Junior volunteer vs student attorney

The differences between junior volunteers and student 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 student attorney takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a student attorney has an average salary of $105,185, 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 student attorney are legal issues, legal memoranda, and social security.

Junior volunteer vs student attorney overview

	Junior Volunteer	Student Attorney
Yearly salary	$35,362	$105,185
Hourly rate	$17.00	$50.57
Growth rate	5%	10%
Number of jobs	12,700	15,111
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	43	46
Years of experience	2	4

Junior volunteer vs student attorney salary

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

	Junior Volunteer	Student Attorney
Average salary	$35,362	$105,185
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $43,000	Between $69,000 And $159,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between junior volunteer and student attorney education

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

	Junior Volunteer	Student Attorney
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Business	Law
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Junior volunteer vs student attorney demographics

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

	Junior Volunteer	Student Attorney
Average age	43	46
Gender ratio	Male, 33.6% Female, 66.4%	Male, 44.7% Female, 55.3%
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, 5.6% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 6.4% White, 75.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	10%

Differences between junior volunteer and student 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.

Student attorney example responsibilities.

Generate an internal memorandum exploring VAWA and special immigrant juvenile cases that lead to the establishment of a new clinic program.
Provide direct representation to low-income clients on a range of matters including family, criminal, probate, and post-conviction review.
Issue subpoenas for opposing party's financial records, records for businesses own by opposing party and records of government organizations.
Compose subpoenas and collect discovery.
Represent clients before administrative and probate judges.
Handle trial and arbitration preparation and document review.

Junior volunteer vs student attorney skills

Common junior volunteer skills

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

Common student attorney skills

Legal Issues, 8%
Legal Memoranda, 4%
Social Security, 4%
District Court, 4%
Domestic Violence, 4%
Probate, 3%