From what I've heard over the years, younger law grads have had trouble finding that kind of work/pay just as much as everyone else with a professional degree. Like professor jobs, it looks good on the surface bc a minority of privileged people are more visible.
I have somebody elsenet saying "do it anyway! follow what you love!" and I'm like no, I'd just be doing it for the money and I don't need a six-figure debt I can't sell if shit doesn't work out the way I planned.
IME North America (and, you'll be SHOCKED which part of North America) has an excess of lawyers.
I understand the structure of law firms globally is they need to code and bill *every* interaction. It's a rort. I've known a few lawyers, nice people... shit's fucked, yo.
Over here too, a bunch of new law schools loosely associated with universities have opened up in recent years and are churning out way more new law grads than there are jobs.
When I first joined the law firm and discovered I can write more effectively than a lot of lawyers, the thought process went "with all the qualifications I already have, law is only one more year" (at least to be a legal exec, from which you can work on being a full lawyer). Then I'd get copied into emails sent at 10 pm and go Nope!
it is insane. not only the hourly from the lawyer, but then the other fees from filing with the courts, paralegal/legal secretary, etc and it can go into 4 figures easy per hour
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Date: 2020-08-06 10:40 am (UTC)$15 for a one-line e-mail? Jesus.
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Date: 2020-08-06 12:44 pm (UTC)From what I've heard over the years, younger law grads have had trouble finding that kind of work/pay just as much as everyone else with a professional degree. Like professor jobs, it looks good on the surface bc a minority of privileged people are more visible.
I mean, so don't feel bad.
IME.
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Date: 2020-08-06 02:28 pm (UTC)I have somebody elsenet saying "do it anyway! follow what you love!" and I'm like no, I'd just be doing it for the money and I don't need a six-figure debt I can't sell if shit doesn't work out the way I planned.
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Date: 2020-08-06 02:59 pm (UTC)I understand the structure of law firms globally is they need to code and bill *every* interaction. It's a rort. I've known a few lawyers, nice people... shit's fucked, yo.
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Date: 2020-08-10 08:34 am (UTC)When I first joined the law firm and discovered I can write more effectively than a lot of lawyers, the thought process went "with all the qualifications I already have, law is only one more year" (at least to be a legal exec, from which you can work on being a full lawyer). Then I'd get copied into emails sent at 10 pm and go Nope!
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Date: 2020-08-06 04:11 pm (UTC)