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Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:02:31 2019 No.12455604 [Reply] [Original]

Can American lawyers redpill me on the prospects of this career path?

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:05:17 2019 No.12455628

>>12455604
I just graduated law school and take the bar next month.

Don't do it. Learn to code or something useful. I remember when I was just starting law school (it was too late by that point), but I used to ask questions like yours and I'd always get the response, "Don't become a lawyer" and I thought it was a meme. It's not a meme.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:07:23 2019 No.12455639 >>12455628 Elaborate?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:10:32 2019 No.12455665 >>12455639 It really depends on which field of the law you want to specialize in. What lawyer to you makes the best money?

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:10:41 2019 No.12455668

>>12455628
How well could you handle law internationally? Say if you want to setup a business in another country would you be confident to handle legal matters or say fuck need support from a lawyer from that place? Always wondered if you get a leg up as a lawyer or still are fucked unless you specialize into it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:12:50 2019 No.12455679 >>12455665 >What lawyer to you makes the best money? Those guys who own the massive personal injury firms

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:13:35 2019 No.12455686 >>12455628 Don’t listen to this guy he’s not even a lawyer yet. Being a lawyer is insanely useful and pretty fun if you aren’t a bumbling retard

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:15:21 2019 No.12455695 >>12455686 So the people whining on the internet are just the bottom 10% of the profession?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:15:47 2019 No.12455703 Unless you go to a top 10 school, it's not worth it >t. dated a chick who went to Columbia law

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:30:49 2019 No.12455824

>>12455628
>taking the winter bar
Good luck especially if you're taking the CA bar, otherwise GGEZ
>>12455665
>What lawyer to you makes the best money?
>wanting to become a lawyer for the money
There are other easier way of making money. Also fuck off we're full.
>>12455668
There are other considerations in "setting up a business" which includes relationship building. You will always need a local lawyer.
>>12455686
>Being a lawyer is insanely useful and pretty fun
>big law
>work 60-80 hour a week for $80k starting in CA
>work in cubicle and hardly interact with client (this might be a good thing)
>don't even have to go to court most of the time because court call is paid for by the firm
>smol law
>work flexible hours at $40k starting
>interact with all kinds of people (this might be a bad thing)
>get bonuses on yuge settlements; otherwise might potentially not get paid even
>have to cut on costs; usually have to drive to courts if mileage cost (at IRS rate) is not equal to or greater than court call cost (usually $90-110)
t.the latter
tl;dr don't fucking be a lawyer if your main goal is money; you'll run into problems and make problems for others

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:31:24 2019 No.12455826 >>12455604 Are you america.?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:34:45 2019 No.12455846 >>12455604 Stop posting this ugly hoe bag

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:37:19 2019 No.12455866 >>12455824 >Good luck especially if you're taking the CA bar, otherwise GGEZ What do you mean by this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:38:36 2019 No.12455874 >>12455824 So what should i do for the big bucks then? Hedge fund manager?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:40:00 2019 No.12455882 Let's ask the really important question: how do I get qt law gf

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:42:50 2019 No.12455908

>>12455866
Historically, at least for California, the winter bar always has a lower passing rate compared to the summer bar. Also, the CA bar is now the hardest in the nation ever since NY switched to the UBE or some shit.
>>12455874
Literally anything else. Just do what you like and be good at it; money will just follow.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:48:28 2019 No.12455936 >>12455908 Whew lad, didn't realize Winter passing rates were lower than summer. Back to Themis I go.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:51:30 2019 No.12455952 >>12455936 It's not that much lower, maybe one digit difference but not more. Also, Barbri>Themis

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:52:10 2019 No.12455957

>>12455686
It's useful since you can work in other fields, but my coworker and her husband are practicing attorneys and she's saying the whole industry isn't what it used to be. The whole 3 strikes system of years past put a lot of pressure on people to hire the best private attorneys for any price, but since there's less pressure on the defendant nowdays due to laxer laws, people are more inclined to go with a public defender.

Not only are they having issues, but my dad's law buddies are having problems as well.

Pretty much the only guys doing well are the ambulance chasers. But this trend is why you're seeing so many aggressive ads nowdays

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:53:08 2019 No.12455967 >>12455604 Why do people keep falling for the lawyer meme? Even. Angie Varona fell for it and she doesn't even have to do anything to make money

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 22:57:37 2019 No.12455984 >>12455957 Public defender is only for criminal defense and that whole system is a shitshow. Plenty of other law on the civil side. >>12455936 > Themis Good luck m8.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 23:07:01 2019 No.12456038 >>12455967 >Why do people keep falling for the lawyer meme? They think it's all glamor and passionate speeches thanks to TV. protip: it's not

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 23:09:03 2019 No.12456049

Lawyer is the biggest meme career. If the government got overthrown and replaced, there would be exactly 0 to show for your legal knowledge. You would be just another pajeet. Meanwhile doctors are always useful in every era and every country.

Plus reading court cases and regurgitating sentences to say to a judge seems like a pretty low hanging fruit for AI.

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 23:11:00 2019 No.12456058
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>>12455604

*sigh* I do not know the girl. But long time ago in 2002 I knewthat guy in the Atlanta club scene. Of course I'm way more important than him at this point but it feels weird. I'm curious about this story. Don't ask about who I am. I'm no millionair if you have to ask.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 23:13:52 2019 No.12456088 File: 214 KB, 1024x1501, fabius_bile_by_slaaneshg_dah3b51-fullview.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12456058 Oh shit. It was "Photognome" if he was on this thread remember who "ripebastard" was in the Atlanta scene.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 23:14:28 2019 No.12456093 >>12456049 >gubment gets somehow overthrown >centuries of laws gets somehow totally replaced >t. retard Also I can't wait for AI to assist me in the menial stuff we have to train assistants for.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 23:16:01 2019 No.12456103 >>12456049 Those are just surface level skills friend

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 23:27:52 2019 No.12456213

>>12455604
Not a lawyer, but an engineer.
Every field is full of morons. There is a small percentage of smart people or people with connections who climb to the top. Most are just drones for various reasons, either too dumb or don't want to put extra time because they'd rather spend time with family.
I have new grad friends with envirolaw degrees, 3 of them are barely scraping by making ~$50k/year

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