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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.

Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.

If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path. [/quote]

If she is already, pre-application process, saying law school is too much work, I really don't recommend she apply. It's not the most difficult thing a person can do, but it is tedious and if she is already lukewarm on it, it's a ton of debt and effort for something she doesn't want that badly. There are other careers for someone public policy-oriented. She can always go to law school after working for a few years but she can't undo going into debt for her degree. I was a PP who suggested the Hill.

- Lawyer who is not usually in the business of talking people out of going to law school [/quote]

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