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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to go against the grain on this thread and say prestige is for the birds. I know DCUM is obsessed with it but you can have a completely lucrative career having gone to a public law school. The vast majority of lawyers in this country are not employed at big law and did not attend a top 10 law school.

In fact, most of the attys that I know who started up their own firms and now make $$$ went to public, no name schools. DCUM is a weird place for advice because it slants in one direction only - private, prestigious, big law, money, did I say prestige? In truth, there a multitude of avenues for success.

I went to a public, not highly ranked school. I started up my own practice because I wanted more freedom to raise my kids. I don't make big law money but at $400-500K, I'm doing just fine in a dual income home.

There are lots of ways to make a living in law, OP, more than gov't and big law. Chances are when your DC gets to law school interests will change. [/quote]

And to add, go to law school but don't spend too much money on it. That's the best piece of advice [/quote]

Thanks, appreciate your perspective. As i said, he will be on his own for $$ so he will have to go somewhere he gets money or is relatively inexpensive (though where is that?). He is not going to be  a BigLaw guy. He is definitely more on the "do gooder" side that the "make money at all costs" side.  [/quote]

This is not the way to think about law school at all. Do Gooder employers are often the most prestige-snobby, and do gooders get their debt forgiven, usually partially by the law school and partially by the federal government. Only people going to for profit employers are really going to fully pay their debt back. [/quote]

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