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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm computer science graduate (bachelor's degree) and was an English minor, so a lot of people suggested patent law. It honestly wasn't worth the time investment. It seemed like the options were high paying/long hours, or Government. Since I already am in Government and don't want to work long hours, I would have had to pay out of pocket. My scientific job wouldn't pay for law school. So, I would have to work full-time for many years and invest a lot if money to make the same money I would make anyway. So, yeah, it's not an attractive option.[/quote]

This is exactly why CS and engineering are in such high demand relative to other legal jobs.  There are so many other lucrative jobs that don't require additional education/Big Law hours, so the number of people who think it is worth it to make that jump is relatively small.  I think for bench work heavy fields (biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry) there is always a certain segment of people who get really burned out doing benchwork and want to transition into law for that reason, however the notion of spending 8-10 years in higher education turns people off.[/quote]

I'm the first quoted poster. Yes, you're right, people in hard sciences are more likely to jump, mostly because those fields are lower paying than Engineering and Computer Science and many even have a Master's Degree already....mostly because there are more graduates of those programs. So, you have less technical graduates in the first place and they make more money without an advanced degree. This means that Patent Law associated with technical fields is even higher paying, but it's very long hours and high pressure. The technical fields have a wide range of options as to work schedules and types of occupation. It just doesn't make sense to go into Law if it's not something you really want to do personally or you want to make a ton of money.[/quote]

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