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Law Teachers, Postsecondary

$108.86K Median Salary 2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 11.1% Job Growth

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About This Career

Teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Reported Job Titles

Adjunct Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Business Law Professor, Clinical Law Professor, Instructor, Law Instructor, Law Professor, Legal Writing Professor, Professor

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Abilities

Oral Expression

Written Comprehension

Oral Comprehension

Speech Clarity

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Written Expression

Near Vision

Speech Recognition

Problem Sensitivity

Category Flexibility

Information Ordering

Originality

Fluency of Ideas

Knowledge

Law and Government

English Language

Education and Training

Computers and Electronics

Communications and Media

Skills

Speaking

Active Listening

Learning Strategies

Reading Comprehension

Instructing

Active Learning

Critical Thinking

Writing

Judgment and Decision Making

Complex Problem Solving

Monitoring

Social Perceptiveness

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Coordination

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Word processing software

Computer based training software

Information retrieval or search software

Electronic mail software

Document management software

Data base user interface and query software

Legal management software

Spreadsheet software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Desktop publishing software

Office suite software

Internet browser software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Presentation software

Web page creation and editing software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Microphones

Televisions

Portable data input terminals

Multimedia projectors

Projection screens or displays

Web cameras

Photocopiers

Microphone stand

Scanners

Videoconferencing systems

Teleconference equipment

Notebook computers

Epidiascopes

Touch screen monitors

High capacity removable media drives

MP3 players or recorders

Inkjet printers

Digital cameras

Slide projectors

Liquid crystal display projector

Laser printers

Compact disk players or recorders

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Digital video disk players or recorders

Special purpose telephones

Overhead projectors

Laser fax machine

Scientific calculator

Desktop computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Knowledge

Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

Skills

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Information retrieval or search software: LexisNexis
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Legal management software: Collateral Consequences Calculator; Thomson Reuters WestlawNext Litigator
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software: Text scanning software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software

Tools

Microphones: Handheld microphones; Studio microphones; Wireless microphones
Televisions: Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers
Multimedia projectors: Computer projectors; Multimedia projection equipment
Projection screens or displays: Projector screens
Web cameras: Webcams
Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Microphone stand: Microphone podiums
Scanners: Data input scanners
Videoconferencing systems: Videoconferencing equipment
Teleconference equipment: Teleconferencing equipment
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Epidiascopes: Opaque projectors
Touch screen monitors: Interactive whiteboards
High capacity removable media drives: Universal serial bus USB flash drives
MP3 players or recorders: MP3 digital voice recorders
Inkjet printers: Poster printers
Digital cameras:
Slide projectors: Carousel slide projectors
Liquid crystal display projector: Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Compact disk players or recorders: Compact disk CD players
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Digital video disk players or recorders: Digital video disk DVD players
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Overhead projectors: Overhead data projectors
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Scientific calculator: Digital calculators
Desktop computers:
Tablet computers:

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