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Don't go to law school (aka Moonz porn)

I don't mind it. It pays the bills, has a lot of variety, and is a helluva lot better than the shitty job I had for several years in between college and law school. Plus, if I yell at someone and threaten to sue them unless they do what I want, they often listen.
 
Moonz is right (I need a shower now) the number of applicants is dropping disproportionately in the upper tiers of applicants. The smart kids are staying away.
 
Deac2010 said:
If you get into a top 10 law school - go. you will make 180k+ out of law school
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I go to a non T-14 school but graduated from Wake with no debt and am taking on no debt to go to law school. I know I want to be a lawyer and I go to a school where most do not go into big law firms, but rather go into public interest and the public sector in general. I don't know exactly what I want to do specifically but will most likely end up working for the government in some capacity. Still have some time to figure it out of course, but I know that I want to be in law school and I enjoy 95% of the stuff I read and talk about in class. Only downside is that the public interest side of the school I go to brings out some loons. I mean there are people here who make socialism look like a moderate viewpoint and want white people to make payments to minorities for past wrongs. Literally, some of these people want white people to pay into a fund that is then dispersed to lower income minorities.
 
I can't see rationalizing this unless you're absolutely convinced you want to do this shit AND you go T14. Just seems like too high of a likelihood of misery and financial headaches otherwise. Plus you're surrounded by assholes for law school.

I have too many friends who just said "Fuck it I'll go to law school," and they're all dicked right now. One who ended up at Michigan and now has a pretty great job still has the caveat of spending 20+ hrs/day surrounded by people who have a stick up their ass. I suppose if you can block that kind of thing out/don't realize you're a pain in the ass like the rest of the office, then things will be pretty tolerable.
 
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Demon09 said:
I can't see rationalizing this unless you're absolutely convinced you want to do this shit AND you go Top 10. Just seems like too high of a likelihood of misery and financial headaches otherwise. Plus you're surrounded by assholes for law school.

I have too many friends who just said "Fuck it I'll go to law school," and they're all dicked right now. One who ended up at Michigan and now has a pretty great job still has the caveat of spending 20+ hrs/day surrounded by people who have a stick up their ass. I suppose if you can block that kind of thing out/don't realize you're a pain in the ass like the rest of the office, then things will be pretty tolerable.
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T14, not Top 10 dumbass. You're about to get sued by the alumni of four Top Tier law schools.
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
I go to a non T-14 school but graduated from Wake with no debt and am taking on no debt to go to law school. I know I want to be a lawyer and I go to a school where most do not go into big law firms, but rather go into public interest and the public sector in general. I don't know exactly what I want to do specifically but will most likely end up working for the government in some capacity. Still have some time to figure it out of course, but I know that I want to be in law school and I enjoy 95% of the stuff I read and talk about in class. Only downside is that the public interest side of the school I go to brings out some loons. I mean there are people here who make socialism look like a moderate viewpoint and want white people to make payments to minorities for past wrongs. Literally, some of these people want white people to pay into a fund that is then dispersed to lower income minorities.
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aka "My parents are going to bankroll me until I decide it is time to join the real world so law school it is"
 
buckets said:
aka "My parents are going to bankroll me until I decide it is time to join the real world so law school it is"
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:werd: I'm sure I will get a terrible ROI for the extra three years, basically just pissing away money.
 
If I didn't have a lot of scholarship money I wouldn't have gone to law school.

Also I'm not really sure what you're getting at with your posts here. I thought the point of the article was to say that law school is a bad investment if you're going to take out debt to do it. I'm not taking out any debt to do it so it's not a bad investment for me personally. So I'm not really sure what the point is.
 
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Wakeforest22890 said:
If I didn't have a lot of scholarship money I wouldn't have gone to law school.

Also I'm not really sure what you're getting at with your posts here. I thought the point of the article was to say that law school is a bad investment if you're going to take out debt to do it. I'm not taking out any debt to do it so it's not a bad investment for me personally. So I'm not really sure what the point is.
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Accounting cost is not opportunity cost and opportunity cost is what matters
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
If I didn't have a lot of scholarship money I wouldn't have gone to law school.

Also I'm not really sure what you're getting at with your posts here. I thought the point of the article was to say that law school is a bad investment if you're going to take out debt to do it. I'm not taking out any debt to do it so it's not a bad investment for me personally. So I'm not really sure what the point is.
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You're missing part of the article as well. Aside from the last point about making money all of the other reasons have nothing at all to do with debt.
 
I have a JD and masters in bioethics. I worked as a lawyer for a little bit but was not a big fan of it. Also worked (before or after law school) as an office manager, customer development manager, NCAA compliance advisor, and healthcare systems analyst - some of which were good and some not but they all have helped me find something I love doing. Now doing bioethical consulting for a healthcare system that I would not have gotten without my law degree so I'm grateful for it.

Law school is not for everyone, and jobs in any profession are not guaranteed. I really did not care what others said and I did what I felt was best for me. If you truly feel practicing law or going to law school is for you, then do it but understand what you're committing to.
 
buckets said:
You're missing part of the article as well. Aside from the last point about making money all of the other reasons have nothing at all to do with debt.
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Right and I addressed the other parts of the article where I said "I want to be a lawyer" and further clarified that I was fine with the commitment and actually enjoy sitting in class and reading the material.
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
I go to a non T-14 school but graduated from Wake with no debt and am taking on no debt to go to law school. I know I want to be a lawyer and I go to a school where most do not go into big law firms, but rather go into public interest and the public sector in general. I don't know exactly what I want to do specifically but will most likely end up working for the government in some capacity. Still have some time to figure it out of course, but I know that I want to be in law school and I enjoy 95% of the stuff I read and talk about in class. Only downside is that the public interest side of the school I go to brings out some loons. I mean there are people here who make socialism look like a moderate viewpoint and want white people to make payments to minorities for past wrongs. Literally, some of these people want white people to pay into a fund that is then dispersed to lower income minorities.
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Translation: your foolish parents have enough money to burn to assuage their guilt for you growing up a face painting loser. And let there be no doubt, you are the most pathetic person on the planet.
 
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