2 year Brooklyn Law vs. St. Johns Forum

[francey]

Personally, I think you should retake the LSAT. You already jumped 9 points on a retake. Do it again and you'll have much, much better options. Your GPA will still hold you back, but at least you'll be looking at full rides without stips. What do you want to do with a law degree, btw?

probably solo, or small firm. there's still decent money in that, especially since i would'nt be burying myself in debt with my current options

[BigZuck]

Personally, I think you should retake the LSAT. You already jumped 9 points on a retake. Do it again and you'll have much, much better options. Your GPA will still hold you back, but at least you'll be looking at full rides without stips. What do you want to do with a law degree, btw?

probably solo, or small firm. there's still decent money in that, especially since i would'nt be burying myself in debt with my current options

How do you define "decent money?"

[francey]

Personally, I think you should retake the LSAT. You already jumped 9 points on a retake. Do it again and you'll have much, much better options. Your GPA will still hold you back, but at least you'll be looking at full rides without stips. What do you want to do with a law degree, btw?

probably solo, or small firm. there's still decent money in that, especially since i would'nt be burying myself in debt with my current options

How do you define "decent money?"

100k-200k

[BigZuck]

Personally, I think you should retake the LSAT. You already jumped 9 points on a retake. Do it again and you'll have much, much better options. Your GPA will still hold you back, but at least you'll be looking at full rides without stips. What do you want to do with a law degree, btw?

probably solo, or small firm. there's still decent money in that, especially since i would'nt be burying myself in debt with my current options

How do you define "decent money?"

100k-200k

Ain't gonna happen

[TheSpanishMain]

Personally, I think you should retake the LSAT. You already jumped 9 points on a retake. Do it again and you'll have much, much better options. Your GPA will still hold you back, but at least you'll be looking at full rides without stips. What do you want to do with a law degree, btw?

probably solo, or small firm. there's still decent money in that, especially since i would'nt be burying myself in debt with my current options

How do you define "decent money?"

100k-200k

That's not a solo or small firm salary. That's a BigLaw salary.

[francey]

I've been working with a solo PI attorney for the last 6 years and ive seen his tax returns..

[TheSpanishMain]

I've been working with a solo PI attorney for the last 6 years and ive seen his tax returns..

He's either super lucky OR he spent years building up to that. Guarantee he didn't start off making that, and he probably didn't go solo right out of law school, either.

[francey]

I've been working with a solo PI attorney for the last 6 years and ive seen his tax returns..

He's either super lucky OR he spent years building up to that. Guarantee he didn't start off making that, and he probably didn't go solo right out of law school, either.

okay so he did spend years building his practice, but he did start solo right out of school. just saying, nothing is impossible. people on this site are smart, but also so dismal..

[BigZuck]

I've been working with a solo PI attorney for the last 6 years and ive seen his tax returns..

He's either super lucky OR he spent years building up to that. Guarantee he didn't start off making that, and he probably didn't go solo right out of law school, either.

okay so he did spend years building his practice, but he did start solo right out of school. just saying, nothing is impossible. people on this site are smart, but also so dismal..

The world is a vampire kid.

But yeah, don't base your success on the success of lucky boomers. You might hit the lottery if you play that too, but using your life savings to buy lottery tickets wouldn't be a smart thing to do.

[Gooner91]

okay so he did spend years building his practice, but he did start solo right out of school. just saying, nothing is impossible. people on this site are smart, but also so dismal..

What year did he graduate?

[TheSpanishMain]

I've been working with a solo PI attorney for the last 6 years and ive seen his tax returns..

He's either super lucky OR he spent years building up to that. Guarantee he didn't start off making that, and he probably didn't go solo right out of law school, either.

okay so he did spend years building his practice, but he did start solo right out of school. just saying, nothing is impossible. people on this site are smart, but also so dismal..

It's not dismal, it's just realistic. You can always find people who beat the odds. Just because someone else got lucky doesn't mean you can assume you'll be lucky too. My understanding is that most people who try to go solo right out of school fail. They have no experience and no client base. Yeah, there will be a few who survie and maybe even thrive, and if you look around 10 years later you'll think, "Wow, look at all these solos making bank!" The thing is, you're not seeing all their classmates who went belly up, so you don't realize that the successful ones are a small minority of the total who tried.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias