Law Teachers, Postsecondary
What Law Teachers, Postsecondary Do
Teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- None
- Self-employed
- 0.3%
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 5 of 5Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
- Job training
- Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Law and Governmentimportance 4.9/5
- English Languageimportance 4.7/5
- Education and Trainingimportance 4.4/5
- Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.3/5
- Communications and Mediaimportance 3.3/5
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.0/5
- Administration and Managementimportance 2.9/5
- Sociology and Anthropologyimportance 2.8/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.9/5
- E-Mail4.8/5
- Freedom to Make Decisions4.8/5
- Contact With Others4.5/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.5/5
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.4/5
Careers With Similar Skills
Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
- Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
- Tutors99% skill match
- English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Instructingimportance 4.1/5
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.9/5
- Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.5/5
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.1/5
- Systems Analysisimportance 3.1/5
- Systems Evaluationimportance 3.1/5
- Coordinationimportance 3.0/5
- Persuasionimportance 3.0/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
In-Demand Technologies
Other Software Used
- ACD Systems Canvas
- AbacusNext HotDocs
- Blackboard Learn
- CT Summation iBlaze
- Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction CALI Author
- Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction CALI Classcaster
- Collaborative editing software
- Collateral Consequences Calculator
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Social Orientation
- Achievement Orientation
- Cooperation
- Leadership Orientation
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- SocialHigh
- InvestigativeHigh
- ConventionalMedium
- EnterprisingMedium
- ArtisticMedium
- RealisticLow
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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where law teachers, postsecondary make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Fresno, CA5.16× national avg
- 2Eugene-Springfield, OR4.07× national avg
- 3Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3.63× national avg
- 4San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2.48× national avg
- 5Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2.04× national avg
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
- Business Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
- Political Science Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
- Sociology Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Related Education Programs
Schools that offer related fields of study, based on the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk — not a guarantee that graduates enter this specific career.
Law
- Georgetown University (Washington, DC)grads earn ~$226,624
- Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)grads earn ~$291,490
- George Washington University (Washington, DC)grads earn ~$140,848
- New York University (New York, NY)grads earn ~$255,401
- Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, NY)grads earn ~$308,943
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
- Western Governors University (Salt Lake City, UT)
- University of Phoenix-Arizona (Phoenix, AZ)grads earn ~$66,086
- Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, NH)grads earn ~$79,973
- University of Maryland Global Campus (Adelphi, MD)grads earn ~$67,012
- DeVry University-Illinois (Lisle, IL)grads earn ~$66,776
Insurance Law
- Georgetown University (Washington, DC)grads earn ~$171,631
- University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)grads earn ~$84,932
- New York University (New York, NY)
- Texas A&M University-College Station (College Station, TX)grads earn ~$128,518
- University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)