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[quote=Anonymous]Some general advice on getting advice about law school - when you ask "Should I go to law school?" you are going to get three types of responses - 1) irrelevant advice from people who didn't go to law school; 2) crazy, hyperbolic exaggerations about how awful it is, usually riffing on how there are no jobs or crappy jobs and how it's a soul-killing profession; 3) the "lawyer response" of "it depends."  My advice to you would be to find lawyers or law grads in real life and instead ask three questions "What was your experience in the law school?"  "How did you get where you are now?" and "What would you do differently?"  You will get a lot more thoughtful advice that way.

That being said, the answer to your original question is "it depends." :-) I would seriously look at the recommendations of other posters and non-law consumer protection jobs to see if that's something that can fulfill your professional aspirations.  I would also go and talk to attorneys who do consumer protection and ask them how they got to that point (connect with your undergrad alumni office, they will likely be able to put you in touch with someone you can email).  The reality is that the job market is tough these days and no one entering law school thinks that they're never going to find a job because, well, they're smart and they're going to do great.  A lot of law grads - even ones with good, steady jobs that pay well - have a significant amount of dead that is going to follow them for years, if not decades.  If you really want to go to law school, that price tag might be worth it to you - but it's also good to talk to people for whom it was NOT worth it because you might share the same values and outlook on life.  Since you want to do a very specific job, you need to make sure that the odds of you achieving your goal are in your favor if you pursue a law degree - or that you are okay with falling short and have another plan. [/quote]

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