Judicial and Other Legal Professionals

Key Tasks

• •Researching statutes and previous court decisions relevant to cases
• •Conducting trials and hearings
• •Calling and questioning witnesses
• •Hearing and evaluating arguments and evidence in civil and criminal summary matters
• •Deciding penalties and sentences within statutory limits, such as fines, bonds and detention, awarding damages in civil matters, and issuing court orders
• •Exercising arbitral powers if resolution is not achieved or seems improbable through conciliation
• •Preparing settlement memoranda and obtaining signatures of parties
• •Advising government of legal, constitutional and parliamentary matters and drafting bills and attending committee meetings during consideration of bills
• •Preparing advice on matters associated with intellectual property rights
• •Advising clients and agents on legal and technical matters

Employment Projections to 2034