Judge

Brianca Spells
Personal Finance
Period 06

Vision
I want to have a successful, healthy lifestyle. I want to
finish High School, graduate college go to law school,
then become a great lawyer, to be a even better JUDGE.

JUDGE
A judge is someone who Reads documents on pleadings and motions
to ascertain facts and issues. Rules on the admissibility of evidence
and methods of conducting testimony. Writes decisions on cases.
Instruct jurors.
I choose to be a judge because I think its the best, i mean a lawyer is
good but do they really make the decision, the judges are the ones that
have the final say so.

Career Research
Quick Facts: Judges and Hearing
Officers
2012 Median Pay
$102,980 per year
$49.51 per hour
Entry-Level Education
Doctoral or professional degree

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

See How to Become One
On-the-job Training
Short-term on-the-job training
Number of Jobs, 2012
43,200
Job Outlook, 2012-22
1% (Little or no change)
Employment Change, 2012-22
400

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Next 5-10 years

The next 5-10 years I see myself just becoming a
lawyer, in a well known and rounded law firm. Getting
on my feet, having my own house, and a strong
independent young women.

Required Knowledge
Education needed
Doctoral or Professional
degree (Such as Bachelors)
Courses...
Law & Government
English
Public safety & Security
Psychology
Administration & Management

I need
License, study law
Master in criminal justice, then
get my bachelors in government
in legal studies and local and
state laws.

Skills
I have
Active listening
Critical thinking
Judgement
Deductive & inductive
Reasoning
Oral comprehension

I need
Speaking
Reading & Comprehension
Complex problem solving
Decision making
Speech clarity
Written Comprehension

Goals
1. Get into a good College that will help me start my career
2. Get connected to a great well known law firm
3. Start my career as a lawyer, then become a JUDGE.

Goal #1
Get into a good College that will help me start my career
I need to get good grades, to get into a well rounded college, that
will help me get on the right path.
Opportunity Cost
May have to cut some extracurricular activities. :(
Such as sports.

Goal #2
Get connected to a great well known law firm
I need to be a great student in college and get known for my
greatness.
Opportunity Cost
May not have friends, focused on my goal, others may hold me
back or distract me._Cut people off_

Goal #3
Start my career as a lawyer, then become a JUDGE.
I need to be a great lawyer or have some experience.
Opportunity cost
No social life, May have to keep to myself a lot.

Career Destination
My career destination is becoming a successful JUDGE.
Some challenges I see only is if I procrastinate or when I
am a judge my chair is too high or i trip on my robe. ;)

Justice is conscience, not a

personal conscience but
the conscience of the
whole humanity
-Alexander Solzhenitsyn
This man is one of my idols, he fought for justice in Russia, he made
change, and that is what judges do, they are a stepping stone to make
a better world, I want to impact the world one day.

THE END

Citations

http://www.careerinfonet.org/occ_rep.asp?
nodeid=2&optstatus=000110111&next=occ_rep&jobfam=23&soccode=231023&stfips=&level=&id=1&ES=Y
&EST=Judge

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/judges-and-hearing-officers.htm

https://www.whatsnextillinois.org/Career_Planning/Career_Profile/Career_Profile.aspx?
id=3qSjdxLtaNxquDlziGLf9gXAP3DPAXXAP3DPAX

http://education-portal.com/become_a_judge.html

http://data.bls.gov/search/query/results?cx=013738036195919377644%3A6ih0hfrgl50&q=judge+inurl%
3Abls.gov%2Fooh%2F