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[quote=Anonymous]hmmm.  it depends on what you want to do of course.  your best bet is to seek out people whose jobs you think are interesting and ask them.    this isn't my area, but know many different kinds of lawyers that touch on "education" law.

- lawyers representing kids with IEPs or other kids who don't think they're getting a fair shake.  good work, not a lot of money in it.  small and solo practitioners tend to do this as part of their practice.  you may well have an "in" to the system and be a real asset to work like this, but its not lucrative, and might not be a good option if you would need to incur a heavy debt load
- institutional lawyers at schools, school systems, etc.  This seems like good work too, and steadier.  and bigger lawfirms will represent private schools and universities as well.  In any such role, you're dealing with a wide range of things beyond "education law"
- lawyers at teachers unions, advocacy organizations, thinktanks, etc.  Not wellpaid, and not strictly "education law"

anyway, I don't know that I could really recommend any of this unless you had the money end figured out - ie, could get scholarship money or other funding or have money set aside for which this would be a good use.  it might be!  [/quote]

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