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Law

Rules and rights: legal reasoning, contracts, courts, human rights and business law.

Who it suits

RIASEC
ECI
  • Persuader: leading, selling, starting things
  • Organiser: structure, data, precision
  • Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why

Students here tend to be a bit more organised, outgoing than average.

Builds on

Native language & literature ●●●Philosophy, psychology & social studies ●●History ●●

Typically offers

High salary · Job security · Impact on society or the planet

Where it leads

Lawyer · Judge · Legal counsel · Prosecutor · Human rights advocate

US median earnings, one year after a bachelor’s
$40,063
College Scorecard, US Department of Education

2,040 programmes tracked

🇦🇺 Australia 580🇫🇷 France 530🇩🇪 Germany 400🇺🇸 United States 385🇨🇭 Switzerland 96🇦🇹 Austria 32🇫🇮 Finland 17

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