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Job market for Lawyers Anonymous Wed Dec 28 21:30:17 2016 No.1693975 [Reply] [Original]

>accepted into top 3 law school with 3.7 undergrad gpa and 178/180 LSAT
>not sure where I want to specialize
>start school fall 2017

No rush to pick obviously, but just curious what /biz/ would have to say about which area of law = more money + more jobs

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 21:36:35 2016 No.1693989 >3.7 >top 3 law school HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 21:39:56 2016 No.1694000 File: 242 KB, 750x1334, IMG_2964.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1693989 ? With a 178 that's totally possible

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 21:40:53 2016 No.1694004 >>1693989 Clearly you have no fucking clue what you're talking about

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:02:23 2016 No.1694197 >>1694004 Any experience with law careers anon? Was hoping I'd get a few varying opinions besides questioning my school

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:05:11 2016 No.1694200

>>1694197
What kinda debt will you take on? If you are fully financing your education, it's basically super hard to get federal employmentor corporate work everyday of your life job paying 160k~, law school can be fun being a lawyer is really not unless you have a position that really fits aka prettty much not happening

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:17:01 2016 No.1694216

>>1694200
Not much, grandparent left me a small education trust fund and I scholarshipped my way through a state school so around 70% of that will be covered. 30% would be around $90K~ in debt?

Which is definitely possible to pay in a couple years or shorter even at the lower end of my starting salaries, no worries about getting a job for the most part, dad is a lawyer as well and knows a fair number of firms who respect him.

But I don't have any idea what field I want if I want to live large within a decade or two, I hear corporate law pays buckets but is soul sucking hard work, while things like criminal law pay pennies that will stay pennies for a few years.

So, any advice on what law specialities would pay the most while not being absolutely soul sucking?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:18:31 2016 No.1694218 I took the bar practice exam the other day holy fuck was it easy no wonder why lawyer's dont get paid shit

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:20:28 2016 No.1694222 >>1694218 Top 3 Law school plus family connections, I'll likely find a high paying job in most fields that normally pay well.

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:28:13 2016 No.1694232

>>1693975

international trade and copyright, digital rights, etc.

humanity is moving more and more of reality into the cyberspace (latest edition: cloud, IoT), and as such that is where a lot (most) of interesting legal questions that are gonna need answering will arise in the near and longterm future.

is my opinion.

e.g. what can I do to prevent people from accessing stolen content hosted in Eritrea being linked to by proxy registries that keep popping up on google? is a cyberattack legal in this context? etc.

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:34:08 2016 No.1694241

>>1694232
Very good point. I can't do patent law because I wasn't technicallly a STEM major (Bach of Science in Economics), but I can go into things more centered around defending and prosecuting cases dealing with legal questions about technology/cyber law

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:42:09 2016 No.1694257

>but just curious what /biz/ would have to say about which area of law = more money + more jobs

Marriage Law
Marriage Money and Property
Prenuptial Agreements
Divorce The Divorce Process
Divorce and Money
Alimony
Child Support

Human misery will be a constant, but you will make lots of money.

Just keep in mind that you will have to follow Machiavelli approach: "The ends justify the means."

Is not for everyone.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:44:48 2016 No.1694262 >>1694257 is it really that well paying? I feel like I could deal with it

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 23:48:29 2016 No.1694267 >>1694257 But I don't feel like there's much... prestige in that. I don't want to look scummy by being a cheap divorce lawyer. Then again I could probably get a job at a good firm in my hometown since it's right next to Dallas.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 00:13:15 2016 No.1694316 >>1693975 Eh

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 02:11:14 2016 No.1694460 >>1693975 Does your family have connections in law? Do you expect a high paying job after graduation? Haven't seen you post about these 2 things enough

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 02:28:49 2016 No.1694483 >>1694257 You also bear the risk of a depressed husband you handled as a client shooting you dead because you ruined his life. I'd stay away from divorce and marriage, people get crazier each and every year

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