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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look into whether IP law makes money.

I've known people who went into that (not from top law schools) and it's not big money.

Also...being a US Patent Office Examiner has issues.

Be sure the ecosystem is healthy before investing in law achool to join it.[/quote]

IP law at good, elite firms is very lucrative. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Also in large entertainment in house departments:[/quote]

PP.  My point was...not everyone makes it to the top of the food chain.  Maybe you are there but a lot of people don't make it.  OP's kid has a good GPA for an engineer to get an engineering job but it doesn't look like a top GPA.  So if OP's kid doesn't get into a top law school and has to pay full tuition at a second-tier school, it might have been better to stick with engineering.  That's my point.

I have a friend who went to Harvard Law and got stuck in a smaller metro due to divorce and it's been very hard for her to get work and pay befitting her talents. Once upon a time, she had a prestigious job in NYC and had also interned at the most prestigious firm in the small metro while at Harvard.  I also know people in the IP area who've had mediocre luck and mediocre jobs.

I agree with those (as I linked to above) that find Law very hierarchical and rigid.  If you don't end up on the lucrative side with ease then you might not like how things work out.  DMV obviously has a good share of highly-paid lawyers.  But suppose this kid wants to move to Peoria to follow a spouse?
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