One thing that puzzles me is the millions of people who get 4 year degrees at school.. then don’t take another two years and get a law degree somewhere. Hell even at a crap school online if neccessary. Just to get their foot in the door.
Ya you won’t work at one of these firms unless you have a prestigious degree.. but even if you get table scrap and make 100$ an hour at some lower firm.. that is a lot lot better then working in some corporate job for 17 dollars an hour.
One thing that puzzles me is the millions of people who get 4 year degrees at school.. then don’t take another two years and get a law degree somewhere. Hell even at a crap school online if neccessary. Just to get their foot in the door.
Ya you won’t work at one of these firms unless you have a prestigious degree.. but even if you get table scrap and make 100$ an hour at some lower firm.. that is a lot lot better then working in some corporate job for 17 dollars an hour.
Law School is 3 years (full time day study. Night school is longer).
People don’t (and shouldn’t) go to law schools because they don’t want to be lawyers (depending on the person, it’s either way to hard, or too boring, or both.)
There are not jobs waiting out of law school, except for top tier schools, or top tier graduates. Top 1% can expect over $100k, the average grad struggles to find any job, let alone one that pays what a mid-career city cop of school teacher makes.
Law firms may bill out over $100 per hour for a new lawyer, but they pay only a small fraction of that. $100/hour is $200,000/year, and few lawyers ever reach that, let alone get it when they start.
For most, the immense cost in lost revenue and career advancement, plus the out-of pocket cost for school does not pay off.
Most “successful” lawyers who earn more than a decent living do so in practices that they built themselves, not by going out and getting a job.