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The Sims 4Discover University pack comes with some great new careers for your Sims to explore, and a fun new education system to help your Sim get ahead in life. If you’ve ever dreamed of passing the bar exam and helping your fellow man out with some legal trouble, you can now live vicariously through your Sims. The Discover University pack introduces the Law Career to your game and lets your Sims tackle the legal system head-on.
Your Sims can now attend depositions, research cases, and choose between two new career branches: Judge and Private Attorney. Still scared of the bar? Don’t worry, we’ve done all the studying for you on this one.
Updated on July 11, 2025, by Eva Csaki:There is no shortage of ways to level up your career progress in the Sims 4, and we’ve updated our guide to make leveling up that much easier. This guide has been refreshed to include more information on what career rewards and promotion bonuses you can expect as you climb up the ranks in the Law Career, as well as a few tips for improving your skills more quickly. We have also added daily tasks and other interactions you will unlock as you devote your time to defending your Sims' life, liberty, and happiness.
How To Start The Law Career
To enroll your Sims in the Law Career, you first need to have theDiscover University pack. With the pack installed, starting your law career is just as easy as starting any other career. Simplyopen your Sim’s phonein the bottom left corner of your screen, and select the’find a job’option to start your Sim on the path to gavel-swinging justice.
If you want to jump-start your Sim’s entrance into the Law Career, you canattend Britechester Universityand get yourdegree in Language and LiteratureorHistory.
Having a degree related to your Sim’s intended field canaffect their salary, bonuses, and at what levelthey enter the career.
The Law Career is also a great choice for any Simmer who doesn’t want to fuss with their Sims leaving their home lots. The Law Career can be doneentirely from the comfort of your Sim’s homeso long as they haveaccess to a computer and research computer.
If you know whatLot Traitsto utilize, your Sim may even bemore successfulas a stay-at-home lawyer, but more on that later.
Law Career Requirements
Like all careers in The Sims 4, the Law Career gives your Simsdaily tasksto complete to get promoted and improve their earning potential.
For most tasks in your career, you will need to haveaccessto acomputerorresearch computer. Both types of computers arepricey, so if your Sim is saving their Simoleons, you can send them to Laurel Library in Britechester.
Laurel Library has both a research and regular computeron the lot, making it the most efficient place to complete Law Career tasks.
If you’re aiming to have your Simwork from homein the long term, it’s worth dropping the12,500 Simoleonsnecessary to buy aresearch computerfor home use.
Law Career Levels
Like all careers, the Law Career hasten career levelsto work through. Your Sim will start the career at the basic first level unless they have graduated from Britechester with a degree in Language and Literature or History.
Graduating with aHistory degree jump-starts your Sim’s entranceinto theJudgecareer branch, while having your degree inLanguage and Literatureallows your Sim tojump right into the Private Attorneybranch.
If youdon’t have a degreefrom Britechester, your Sim will only have access to thebasic Law Careerand won’t be able to choose aspecialtyuntil they reachlevel seven.
If you start the Law Career from level one - and don’t have a degree - youwill have to take and pass the Lawyer’s Exam at career level 4.
Wages And Schedule
1
§15/hr
8 am - 5 pm
2
§18/hr
§150
3
§22/hr
§200
4
§30/hr
8 am- 5 pm
§350
5
§52/hr
9 am - 5 pm
§450
6
§75/hr
9 am- 5 pm
§500
7
§105/hr
9 am - 4 pm
§750
Earn the’Barrister’s Bookcase'
At leveleight, you will be able tochoose a career branchfor your Sim. The final three levels of the Law Career are unique for each career branch.
If you don’t want to wait for your Sim to get promoted, or if you don’t want to bother with sending your Sim through college, you can use the following cheat to promote your Sim:careers.promote careers_Adult_Law
Judge Career Branch
The Judge career branch becomes available to your sim upon being promoted tocareer level eight.
Besides the baseResearch and Debate Skillleveling requirement, you willalso need to level your Logic Skillif you want to move up the ranks in the Judge career branch. No one wants a judge who can’t think critically about their cases.
You canlevel your Logic Skillby playing chess, reading skill books, attending a skill class, researching plants, or doing other analytical tasks.
8
§120/hr
§1,200
9
§220/hr
§1,500
10
§425/hr
§2,200
Unlocks the’On A Scale Of 1 To Justice’decoration item
Starting the Judge or Private Attorney career aftergraduating from Britechesterwith an applicable degree willincrease your hourly wages and your overall earning potential.
Distinguished degreesgive your Sims even more of a head start than regular degrees.
Private Attorney Career Branch
The Private Attorney career branch becomes available to your Sim upon being promoted tocareer level eight. Similar to the Judge branch, your Sim will need to level more than just theResearch and Debate Skill if they want to move up the ranks as a Private Attorney.
Thesecond skill requirementfor the Private Attorney Branch is theCharisma Skill.
you may level your charisma by choosingsocial options marked with the sunglasses icon, practicing comedy or speeches, attending a skill class, reading skill books, and other confidence-boosting tasks. A good attorney is a personable attorney.
§140/hr
Offer Legal Representation And Obtain New Clients
§1,450
§225/hr
§1,850
No additional promotional rewards
§450/hr
§2,600
Unlocks’On A Scale Of 1 To Justice’decoration item
Tips For Leveling The Law Career Faster
As briefly touched upon earlier, each branch of the Law Career requires you tolevel more than just your Sim’s Research and Debate Skill.
ForPrivate Attorneys, theCharismaSkillis the most important, while forJudges, you’ll want to focus on leveling yourLogic Skill.
A few great ways to help your Sims level up are tosynergize their lifestyles, hobbies, and traitswith theircareer requirements.
All Sims havethree inherited or default traitschosen for them in Create A Sim (CAS). you may choose these traits intentionally or leave them up to fate.
The twobest CAS traitsto give your Sims to help them level up in the Law Career more quickly are theGenius traitand theSelf-Assuredtrait.
Sims with the Genius trait have a chance torandomly achieve the Focused moodletthroughout the day. Thebest moodletto have when leveling yourResearch and Debate Skill and your Logic Skillis the Focused moodlet. This makes theGenius Trait and being Focusedthe best way for your Sims to level faster in theJudge Career Branch.
Similarly, thebest moodletto have to level up yourCharisma Skillmore quickly is theConfident moodlet. Sims with theSelf-Assuredtrait becomeConfident and Very Confident more often.
You can also use yourenvironmentto give your Sims positive moodlets.Listening to Focus musiccan give your Sim some extra Focus, whilegiving your Sim a Pep-Talkin a mirror or brushing their teeth can leave them feeling more confident.
You can also usecheats to change your Sims' moodlets. OnPC, try shift-clickingyour Sims while you have’Testingcheats true’in your cheat bar. You can use the cheat radial to change your Sim’s moods and their needs.
Another great way to improve your Sim’s skill leveling abilities is totake advantage of Lot Traits.Lot Traits can be assigned to your Sims' lots by entering the build menu and selecting the lot traits tab in thetop left corner of the screen. From here, you’re able to assignup to three traitsto your lot.
The best Lot Trait for leveling yourCharisma Skillis theConvivaltrait. Convivalboosts the speedat which your Sims level Charisma skillsbyfifty percent. Similarly, the Lot Trait,Science Lairincreases the speed at which yourSims level their Logic skill by fifty percent.
Finally, the Discover University packsynergizes well with the Snowy Escapepack, specifically when utilizing thenew Lifestyle featureintroduced in Snowy Escape.
Lifestylesareunlockable booststhat your Sims can achieve after completing certainlifestyle habits. These are the best Lifestyles to give your Sims in the Law Career.
