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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am going to disagree with others. It seems that the lawyers on this board equate graduate level education as simply a means to a quick pay off or an automatic upper level 6 figure salary. While I agree that your brother is not going to walk out of law school, land a big law job starting at 150K, and have his debt paid off in a few years, I think you are overlooking the long-term value of law school.

A law degree or masters degree does have value in a marketplace where everyone has a BA. The value of the degree will still carry weight in many industries. In many industries outside of lawfirms there is little knowledge or even concern as to which law schools were at which tiers. Law school curriculums do teach discipline, how to write, how to construct arguments, and how to follow process. It is unlikely that your brother has any of the skills exiting the party school experience you alluded to in your post. He will gain skills, maturity, and access to internships that may provide better networking opportunities than the types of paid jobs he could find now exiting with just a BA.

I think some are making false correlations that if someone went to law school but chose not to practice then that person's choice to go to law school was a mistake.  I know a few CFOs who have law degrees rather than MBAs. In some organizations, they are better than the ones with the MBAs. In addition, many people pursue MAs or Phds which are more field specific than law and then choose careers that do not include teaching or research in the field.[/quote]

idiotic advice.  a JD does NOT help you in other industries.  If you want a non-law job that requires you how to "think and write" (which you don't learn in law school in my opinion), then you are likely going to have to delete law school from your resume just to land the interview!  makes sense, right?   I actually went to Miami for law.  Loved the school.  But if he doesn't have a 50%+ scholarship like I did, then no chance would I consider it.  Miami is very expensive, and ruining the rest of your life just so you can chase girls in South Beach for 3 years is NOT worth it.

Law firms are requiring less and less attorneys to do the work, with document review software and outsourcing research to India.  That combined with more and more law graduates is a recipe for disaster.[/quote]

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