The legal profession has many specialties so
you should check with your local specialty
organization if one exists.

The federal and state governments employ
many lawyers and other legal professionals for
their courts and many other legal offices in
virtually all departments.

Also, many of the state bar associations offer
some kind of job service. Beyond prosecutor,
judge, bailiff and defense attorney, there are
many offshoot jobs like administrative,
paralegal, probation and parole officer, etc.

There's an entire subfield in family court
particularly with juvenile justice which has its
own court, probation officers, juvenile holding
facilities, boot camps, counselors, etc.

The OOH summarizes the legal profession
neatly.

stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
stats.bls.gov/emphome.htm
stats.bls.gov/ocohome/occupationaloutlook

For standard law books, go to #340-49 at the
library or K in the Library of Congress System,
particularly the KE and KF sections for most
domestic, family law type issues.

For most people, the relevant civil law, family
law type books are at #346. Many are dry and
clinical. If you have a legitimate beef, first off,
most books cover only general aspects anyway
because many laws are subject to the whims of
the community therefore written and interpreted
that way.

For example, in a rural, religious type
community, parents who discipline their
children by strapping them may not be breaking
the law in that area while in a more urban,
liberal area, they'd be thrown in jail, therefore,
you must do all your investigating within the
law in your particular area.

Broadly speaking, the different types of legal
categories are:

Alternative dispute resolution/ADR, arbitration
and mediation.
Appelate, appeals after convictions.
Asbestos litigation.
Bankruptcy.
Business/ corporate has several subspecialties
like
starting a partnership, franchises, incorporating,
intellectual property, venture capital financing,
etc.
Collections, collecting money owed or judged
against someone.
Commercial litigation.
Consumer.
Construction, defects in construction.
Contract administration.
Criminal.
Employee rights, benefits.
Entertainment law.
Environmental law.
Estate planning/ probate.
Family law/ divorce.
Foreclosure.
Government.
Health care.
Homeowner associations.
Immigration.
Insurance.
International law.
Labor/ employment.
Landlord/ tenant.
Litigation.
Malpractice.
Native rights.
Personal injury.
Products liability.
Public finance.
Real estate.
Regulatory.
Schools/ education.
Sports.
Tax.
Telecommunications.
Tort.
Travel/ hospitality industry.
Worker’s compensation.

In the Library of Congress system at most
academic university libraries, the law section is
K.

In the Dewey Decimal System of most public
libraries, it's;

340. General law.
341. International law.
342. Constitutional law.
343. Criminal law.
344. Martial law.
345. U.S. statutes and cases.
346. Domestic law, estate, divorces, etc.
347. Private law and judicial system.
348.
349. Statutes and cases not U.S. or British.
For computer/ internet law, try #343.7109 or
KE452/ KF390.5. Work related legal books are
at #344. Murder and murder trials are at #345.
You might also find some practical books at
#347.3 and #349.71-73 or KE447 and KF385.

Business law, #346.7106, KE1400, KF1420.
Capital punishment, #364.6609, HV8694.
Copyright/ intellectual property law, #346.048-
7104, K1401, KE2779, KF2979.
Drug laws, #364.177, HV5825.
Immigration law, #342.730, KF4840.
Motor vehicle law, #345.7102, KE211.
Real estate law, #346.7104, KE752, KF695.
Sports law, #344.710, KE3792, KF3989.

Many libraries have a Government Documents
section where you can look up the actual bills
passed into law by either the U.S. Congress
(U.S. Code/ U.S.c.) or state legislatures.