government, Speech and debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-1112.
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