| Stinkum |
06-28-2013 04:54 PM |
sorry for the tl;dr
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Originally Posted by GoodGuyAmes
Those numbers are slightly inflated because they count total bar exams passed in New York State (your able to practice in 3-4 other states with your N.Y Bar License) so not everyone actually ends up working here.
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i encourage you to read the article i linked
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Originally Posted by The New York Times
Every state in the U.S. but Wisconsin and Nebraska (plus Washington, D.C.) is producing many more lawyers than it needs.
In fact, across the country, there were twice as many people who passed the bar in 2009 (53,508) as there were openings (26,239).
A separate estimate for the number of lawyers produced in 2009 also showed a surplus (44,159 new law grads compared with 26,239 openings).
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tl;dr = it doesnt matter, every state in the entire U.S. is vastly overproducing lawyers by atrocious margins
good career prospects are all about growth in openings and deficits in people certified to perform that job
some states are worse than others, and you happen to live in the particular worst state in the U.S. as far as surplus lawyers, but it's ugly anywhere you go
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Originally Posted by GoodGuyAmes
My degree is a dual pre-law/paralegal studies so that I will be able to get a job working at a corporate law firm that requires you have a bachelors degree (which most paraglegals don't). It's a great thing to fall back on because just a quick search of mean paralegal salary in NYC shows that its a great career to start in.
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okay but we are talking about working as an attorney here. if you don't want to work in a job that requires a JD, then don't get one. if you could do that job without a JD, then do that. you'd be much better off for it, and potentially owe $100,000s less in loans (assuming you are taking loans)
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Originally Posted by GoodGuyAmes
P.S I'm genuinely curious as to what your profession is Stinkum?
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on a whim i took the LSAT a few years ago without 1 minute of studying and did fairly decent (165), so i thought i might have a knack for law and considered law school briefly
after doing the necessary preliminary research of job prospects and talking to recent law school grads, i quickly decided fuck that shit |
