[durasell]

Then they must not be great lawyers. They can still be great guys, just not great lawywers. Starting salary -- right out of law school -- for the best lawyers is over $100k. If they make the cut, they can expect to jump to over a half mil in their first ten years out. If they switch from straight law to Wall Street, then the sky is the limit.

[marktwain]

"Then they must not be great lawyers. They can still be great guys, just not great lawywers. Starting salary -- right out of law school -- for the best lawyers is over $100k. If they make the cut, they can expect to jump to over a half mil in their first ten years out. If they switch from straight law to Wall Street, then the sky is the limit."

Yes, but that is for the "best" lawyers, the top of their class, the top 5%. That leaves 95% that are most lawyers. Compare "average" lawyers with the average salary for government lawyers, and I bet the government lawyers, after adding benefits and figuring hours worked, come out very well.