[Rudey]

Originally posted by kddani
Thank you, GP. VERY few lawyers make $300 an hour, except maybe corporate in some instances. Attorneys who handle DUIs make MUCH less than that, or else they wouldn't have any business.

Also hate how people think anyone can go into any profession. There are MANY people who can't get into law school, med school, etc.

I wanted to be a teacher for the longest time... I love children and have spent a good portion of my life working with them. I love teaching people things, it's in my nature. But I decided that I wanted to do something that would challenge me more intellectually. Teaching can be mentally challenging, but it's not the same thing as the puzzles I have to solve and arguments I have to make everyday as an attorney. But teaching would've been very rewarding in other ways. I do realize as i've grown older that I may not have had the patience for it...

GP, I'm glad you know what's up with the salaries before you actually go to law school. When I applied to law school, the average starting salary from my law school was $80K. I'm not sure of what it is now, but it's lower. And they also play with the numbers a lot. It can be very deceiving!

Like GP's boyfriend. I go to a tier 1 law school. My dad didn't go to college. I may make less than my father, actually, a good chance of it.

I haven't spend much time on the NALP website, I need to look at their methodology. But the salaries that were stated seems very high.

ETA: Most AV-rated lawyers (the highest rating one can receive as an attorney) don't even make $300 an hour...

$300 an hour... 8 hours billable a day= $2400 a day. 5 days a week= $12,000 a week. = $624,000 a year.

VERY few lawyers make $624,000 a year

I thought a Junior partner in Big Law made at least 500K not including amenities and all that?

-Rudey