Working as a lawyer means helping individuals or businesses solve their legal problems, understand regulatory matters, and help make business or personal decisions. A lawyer may assist in drafting wills, help a merchant collect overdue bills, advise someone seeking a divorce, answer questions about new federal broadcast regulations, defend a prson being accused of a crime, or assist a corporate executive in researching tax law and international trade. Today's lawyer has many roles and activities to do based on his or her interests.