Why do people go to law school? Forum

[84651846190]

It's a great way to abort a decent lifestyle.

[mornincounselor]

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[Chriz]

Because some people blew a chance at a decent lifestyle a long time ago.

[Lord Randolph McDuff]

No entrepreneurial spirit and a perceived lack of options.

[Johann]

I'm assuming the negatives are gonna be exhausted, so - it's a pretty fun way to spend 3 years with a chill schedule and not worrying about money

[moneybagsphd]

they want to impress mommy and daddy.

[moneybagsphd]

they want to impress don't want to disappoint mommy and daddy.

[gnomgnomuch]

they feel their liberal arts degree/lack of math/science skills pigeonholed them into only one viable career.

[randomstudent]

They think lawyers get to make great arguments in court every day.

[84651846190]

No entrepreneurial spirit and a perceived lack of options.

This is the most credited answer so far.

[Theopliske8711]

Upping tinder matches

[Cogburn87]

Low T

[Manteca]

They watched too many reruns of Legally Blonde/Suits and believe that's what the legal profession is like in actuality

[Lord Randolph McDuff]

Low T

Never mind it's this.

[objctnyrhnr]

They think lawyers get to make great arguments in court every day.

this is why i'm in it...and I have yet to be let down.

[twenty 8]

If you are drawn to conflict, like money, don’t mind some long hours, are okay with lots of reading, like money … it’s a great gig. Plus your mail comes with esquire after your name… how cute is that?

[objctnyrhnr]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

[twenty 8]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

Absolutely rule 1. Have great stats to leverage your tuition to nearly zero. If you can’t do that, keep walking… be a doctor, join the armed services, be a pharmaceutical salesman, etc.

[objctnyrhnr]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

Absolutely rule 1. Have great stats to leverage your tuition to nearly zero. If you can’t do that, keep walking… be a doctor, join the armed services, be a pharmaceutical salesman, etc.

Yeah, I mean building off this, a lot of biglaw or bust type posters on this site will say to potential 0L's "but if you were gonna get a job that paid 50 grand anyway, you don't have to go to law school first to do it" and bla bla bla

But the thing is that a PI job as a lawyer that pays 50 grand (again assuming you were smart and went to school basically for free) is probably one of the most fulfilling things ever (assuming you believe in the cause), especially relative to all the other potential cubicle-marketing-type jobs that a LA undergrad major could do for 50 grand. IMO, it's 100% worth the lost opportunity cost of 3 years in LS and some negligible living expenses (if you do it right) to wind up in a profession that you love every moment of. most reasonably successful recent grad PI types that I know would say the same.

[NYSprague]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

Absolutely rule 1. Have great stats to leverage your tuition to nearly zero. If you can’t do that, keep walking… be a doctor, join the armed services, be a pharmaceutical salesman, etc.

Yeah, I mean building off this, a lot of biglaw or bust type posters on this site will say to potential 0L's "but if you were gonna get a job that paid 50 grand anyway, you don't have to go to law school first to do it" and bla bla bla

But the thing is that a PI job as a lawyer that pays 50 grand (again assuming you were smart and went to school basically for free) is probably one of the most fulfilling things ever (assuming you believe in the cause), especially relative to all the other potential cubicle-marketing-type jobs that a LA undergrad major could do for 50 grand. IMO, it's 100% worth the lost opportunity cost of 3 years in LS and some negligible living expenses (if you do it right) to wind up in a profession that you love every moment of. most reasonably successful recent grad PI types that I know would say the same.

I'm sure this is true, but PI jobs are in short supply from everything I've read on this site.

[objctnyrhnr]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

Absolutely rule 1. Have great stats to leverage your tuition to nearly zero. If you can’t do that, keep walking… be a doctor, join the armed services, be a pharmaceutical salesman, etc.

Yeah, I mean building off this, a lot of biglaw or bust type posters on this site will say to potential 0L's "but if you were gonna get a job that paid 50 grand anyway, you don't have to go to law school first to do it" and bla bla bla

But the thing is that a PI job as a lawyer that pays 50 grand (again assuming you were smart and went to school basically for free) is probably one of the most fulfilling things ever (assuming you believe in the cause), especially relative to all the other potential cubicle-marketing-type jobs that a LA undergrad major could do for 50 grand. IMO, it's 100% worth the lost opportunity cost of 3 years in LS and some negligible living expenses (if you do it right) to wind up in a profession that you love every moment of. most reasonably successful recent grad PI types that I know would say the same.

I'm sure this is true, but PI jobs are in short supply from everything I've read on this site.

they certainly are not abundant, especially if one has internships that are all across the map/not concentrated, goes to some random TTT nowhere near the place they wanna work, only realizes they want PI after striking out at OCI, does not connect with any profs in the field, does not know how to network, or all or some of the above.

the key is to know how to get the PI job you want and focus on it from day 1 of LS (helps if it's not super-competitive), and arguably even for a year or two before LS. if you work at an agency for 2 years and then every summer and during the year in LS and they hire people following your graduation who are not you, you must really suck. point being that if you are above competent and you do all that, you have a good shot. competence and social skills are key, though.

[84651846190]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

Absolutely rule 1. Have great stats to leverage your tuition to nearly zero. If you can’t do that, keep walking… be a doctor, join the armed services, be a pharmaceutical salesman, etc.

The vast majority of law students don't have the credentials or intellectual stamina to become a doctor.

[NYSprague]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

Absolutely rule 1. Have great stats to leverage your tuition to nearly zero. If you can’t do that, keep walking… be a doctor, join the armed services, be a pharmaceutical salesman, etc.

The vast majority of law students don't have the credentials or intellectual stamina to become a doctor.

The vast majority don't meet the requirements listed to have a good shot at a PI job either.

[objctnyrhnr]

IMO, much of PI is a great gig as long as you (1) have family money (SO or parents) or (2) don't need to be rich; you plan for it ahead of time and solely dedicate your resume to one area of PI, preferably at an agency/org that will be able to hire people when you graduate; and you don't take out tons of loans like a retaahhd.

Absolutely rule 1. Have great stats to leverage your tuition to nearly zero. If you can’t do that, keep walking… be a doctor, join the armed services, be a pharmaceutical salesman, etc.

The vast majority of law students don't have the credentials or intellectual stamina to become a doctor.

The vast majority don't meet the requirements listed to have a good shot at a PI job either.

haha cause they don't have the foresight to spend 3 years on the lsat and go to LS for free, or because they don't have the requisite social/networking skills, or cause they aren't able to plan their internships effectively enough, or what? all of the above?

[El Pollito]

It's a great way to abort a decent lifestyle.

I laughed. Then I got sad.