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Originally posted by omegamcgee
Well, I really love history. Also, I want something (i.e. research, museum work, teaching) to fall back on in case I don't like being a lawyer. And I would really be happy with just a masters, a ph.d. would just be nice.
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IMHO, you might be trying to do too much too soon. Law school is exhausting mentally and I'm having a hard time imagining the benefit of studying law and history at the same time. It doesn't sound like you want to do something that would require both degrees, so why not pursue one at a time? If you get a law degree and don't like practicing law, you can always go back to school then to study history.
As a side note, and I don't mean to be a downer but as someone who practiced law and then got out of it I think I'm somewhat qualified to say -- if you think there's a good chance you won't like being a lawyer (that seems to be a concern since you're making plans for if that happens) don't go to law school. If history is your first love, you'd probaby be better off to go that route.