What are the benefits of being a corporate lawyer?

To become a lawyer, you will need a four year college degree and then a law degree (juris doctorate). You undergraduate degree can be almost anything. I was an English Literature major. Many people get political science degree, but that is not a special track to law school. You simply need an undergraduate degree, and you need to have some aptitude for critical, logical thinking. I would add that you need to become a good communicator and a good writer to be a good attorney, though you do not need to be outgoing, or a good debater or be able to write a novel. You simply need to be able to communicate clearly and thoughtfully. Many people go into law school thinking they want to do this or that and end up going in a different direction. A "corporate lawyer" may mean different things to different people. It could mean "in-house counsel" for a corporation. In-house counsel work as employees of companies and work only for the company that employees them. A corporate attorney may mean working in a law firm that is hired by companies that do not have in-house counsel or to do things that in-house counsel do not do. Many in-house counsel do not do much litigation, and any litigation that a company becomes involved with is handled by attorneys in a law firm retained for that purpose. A corporate attorney may represent many small businesses (ma & pa businesses) helping people to incorporate, maintaining the corporate formalities, and advising the business on all the various things that come up from time to time in the business world - employee issues, contracts, resolving disputes, suing or defending lawsuits, etc. It is a lot of hard work. Sometimes attorneys and the law are not well understood. It can also be very rewarding and satisfying. I wish you well.