Junior volunteer vs contract attorney

The differences between junior volunteers and contract attorneys can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a junior volunteer, becoming a contract attorney takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a contract attorney has an average salary of $97,474, which is higher than the $35,362 average annual salary of a junior volunteer.

The top three skills for a junior volunteer include patients, emotional support and patient care. The most important skills for a contract attorney are litigation, e-discovery, and legal research.

Junior volunteer vs contract attorney overview

	Junior Volunteer	Contract Attorney
Yearly salary	$35,362	$97,474
Hourly rate	$17.00	$46.86
Growth rate	5%	10%
Number of jobs	12,700	13,592
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Doctoral Degree, 57%
Average age	43	46
Years of experience	2	4

Junior volunteer vs contract attorney salary

Junior volunteers and contract attorneys have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Junior Volunteer	Contract Attorney
Average salary	$35,362	$97,474
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $43,000	Between $60,000 And $158,000
Highest paying City	-	San Ramon, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Perkins Coie
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between junior volunteer and contract attorney education

There are a few differences between a junior volunteer and a contract attorney in terms of educational background:

	Junior Volunteer	Contract Attorney
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Doctoral Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Law
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Junior volunteer vs contract attorney demographics

Here are the differences between junior volunteers' and contract attorneys' demographics:

	Junior Volunteer	Contract Attorney
Average age	43	46
Gender ratio	Male, 33.6% Female, 66.4%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 11.2% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 5.5% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian, 6.3% White, 75.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	10%

Differences between junior volunteer and contract attorney duties and responsibilities

Junior volunteer example responsibilities.

Create variety of programs and run fund raising projects to achieve annual objectives.
Communicate with local businesses in order to collect donations for golf tournaments, casino night, alumni basketball tournaments etc.
Wipe down wheelchairs, stretchers, and equipment in surgery areas.
Serve as liaison to current, prospective and alumni parents, teachers and community members.
Prepare animals for surgery; monitor vital signs, conduct various, and record findings in charts.
Create current CCF Facebook page and maintain daily with events, facts, pictures, events, musicians.

Contract attorney example responsibilities.

Conduct first-level document review, QC review, and privilege review for complex residential mortgage-backed securities litigation.
Experience in e-discovery document review teams assessing responsiveness in second requests, pharmaceutical litigation/product liability cases and patent infringement suits.
Consult with law firms regarding deposition and hearing preparations and provide other litigation support services for various banking and pharmaceutical antitrust matters
Remove confidential personal information and HIPAA.
Prepare deposition files, write pleadings, subpoenas and participate in other discovery-relate projects.
Privilege log line writing and privilege QC in large-scale anti-trust litigation/investigation of several private equity firms.

Junior volunteer vs contract attorney skills

Common junior volunteer skills

Patients, 59%
Emotional Support, 12%
Patient Care, 3%
Emergency Calls, 3%
Front Desk, 3%
Community Services, 2%

Common contract attorney skills

Litigation, 23%
E-Discovery, 11%
Legal Research, 7%
Legal Issues, 4%
Real Estate, 3%
Intellectual Property, 3%