High opportunity occupation
About this job
Lawyers advise clients on legal matters in negotiations and mediations. They also draft legal documents and represent clients before courts of law, tribunals and administrative bodies.
Watch the video below to see what a day in the life of a lawyer is like.
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Common job titles
- adviser / counsel, legislative
- adviser, legal / law and corporate affairs
- attorney / attorney-at-law
- attorney, claim
- attorney, Crown / prosecutor
- attorney, regional / county
- attorney's assistant chief agent
- barrister / barrister and solicitor
- city attorney / city solicitor
- counsel / counsellor-at-law
- counsel, advisory
- judicial assistant - Supreme Court
- law partner / law associate
- lawyer / counsel / attorney
- lawyer / counsel, administrative
- lawyer / counsel, associate
- lawyer / counsel, civil
- lawyer / counsel, commercial / corporate
- lawyer / counsel, contract
- lawyer / counsel, criminal
- lawyer / counsel, Crown corporation
- lawyer / counsel, defence
- lawyer / counsel, family / estates / probate
- lawyer / counsel, general solicitor
- lawyer / counsel, immigration
- lawyer / counsel, in-house / staff counsel
- lawyer / counsel, insurance
- lawyer / counsel, intellectual property
- lawyer / counsel, labour
- lawyer / counsel, legal aid
- lawyer / counsel, real estate / title
- lawyer / counsel, regional
- lawyer / counsel, review
- lawyer / counsel, tariff
- lawyer / counsel, tax
- legal advocate
- litigator
- notary, commercial law
- notary, corporate (Quebec)
- prosecutor / special prosecutor
- Queen's Counsel
- solicitor
- solicitor, departmental
- solicitor, general solicitor
- solicitor, municipal / city / regional
- student, articling law
- student-at-law
- adviser / counsel, legislative
- adviser, legal / law and corporate affairs
- attorney / attorney-at-law
- attorney, claim
- attorney, Crown / prosecutor
- attorney, regional / county
- attorney's assistant chief agent
- barrister / barrister and solicitor
- city attorney / city solicitor
- counsel / counsellor-at-law
- counsel, advisory
- judicial assistant - Supreme Court
- law partner / law associate
- lawyer / counsel / attorney
- lawyer / counsel, administrative
- lawyer / counsel, associate
- lawyer / counsel, civil
- lawyer / counsel, commercial / corporate
- lawyer / counsel, contract
- lawyer / counsel, criminal
- lawyer / counsel, Crown corporation
- lawyer / counsel, defence
- lawyer / counsel, family / estates / probate
- lawyer / counsel, general solicitor
- lawyer / counsel, immigration
- lawyer / counsel, in-house / staff counsel
- lawyer / counsel, insurance
- lawyer / counsel, intellectual property
- lawyer / counsel, labour
- lawyer / counsel, legal aid
- lawyer / counsel, real estate / title
- lawyer / counsel, regional
- lawyer / counsel, review
- lawyer / counsel, tariff
- lawyer / counsel, tax
- legal advocate
- litigator
- notary, commercial law
- notary, corporate (Quebec)
- prosecutor / special prosecutor
- Queen's Counsel
- solicitor
- solicitor, departmental
- solicitor, general solicitor
- solicitor, municipal / city / regional
- student, articling law
- student-at-law
Earnings
Annual provincial median salary
$115,621
Source:
2021 Wage Bank Data Median employment income from 2016 Census