Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.
I am a lawyer and not aware of any programs where the federal govt will pay tuition. That’s doesn’t seem real.
Anecdotal of course, but I worked with a guy at the USPTO whose law school was paid for by the govt. He quickly went up the ladder after that and when I last interacted with him, he was a GS 15 and in the pipeline for becoming an ES. He was in his early thirties at that time.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.
I am a lawyer and not aware of any programs where the federal govt will pay tuition. That’s doesn’t seem real.
It's not real at all. Maybe, MAYBE you can get some minor student loan repayment. But the government is not paying someone to go get a JD.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.
I am a lawyer and not aware of any programs where the federal govt will pay tuition. That’s doesn’t seem real.
Anonymous wrote:I'm also looking for a high paying career for personable people with no skills or work ethic.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.
I am a lawyer and not aware of any programs where the federal govt will pay tuition. That’s doesn’t seem real.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What about working on the Hill? That's an obvious match to a poly sci major. It's not high paying at all for the first few years, but then you can consult or move up to run your own shop or work for a company's GA team.
+1 I would suggest working on the Hill for a couple of years at least.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.
I am a lawyer and not aware of any programs where the federal govt will pay tuition. That’s doesn’t seem real.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.
Noo. This is TERRIBLE advice. Ignore it please!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.
Noo. This is TERRIBLE advice. Ignore it please!
Anonymous wrote:You can sort of do whatever you want with a law degree. If she wants to become a policy expert and work for the federal government, lawyers are taken a bit more seriously than non-lawyers.
Tell her to go into the federal government and get the feds to pay for her law degree. So many people do that here in DC via part-time programs at George Mason, AU, GW, etc.
If she gains some regulatory experience in the federal government, she can still end up transitioning to Big Law later in life and making really good $$$. It's just an alternative path.