Also called: Space Law Attorney
Advises rocket and satellite companies on launch licenses, orbital rules, and space treaties.
Space lawyers help companies like satellite startups get FAA launch licenses and FCC radio spectrum, and they study treaties about who can mine the Moon. The field is tiny but growing fast with commercial spaceflight. A few universities, like Nebraska and Mississippi, offer space law programs.
Very small field; figures reflect related telecom/aerospace practice.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 8 years after high school. JD, often plus an LL.M. in space, cyber, and telecom law.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school, Graduate school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Aerospace Engineering, Physics, International Relations, Political Science.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). BLS projection for all lawyers (2024-34); niche areas vary.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps track treaties and licensing rules; a tiny, growing field built on new questions and negotiations that need human judgment.
Classes: Physics, AP U.S. Government, AP English Language, Astronomy.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-1011.
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