Texas Reality

Check Your Monthly Expenses

Houston Housing $772

Utilities $384

Food $450

Transportation $733

Clothes $400

Health Care $73

Personal $475

Entertainment $299

Misc $650

Savings $424

Student Debt Loan $391

Monthly Expenses $5,051

Annual Expenses $60,611

Taxes (25% of Annual Expenses) $15,153

Annual Salary Needed $75,764

• Do you think your total expense list was on the money? higher? lower? than what it should be? Why do you think that?

Lower than it should be considering how much a lawyer makes

• What expenses could you cut corners on if you had to do it again?

I probably could make some exceptions on the food side of things and eat at home all the time and it would be pretty great regardless

Choose one of the careers in your list they  gave you . What was the:

• method of entry

Occupations at this level generally require a first professional degree. Completion of the academic program usually requires at least 6 years of full-time equivalent academic study, including college study prior to entering the professional degree program

• top five important job skills

1. Conduct legal hearings and investigations

2. Determine liability of organization or client

3. Compile evidence for court actions

4. Participate in appeals hearings

5. Review hearing transcripts

• licensing/certification required (if any)

Board Certification - Business Bankruptcy Law 
Board Certification - Consumer Bankruptcy 
Board Certification - Creditors Rights 
American Board of Certification 

Board Certification in Civil Trial Advocacy 
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Board Certification in Criminal Trial Advocacy 
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting 
Board Certification in Family Law Trial Advocacy 
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Board Certification in Social Security Disability 
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting 
Business Bankruptcy Specialty Certification 
Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) 

National Association of Estate Planners & Councils 
Administative Law Specialty Certification 
Estate Planning Law Specialist
National Association of Estate Planners & Councils 
Family Law Specialty Certification 
Farm & Ranch Real Estate Specialty Certification 
Civil Appellate Specialty Certification 
Civil Trial Specialty Certification 
Commercial Real Estate Specialty Certification
Consumer Bankruptcy Specialty Certification
Criminal Law Specialty Certification 
American Bar Association
GIAC Business Law and Computer Security (GBLC)
Global Information Assurance Certification

• Was the labor market information for wages in your chosen city higher/lower than that for Texas and for the nation?

$151,611.00

• What about information on job openings each year in the career you chose?

A lot of companies look for lawyers and there are plenty of openings form the court room to a advisory role

Go back and start the Reality check over. Choose the exact same expenses you did the first time, but choose a different city. What happened to your expense list? Which ones were different, and why do you think so? Was your career list the same or different, and how was it different?
Nothing changed it just got slightly more expensive since I chose austin and on the contrary the pay got better and the job opporunities rose

Realistic 15

Investigative 24

Artistic 27

Social 5

Enterprising 16

Conventional 7


Well I personally think that the survey thing wast very fair since it kept repeating certain questions at least once but overall I disagree with the outcome mostly because i don't consider myself a artsy person yet my highest stat was for art but I guess you could consider me a investigative person which i do agree with at least partially since i am a curious person by nature.