CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER

SALARY

• 45,000 to 130,000 dollars

REQUIERMENTS FOR TEXAS

• Get your texas undergraduate pre-law education
• Take the lsat(law school admission test)
• Go to law school in texas
• Become an attorney and take the texas state bar exam

WHAT DOES A CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER DO

• He/she is a representative for only the defendant
• The defendant is the person being accused of a crime
• They can only represent for the defendant
• He is not allowed to represent the prosecuter

FUN FACTS

• Some attorneys dont have to go to court
• Attorneys have to take a morale test
• Your lawyer can not diclose what you teel him
• Privliage isnt absoulute
• Some attorneys work on a contegient basis