How badly do you regret having gone to law school ?

[Anonymous]

The wokes are going to get rid of bar exam requirements. It’s going to get much worse

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the LinkedIn version of my career, I have nothing to complain about. Top school (but I paid full freight in loans), clerkship, good firm, hard-to-get government job. So I know I don't have it as bad as those who were suckered into crap schools in a recession and couldn't find anything remotely compelling work-wise.

But I still regret it. Mostly I regret that my eyes weren't more open to the range of careers and jobs out there. That's more a fault of my undergrad's useless career advising and my striving immigrant parents ("so, doctor, lawyer, or management consultant?") than anything.

What kind of immigrant parents did you have that consultant was the third option and not engineer?!

PP here. Lol, fair, that did make them an outlier. They were small business owners who thought that owning a small business made them kin to Jack Welch. They idolized the "prestige" of the corporate world -- just whisper "Wharton" or "McKinsey" around them and to this day they'll feel warm inside.

[Anonymous]

If you’re a lawyer in need of a job and if you’re at all smart and detail oriented, try getting into corporate work now. We are as busy as ever in all of history. Make big law $$$ for a few years but yes you’ll work a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly would prefer a criminal record than having gone to law school. It was really that bad a decision

As someone who made a few mistakes in college---

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you look at the LinkedIn version of my career, I have nothing to complain about. Top school (but I paid full freight in loans), clerkship, good firm, hard-to-get government job. So I know I don't have it as bad as those who were suckered into crap schools in a recession and couldn't find anything remotely compelling work-wise.

But I still regret it. Mostly I regret that my eyes weren't more open to the range of careers and jobs out there. That's more a fault of my undergrad's useless career advising and my striving immigrant parents ("so, doctor, lawyer, or management consultant?") than anything.

What kind of immigrant parents did you have that consultant was the third option and not engineer?!

PP here. Lol, fair, that did make them an outlier. They were small business owners who thought that owning a small business made them kin to Jack Welch. They idolized the "prestige" of the corporate world -- just whisper "Wharton" or "McKinsey" around them and to this day they'll feel warm inside.

You’re good people, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no regrets. I had a scholarship to a T14 where I met my husband and some great friends. Loved clerking, toughed it out a few years in Biglaw, stressful but manageable and I saved up some $. Transitioned to government and now I have good work-life balance and make >$200k doing interesting work.

I think the trick is to only go if you can go to a top school. Otherwise it's too risky.

Does government really care if you went to a top school? They hire people from online schools all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you look at the LinkedIn version of my career, I have nothing to complain about. Top school (but I paid full freight in loans), clerkship, good firm, hard-to-get government job. So I know I don't have it as bad as those who were suckered into crap schools in a recession and couldn't find anything remotely compelling work-wise.

But I still regret it. Mostly I regret that my eyes weren't more open to the range of careers and jobs out there. That's more a fault of my undergrad's useless career advising and my striving immigrant parents ("so, doctor, lawyer, or management consultant?") than anything.

What kind of immigrant parents did you have that consultant was the third option and not engineer?!

PP here. Lol, fair, that did make them an outlier. They were small business owners who thought that owning a small business made them kin to Jack Welch. They idolized the "prestige" of the corporate world -- just whisper "Wharton" or "McKinsey" around them and to this day they'll feel warm inside.

Consider yourself lucky. Your parents sound Asian. My latino parents and other Latino parents just want their kid to get a job. College isn't that important but it really is..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no regrets. I had a scholarship to a T14 where I met my husband and some great friends. Loved clerking, toughed it out a few years in Biglaw, stressful but manageable and I saved up some $. Transitioned to government and now I have good work-life balance and make >$200k doing interesting work.

I think the trick is to only go if you can go to a top school. Otherwise it's too risky.

Does government really care if you went to a top school? They hire people from online schools all the time.

Getting a good lawyer job in the government is harder than getting hired by a good big law firm. They absolutely do care about law school, rank, and clerkships, and they definitely do not hire people from online schools, ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no regrets. I had a scholarship to a T14 where I met my husband and some great friends. Loved clerking, toughed it out a few years in Biglaw, stressful but manageable and I saved up some $. Transitioned to government and now I have good work-life balance and make >$200k doing interesting work.

I think the trick is to only go if you can go to a top school. Otherwise it's too risky.

Does government really care if you went to a top school? They hire people from online schools all the time.

The ABA does not accredit online law schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no regrets. I had a scholarship to a T14 where I met my husband and some great friends. Loved clerking, toughed it out a few years in Biglaw, stressful but manageable and I saved up some $. Transitioned to government and now I have good work-life balance and make >$200k doing interesting work.

I think the trick is to only go if you can go to a top school. Otherwise it's too risky.

Does government really care if you went to a top school? They hire people from online schools all the time.

The ABA does not accredit online law schools.

I mean the people they hire for management or tech and who earn over 150k dont usually have a degree from a top school or even a school that is known

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no regrets. I had a scholarship to a T14 where I met my husband and some great friends. Loved clerking, toughed it out a few years in Biglaw, stressful but manageable and I saved up some $. Transitioned to government and now I have good work-life balance and make >$200k doing interesting work.

I think the trick is to only go if you can go to a top school. Otherwise it's too risky.

Does government really care if you went to a top school? They hire people from online schools all the time.

The ABA does not accredit online law schools.

I mean the people they hire for management or tech and who earn over 150k dont usually have a degree from a top school or even a school that is known

Only veterans get hired with online school degrees these days. Veterans preference doesn’t apply to attorney hiring. The fed lawyers who went to schools outside the T14 were usually top of their class or graduated before 2009.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no regrets. I had a scholarship to a T14 where I met my husband and some great friends. Loved clerking, toughed it out a few years in Biglaw, stressful but manageable and I saved up some $. Transitioned to government and now I have good work-life balance and make >$200k doing interesting work.

I think the trick is to only go if you can go to a top school. Otherwise it's too risky.

Does government really care if you went to a top school? They hire people from online schools all the time.

The ABA does not accredit online law schools.

I mean the people they hire for management or tech and who earn over 150k dont usually have a degree from a top school or even a school that is known

Only veterans get hired with online school degrees these days. Veterans preference doesn’t apply to attorney hiring. The fed lawyers who went to schools outside the T14 were usually top of their class or graduated before 2009.

Thats not true. Again I meant the people who work in management and tech. I know a couple of university of Phoenix and American military university degree grads who work for the federal government and a couple who don't even have a degree

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no regrets. I had a scholarship to a T14 where I met my husband and some great friends. Loved clerking, toughed it out a few years in Biglaw, stressful but manageable and I saved up some $. Transitioned to government and now I have good work-life balance and make >$200k doing interesting work.

I think the trick is to only go if you can go to a top school. Otherwise it's too risky.

Does government really care if you went to a top school? They hire people from online schools all the time.

The ABA does not accredit online law schools.

I mean the people they hire for management or tech and who earn over 150k dont usually have a degree from a top school or even a school that is known

Only veterans get hired with online school degrees these days. Veterans preference doesn’t apply to attorney hiring. The fed lawyers who went to schools outside the T14 were usually top of their class or graduated before 2009.

Thats not true. Again I meant the people who work in management and tech. I know a couple of university of Phoenix and American military university degree grads who work for the federal government and a couple who don't even have a degree

Bro, why do you come to a thread about lawyers and argue about the qualifications of government tech workers. If you're going to troll, at least pick the right place. It's very clear you're not a T14 grad /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly would prefer a criminal record than having gone to law school. It was really that bad a decision

That's crazy. Why would you say that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The firm I worked at was horrible. Thr clients were vile. I needed permission from the client to take time off. One time my mother was hospitalized and they wouldn’t even let me take just one day off for that.

This happens a lot to people in the service industry and they don’t even have the big paycheck to show for it.