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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a pair of DC lawyers who dropped out of big law once they paid off loans.  One became a SAHM to 4, the other became a music minister for a church in Idaho.

I think they're nuts, but they're happy and say it's the best thing they could've ever done for their family.  To each his own.  [/quote]

This just makes me sad. So the whole law thing was a complete waste, simply worked to pay off loans -- would have same outcome if they just moved to Idaho directly..[/quote]

I'm with other PPs who say law was not a waste. No one says you have to practice law for the rest of your living days or it is wasted. Heck, many people get the degree and never practice law, but the education and the experience, if you do practice for a while, inform other things you do in life. You misconstrue the experience when you say they "worked to pay off loans." No, they were practicing law. But when the loans were paid off, their financial situation changed enough to make a different choice, to move on to something different, and for them better. Up until that point, it is not as if they were doing nothing -  they were practicing law in the traditional way. And so you are also wrong that skipping law and moving to Idaho would have been the same outcome .. not, it wold have been a totally different life path, skipping the part where they studied and practiced law.[/quote]

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