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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The big difference in kind of course is the dissertation.  And grades don't really matter in grad school, while in law school they do.

But I'm curious if anyone can speak to the experience of both law and grad school in say, political science or history.

What's the difference in reading load like in the courses?  And is law school as conceptually difficult as grad school?  Law is interesting in that it is a first degree in the subject, not advanced study, but the learning curve is obviously higher than in undergrad.

Is it fair to say the knowledge base of the law degree and bar exam is similar to the PhD student up to the level of qualifying exams and without the dissertation?[/quote]

[b]I'm the PP at 22:27[/b] - what I recommend is that if you (or your child, I assume) don't know the difference in these paths - to go get a real job for a few years. This is always a good idea anyway.  Get some life experience, earn money, pay rent, pay off a car payment or some other school loan maybe.  The people who were in my grad program that came straight from undergrad were the most likely to stop after coursework, not pass comps, walk away with a masters (luckily our program offered masters for those who passed classes but failed comps), and get jobs. They ended up in great business careers - but they were just not cut out for what a PhD program requires because they had just taken it as a next rung on the ladder....akin to should I go to law school or get a PhD...  Take some time to mature and have a sense of purpose....not just sign up for the next level of education.

And note - as others have said. Law school will be expensive so seems silly to pay for that if you don't really know it's what you want to do.  Grad school will be free if you are in the right field (great programs fully fund tuition for top applicants and pay for jobs too....but you need to live poor - I got out with just one final $5k loan to get me through to the last push of my dissertation without working on anything else). But I gave up 6 years of real job income.... [/quote][/quote]

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