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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How close are you to paying off your law school debt?  Sine you are contemplating going down to zero salary in grad school, maybe try working one more year and putting your entire big law salary towards the debt and living only on your partner's salary (assuming you are married.) That way you can make a huge dent in the law school debt and you both will know that you can make it financially while you are in school.

[b]Alternatively, try to get a related job now and see if you like public health.  You can get hired to work in many aspects of public health right out of undergrad, so a well-qualified person with a law degree should be able to find something. You can test the waters without taking on additional debt. [/quote][/b]

I've thought of a different degree (MBA) and everyone I've talked to has told me this. Try to get a job of some variety using the public health (or MBA) skillset; if you can get a foot in the door, you may rise straight from there and not need the degree or alternatively you'll find that you need a degree to go past a certain level and then you can make the informed decision. Or you could even find that you miss law or want to be in some other aspect of law other than what you had in biglaw. I wouldn't dive right into a new degree if it will involve debt.[/quote]

Thanks for this suggestion. I agree with it in theory but can't seem to get any jobs like this! Despite such jobs requiring undergrad degrees only, I think I'm overqualified and don't know anyone to pull my resume for me. I have been applying for a year now and am getting nothing...[/quote]

My suggestion is to try and get a job at HHS or an HHS subagency (like FDA, CDC, SAMSA, etc.).  Tons of lawyers are hired by these agencies in both the general counsel office and in policy positions. FDA calls the se positions regulatory counsel if you look on USA jobs.      [/quote]

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