Why do people go to law school?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:30 pm
It's a great way to abort a decent lifestyle.
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moneybagsphd wrote:theywant to impressdon't want to disappoint mommy and daddy.
This is the most credited answer so far.Lord Randolph McDuff wrote:No entrepreneurial spirit and a perceived lack of options.
Never mind it's this.Cogburn87 wrote:Low T
this is why i'm in it...and I have yet to be let down.randomstudent wrote:They think lawyers get to make great arguments in court every day.
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 wrote: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.
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 blatwenty 8 wrote: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 wrote: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.
I'm sure this is true, but PI jobs are in short supply from everything I've read on this site.objctnyrhnr wrote: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 blatwenty 8 wrote: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 wrote: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.
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.
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.NYSprague wrote:I'm sure this is true, but PI jobs are in short supply from everything I've read on this site.objctnyrhnr wrote: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 blatwenty 8 wrote: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 wrote: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.
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.
The vast majority of law students don't have the credentials or intellectual stamina to become a doctor.twenty 8 wrote: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 wrote: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.
The vast majority don't meet the requirements listed to have a good shot at a PI job either.Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:The vast majority of law students don't have the credentials or intellectual stamina to become a doctor.twenty 8 wrote: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 wrote: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.
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?NYSprague wrote:The vast majority don't meet the requirements listed to have a good shot at a PI job either.Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:The vast majority of law students don't have the credentials or intellectual stamina to become a doctor.twenty 8 wrote: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 wrote: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.
I laughed. Then I got sad.Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:It's a great way to abort a decent lifestyle.