Is law school worth it Forum

[jbagelboy]

it's absolutely not worth it.

TLS absolutism at its best. It's not enough to write "it's usually not worth it" or "I don't think it would be worth it in your circumstances." Instead, law school is ABSOLUTELY, NEVER worth it. Can't people allow for the possibility that, in some circumstances, law school is worth it for those who want to be lawyers?

Yea sure there are a lot of caveats. And we do need some lawyers.

But there's a countervailing aesthetic value to pithy quoted phrases that capture the majority of circumstances that might arise online

[Johann]

you are probably one of the few who should go to law school. only thing i would do, is if youre considering these jobs thta make a difference i.e. PSLF eligible jobs, id max out the loans while youre in school and focus on saving your husbands salary.

law is a bad way to get rich. but its a good way to hit the comfy middle class with a chill job. i wouldnt expect your job ot be fulfilling though except in a couple circumstances.

[lacrossebrother]

I'm in a lot of debt and don't make a difference and I worked 80 hours this week and I make less than $100k and I really enjoy it. I think it's worth it. It's good to be a professional. Otherwise your job is something you dred and do just to have money. But you have to like law.

[zot1]

I'm in a lot of debt and don't make a difference and I worked 80 hours this week and I make less than $100k and I really enjoy it. I think it's worth it. It's good to be a professional. Otherwise your job is something you dred and do just to have money. But you have to like law.

Also keep in mind that the law can take you in all sorts of career paths.

I too make a lot less than 100k but only work 40 hours per week.

[FloridaCoastalorbust]

Didn't read your post. But given how long it was, in the context of the subject of this thread, I fervently advocate that you do not go to law school.

[lacrossebrother]

Also the debt thing doesn't matter. It's just a 10% extra tax on your income.

[cooleygrad]

Also the debt thing doesn't matter. It's just a 10% extra tax on your income.

Only if you plan to IBR it

[Johann]

Didn't read your post. But given how long it was, in the context of the subject of this thread, I fervently advocate that you do not go to law school.

this sounds like a convincing argument

[cooleygrad]

I went to law school married. I'm a lawyer now, still married. Law school isn't going to fuck up a strong relationship. If law school breaks you up, you weren't going to last anyway.

Is it safe to assume you are female? (AKA not the expected breadwinner)

[zot1]

I went to law school married. I'm a lawyer now, still married. Law school isn't going to fuck up a strong relationship. If law school breaks you up, you weren't going to last anyway.

Is it safe to assume you are female? (AKA not the expected breadwinner)

What the...

[cooleygrad]

I went to law school married. I'm a lawyer now, still married. Law school isn't going to fuck up a strong relationship. If law school breaks you up, you weren't going to last anyway.

Is it safe to assume you are female? (AKA not the expected breadwinner)

What the...

There are things a wife can do that have a different impact on a relation than a husband. Blame it on social programing if you want (it probably is) but it is what it is all the same. Think military spouse as an example if it helps, sure there are men, but people shame them if they sit at home all day not working. And support the woman if she does the same for her "Sacrifice".

[zot1]

I went to law school married. I'm a lawyer now, still married. Law school isn't going to fuck up a strong relationship. If law school breaks you up, you weren't going to last anyway.

Is it safe to assume you are female? (AKA not the expected breadwinner)

What the...

There are things a wife can do that have a different impact on a relation than a husband. Blame it on social programing if you want (it probably is) but it is what it is all the same. Think military spouse as an example if it helps, sure there are men, but people shame them if they sit at home all day not working. And support the woman if she does the same for her "Sacrifice".

I still don't understand how this fits into Nony's comment that his/her relationship was strong through law school.

[cooleygrad]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

[lacrossebrother]

Didn't read your post. But given how long it was, in the context of the subject of this thread, I fervently advocate that you do not go to law school.

Who are you trying to impress?

[A. Nony Mouse]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

You don't know shit about my life or my relationship. Or anything, it sounds like.

[cooleygrad]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

You don't know shit about my life or my relationship. Or anything, it sounds like.

No shit, thus why I asked.
But based on how you responded...........100% female.

[jbagelboy]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

You don't know shit about my life or my relationship. Or anything, it sounds like.

No shit, thus why I asked.
But based on how you responded...........100% female.

Damn.

Check and mate.

[Hand]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

You don't know shit about my life or my relationship. Or anything, it sounds like.

No shit, thus why I asked.
But based on how you responded...........100% female.

You really did go to cooley, didn't you?

[Hikikomorist]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

You don't know shit about my life or my relationship. Or anything, it sounds like.

No shit, thus why I asked.
But based on how you responded...........100% female.

You really did go to cooley, didn't you?

I kind of figured it was just shtick designed to mock Cooley.

[rpupkin]

I kind of figured it was just shtick designed to mock Cooley.

Yeah, I did as well. And I must confess that I appreciate the posts on that level, because mocking Cooley is cutting-edge satire. You see, Cooley is one of the worst of the ABA-accredited law schools—and, therefore, its grads are dumb!! HAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! it's side-splitting hilarity!!!

[A. Nony Mouse]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

You don't know shit about my life or my relationship. Or anything, it sounds like.

No shit, thus why I asked.
But based on how you responded...........100% female.

Yes, I am a woman, and I have been the breadwinner in my marriage. My husband and I have traded off being the breadwinner/going to school. At the moment I'm actually more the breadwinner, if you can divide things up that way. Except that we don't define each other as "breadwinner" or "not breadwinner," because we're actual individuals who support each other's choices and goals, and don't share whatever ridiculously regressive ideas you happen to be projecting onto the universe. And even if men were expected to the breadwinner, and women weren't, I don't get how that would make it easier on a marriage for the woman to go to law school to enter a profession that might well make them the breadwinner in the couple, and would certainly take them away from being able to support the sacred male breadwinner. Besides, what if there are 2 wives? or 2 husbands?

So I'll say again: law school isn't always fun, but if it breaks up a marriage, that marriage wasn't going to last long anyway. Regardless of the gender who attends.

[kcdc1]

Yes, I am a woman, and I have been the breadwinner in my marriage. My husband and I have traded off being the breadwinner/going to school. At the moment I'm actually more the breadwinner, if you can divide things up that way. Except that we don't define each other as "breadwinner" or "not breadwinner," because we're actual individuals who support each other's choices and goals, and don't share whatever ridiculously regressive ideas you happen to be projecting onto the universe. And even if men were expected to the breadwinner, and women weren't, I don't get how that would make it easier on a marriage for the woman to go to law school to enter a profession that might well make them the breadwinner in the couple, and would certainly take them away from being able to support the sacred male breadwinner. Besides, what if there are 2 wives? or 2 husbands?

So I'll say again: law school isn't always fun, but if it breaks up a marriage, that marriage wasn't going to last long anyway. Regardless of the gender who attends.

Your response, while cogent and effective, was totally unnecessary. This troll lacks the subtlety necessary to achieve greatness.

[cooleygrad]

I'm saying that if she is a wife, it is WHY her marraige survived it.

You don't know shit about my life or my relationship. Or anything, it sounds like.

No shit, thus why I asked.
But based on how you responded...........100% female.

Yes, I am a woman, and I have been the breadwinner in my marriage. My husband and I have traded off being the breadwinner/going to school. At the moment I'm actually more the breadwinner, if you can divide things up that way. Except that we don't define each other as "breadwinner" or "not breadwinner," because we're actual individuals who support each other's choices and goals, and don't share whatever ridiculously regressive ideas you happen to be projecting onto the universe. And even if men were expected to the breadwinner, and women weren't, I don't get how that would make it easier on a marriage for the woman to go to law school to enter a profession that might well make them the breadwinner in the couple, and would certainly take them away from being able to support the sacred male breadwinner. Besides, what if there are 2 wives? or 2 husbands?

So I'll say again: law school isn't always fun, but if it breaks up a marriage, that marriage wasn't going to last long anyway. Regardless of the gender who attends.

social norms just are, well, social norms
I have no agenda-just the ability to see to my left and my right.

[HxAxDxExS]

I went to law school married. I'm a lawyer now, still married. Law school isn't going to fuck up a strong relationship. If law school breaks you up, you weren't going to last anyway.

Exactly, I, as well am married. For three years now. If anything your spouse should encourage it for you, if you guys are at the honest phase of your relationship (Not all people are meant to get married). I feel it is an advantage being married in law school, undergraduate as well (just my opinion)

[cooleygrad]

I went to law school married. I'm a lawyer now, still married. Law school isn't going to fuck up a strong relationship. If law school breaks you up, you weren't going to last anyway.

Exactly, I, as well am married. For three years now. If anything your spouse should encourage it for you, if you guys are at the honest phase of your relationship (Not all people are meant to get married). I feel it is an advantage being married in law school, undergraduate as well (just my opinion)

Factor in age too. If you are 22, and she is 18 and thinks motels and noodle dinners are cool then you are probably just as likely to survive as anyone else crazy enough to marry an 18 year old.

If she is 30 and wants to wash her clothes everyday......maybe not.