What field of law do you wish you chose? Forum

HarrisonBergeron · Post by **HarrisonBergeron** » Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:07 pm

If possible give a reason. I assume to some degree the grass is always greener. But I'd like to see your opinions.

Bonus: what field of law is the most bang for buck in terms of highest job satisfaction to money ratio, in your opinion?

Nebby · Post by **Nebby** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:58 am

HarrisonBergeron wrote:If possible give a reason. I assume to some degree the grass is always greener. But I'd like to see your opinions.

Bonus: what field of law is the most bang for buck in terms of highest job satisfaction to money ratio, in your opinion?

This isn't really a thing, except maybe as a DOJ or fed agency in your favorite subject area.

zot1 · Post by **zot1** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:16 am

How can anyone truly respond to this? It's hard to tell what a field entails until you're doing it.

umichman · Post by **umichman** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:40 am

zot1 wrote:How can anyone truly respond to this? It's hard to tell what a field entails until you're doing it.

I mean, people answer questions on schools they havent been to and firms they never worked for all the time. Lets not pretend were above speculation.

zot1 · Post by **zot1** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:45 am

umichman wrote:
zot1 wrote:How can anyone truly respond to this? It's hard to tell what a field entails until you're doing it.
I mean, people answer questions on schools they havent been to and firms they never worked for all the time. Lets not pretend were above speculation.

IN THAT CASE!

I wish I had gone into entertainment law so I could just go to movie premieres and award shows for a living.

psu2016 · Post by **psu2016** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:53 am

I wish I had majored in STEM (specifically cs) and could go do patent law in the silicon valley.

Jchance · Post by **Jchance** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:21 pm

undergrad: Econ, accounting or EE/CS
law school: bankruptcy or tax

White Dwarf · Post by **White Dwarf** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:33 pm

I've spoken to a number of ADAs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens) who really like their jobs. The pay sucks, but when you factor in LRAP, they do okay.

JenDarby · Post by **JenDarby** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:40 am

I worked at a consulting firm that did turnaround management prior to law school and really enjoyed BK, so I did a judicial externship for an SDNY BK judge and still really enjoyed BK

that being said, I'm in-house, and I like being in-house. if BK had worked out then I'd be at some firm and my feelings towards BK might change dramatically

also agree with above poster regarding ADAs. my ADA friends (2-5 years in) all really enjoy their jobs and with lrap they're doing fine financially

zot1 · Post by **zot1** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:58 pm

White Dwarf wrote:I've spoken to a number of ADAs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens) who really like their jobs. The pay sucks, but when you factor in LRAP, they do okay.

Only if you get off on the process of a trial. I personally found it exhausting to be in court a lot and having to prepare for it. I ran away from criminal law as soon as I found out what I was really signing up for.

tlsalltheway · Post by **tlsalltheway** » Thu May 26, 2016 5:00 pm

In house counsel / transactional attorneys.

JenDarby · Post by **JenDarby** » Thu May 26, 2016 7:04 pm

tlsalltheway wrote:In house counsel / transactional attorneys.

What do you do now? We may have a TLS job swap opportunity here?

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