Legal Accountants work in law offices, work with lawyers in a corporate or business setting, or who have additional training in law are called legal accountants. Often, law offices maintain a staff of accounting professionals, accounting clerks and bookkeepers who assist in client matters that require both legal and accounting expertise - such as estates and trusts, real estate law, and finance and stock issues. Legal accountants are also important for the purpose of handling the law firm's own financial needs. Large corporations and businesses also require separate departments that deal with combined legal and accounting issues. As a result, this type of work is a wonderful opportunity for those who enjoy the challenge, deadlines and work volume that it may entail. Legal accountants generally hold at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, though entry level jobs as accounting clerks may be accessible with an associate's degree in accounting. Legal accounting jobs often provide high salaries and comprehensive benefits for the best opportunities.
