Is it worth it to go to law school if I know I'm probably not going to make Biglaw, DA, DOJ, PI (like ACLU), etc?
I'm not in it for the money, so that doesn't bother me.
But will I get a job at a non t14? At median? (I'm prob in at Ford or BU)
And a good one, at that?
I'm thinking of getting an MLS and being the smartest fucking librarian in history.
Thoughts?
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- kumba84
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Re: Law school if I'm not going to get a prestigious job?
I have a few friends with MLSs who also took the LSAT, scored above 170 and had 4.0s. So if you can't get into a t14, you probably shouldn't bank on being the smartest librarian of all time.
- Rand M.
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Re: Law school if I'm not going to get a prestigious job?
I lol'ed.stripedbanana10 wrote:Is it worth it to go to law school if I know I'm probably not going to make Biglaw, DA, DOJ, PI (like ACLU), etc?
I'm not in it for the money, so that doesn't bother me.
But will I get a job at a non t14? At median? (I'm prob in at Ford or BU)
And a good one, at that?
I'm thinking of getting an MLS and being the smartest fucking librarian in history.
Thoughts?
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Re: Law school if I'm not going to get a prestigious job?
You're asking three different questions, and two depend on your preferences, not ours. But you are quite likely to find employment at median fordham or bu.stripedbanana10 wrote:Is it worth it to go to law school if I know I'm probably not going to make Biglaw, DA, DOJ, PI (like ACLU), etc?
I'm not in it for the money, so that doesn't bother me.
But will I get a job at a non t14? At median? (I'm prob in at Ford or BU)
And a good one, at that?
I'm thinking of getting an MLS and being the smartest fucking librarian in history.
Thoughts?
- Blindmelon
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Re: Law school if I'm not going to get a prestigious job?
Ah the TLS cockiness continues. I don't know about other schools, but BU law librarians have JDS and MLSs and some have done some pretty amazing clerkships. I wouldn't bank on being the smartest just because you look down on the librarian profession.
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Re: Law school if I'm not going to get a prestigious job?
+1Blindmelon wrote:Ah the TLS cockiness continues. I don't know about other schools, but BU law librarians have JDS and MLSs and some have done some pretty amazing clerkships. I wouldn't bank on being the smartest just because you look down on the librarian profession.
This reminds me of something I overheard during my first week of law school. I was walking to class, and a 1L said to another that the Westlaw and Lexis trainers were "wasting their JDs" by working for those companies. I thought to myself, "You haven't even completed one week of law school, and you're looking down on licensed attorneys with firm experience."
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