Going back to school.

[rjs246]

At no point did I say I was sober during the test.

All of the above.

Seriously, though, the legal profession pays well enough...but I personally feel that the world has too many lawyers already.

You sound like my pops. He can barely hide his disdain for this cockamamie plan of mine.

I'm not doing this for the money, which is what makes the decision difficult. I have no ambition to work for a corporate law office or chase ambulances and as such my earnings potential is limited before I even start the process.

Anyway, I agree that there are too many slimey people in the world and that many of them become lawyers, but many of them become doctors or statisticians or serial rapists. Lawyers get a bad rap because the bad ones are pretty clearly on display and play roles in our society that straddle theline between moral and amoral.

[General_Failure]

If your intention is to be one of the non-slimey lawyers, more power to you. Most people here would probably agree that, if bets were taken, a lot of money would be put on you burning out and becoming the kind of bitter, evil little bastich nobody would ever want anything to do with. Like MDS, but with a useful diploma.

[phattymatty]

yeah out of the dozens of lawyers i know in dc, barely any of them feel good about themselves. the money lovers do but that's about it. i have a few ex-lawyers in my group who got out of it and just do pro bono work on the side to do some good. go back to school for something you like.  the law is dumb anyway.

[rjs246]

Most people here would probably agree that, if bets were taken, a lot of money would be put on you burning out and becoming the kind of bitter, evil little bastich nobody would ever want anything to do with. Like MDS, but with a useful diploma.

No doubt, but hey, it's nice to have grand ideas about yourself even if they're bound to prove inaccruate in the long run.

go back to school for something you like. 

If I didn't think I'd like law school there's no chance I would even consider it. The last thing I want is to put myself through some bullshtein just for the hell of it.

[Rome]

you could always teach inner city kids like mds how to read and write.  sure, it wouldn't be fulfilling in any way but it would allow you to torment them legally.

[phattymatty]

If I didn't think I'd like law school there's no chance I would even consider it. The last thing I want is to put myself through some bullshtein just for the hell of it.

so you know people who liked law school? i know people who are glad they went but no one who has enjoyed it.

[rjs246]

Everyone I've talked to has said that law school was a lot of work and a ton of reading and a lot of stress and I'm not sure any of them would say that they liked it. But that's what any going back to school experience would be like. What I'm talking about is being glad I went and being able to do something interesting with my career after.

[phattymatty]

i'm bored.

[rjs246]

Then go to law school.

[General_Failure]

Go to journalism school.

[phattymatty]

i couldn't even find the time to take the GREs this summer for a program not nearly as hard as law school, so i think i'm probably done with school.  i'm going to aim for spring semester but in my head i know it won't happen.

[Diomedes]

1. Start applying to law schools as is.
5. Get drunk.

You'll be a good lawyer.

[phattymatty]

Agreed, just don't ever skip step 5.

[General_Failure]

If you think you've forgotten anything, repeat step five.

[MDS]

what? whats that?

yes my cork is huge. thank you. i know.