Salary
Average Salary: $150,362
Expected Lifetime Earnings: $6,277,313
The median yearly haul (before an annual bonus, of course) for an intellectual property attorney specializing in trademarks and copyright is $150,362 (source). That's a lot of greenbacks, scratch, moolah, clams—enough to trademark your own new term for the almighty dollar. The starting salary for most IP lawyers is typically in the six figures, rising steadily as both time and experience increase.
This means you'll not only be able to pay off that law school debt quickly and without stressing, you'll also be able to save for the future. Keeping peoples' trademarked ideas, inventions, music, and text intact and in the hands of the rightful owners is worth a great deal, especially in this digital age.