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!
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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!