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Chosen career:
Space Lawyer
Interests:
Law & policy
Skills:
LogicalOrganisedTenacious
Description
Space lawyers work with clients, the courts, and other legal professionals. They may help to write new laws, argue specific cases in a court or look at how existing laws impact space missions. Clients may ask for advice and guidance on specific topics, legal support in a case or for help with contracts. Space law will become more important in the future, for example, to protect space and other planets from human contamination.
Routes
An undergraduate degree in law with a masters or PhD specialising in aerospace law.
Example UK Employers
Alden Legal
Key Stage 2 Curriculum Links
English
Reading: Space lawyers read important documents to help their clients, such as contracts.
Writing: Space lawyers help to write new laws.
Speaking: Space lawyers argue specific cases in court.
Other
History: Space lawyers will find the history of space missions useful to argue their cases.
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Links
English
Reading: Space lawyers read important documents to help their clients, such as contracts.
Writing: Space lawyers help to write new laws.
Speaking: Space lawyers argue specific cases in court.
Other
Citizenship: Space lawyers understand how laws are written and are used in the justice system.
History: Space lawyers will find the history of space missions useful to argue their cases.
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