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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To get a job as  a lawyer, it is absolutely necessary these days to be accepted into the top-15 or top-25 school and graduate top-25% of your class.  It also helps to have some kind of a practical undergraduate degree, such as accounting, engineering, or biology. I would say start by getting a decent undergrad degree and see if you can get into a top-20 law school.  If you can't - don't bother, the investment will not pay off. [/quote]

So only 2.5% of law school candidates will have a chance of working at a lawyer (20/200 schools x .25)?  Or are there other lawyer jobs that are just invisible on DCUM the way that certain schools, and counties, and socio-economic don't exist?

I know that lawyer jobs are harder to come by than in the past, but I've very suspicious of your figures.[/quote]

The PP was clearly considering only a small subset of legal jobs (large law firm, DOJ, etc.) as being successful as an attorney, yes. (But for that subset of attorneys, yes, you really do need those credentials at this moment).[/quote]

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