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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public interest lawyers don’t regret it since their work is meaningful. [/quote]
Not necessarily true. Public interest doesn't way well and the people you may represent aren't always the nicest of people even though they may be underserved or indigent. [/quote]

I’ve been a public interest lawyer for 20 years. I literally know hundreds of public interest lawyers across the USA, and nobody regrets their career path.

Hint: we aren’t in it for the money. (Nonetheless, I currently make just under $200k.)

The trick is to go to school in state. Minimize or avoid student debt. [/quote]

I’ve been a public interest lawyer over 20 years and I regret it.  I was so smart—went to top schools and did really well.  I choose this profession thinking I could help improve people’s lives.  Meanwhile, in the last 20+ years, the world seems like it’s gotten worse in so many different ways, and I’ve been putting little pieces of puddy into tiny holes in a dam that’s cracking and over-flowing.  And the clients are generally fine, and my colleagues are great, but dealing with other lawyers is so draining.  Almost every day I have several calls with people who are just argumentative, derisive, accusatory, and often wrong.  And at least some of the work is really boring and repetitive or inane.
In retrospect, I should have gone into science, some kind of data analysis, or maybe worked for someplace like PBS.  I think any of those fields would have had more real impact on improving people’s lives.  The days when the court system was a good venue to do that are long gone.[/quote]

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