Discipline

Assessment

By Kelsey Cohen
Disciplines
Lawyer
Levels
1. Legal aide
2. Associate
3. Partner
Legal Aide
Entry Level

Qualifications

● Education: Associate Degree in

Paralegal Studies
● Professional training:
Certifications available
● Experience required: None
Associate
Attorney
Mid-Career

Qualifications

● Education: JD/law degree, pass

the bar
● Experience required: clinicals
Partner
Senior Professional

Qualifications

● Education: JD, pass the bar

● Experience required: seniority,
years of work in firm for
consideration
Policy Writer/Analyst
Levels

1. Political Scientist
2. Policy Associate
3. Senior Proposal
Writer
Political Scientist
Entry Level

Qualifications

● Education: Master’s degree or

Ph.D. program
● Professional training required
● Experience required
Policy Associate
Mid-Career

Qualifications

● Education: Bachelor’s Degree

● Professional training: knowledge of
research tools such as LexisNexis,
Westlaw, PACER, Congressional
Quarterly, Knowledgis preferred
● Experience required: 2-3 years in public
policy, strong understanding of
legislative process
Senior Proposal
Writer
Senior Professional

Qualifications

● Education: Bachelors
● Experience required: Proposal
Writing or Technical Writing 8
years
Government
Levels
1. Legal Secretary
2. Lawyer
3. Senator
Legal Secretary
Entry Level

Qualifications

● Education: Bachelor's degree

● Experience required: 3 - 5 years
of partner-level practice
management support
experience
Lawyer
Mid-Career

Qualifications

● Education: JD/law degree, pass

the bar
● Experience required: clinicals
Senator
Senior Professional

Qualifications (Article I Section III of

the U.S. Constitution)

● Must be at least 30 years old

● Must have been citizens of the
United States for at least the
past nine years
● Must be inhabitants of the
states they seek to represent at
the time of their election