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Originally Posted by EyesOnThePrize
OMG! It's so funny b/c they both (recruiters for law schools and attorne's) are discouraging of you doing one or the other. They either want to you dedicate all of your time to school or to the job (especially in the entertainment industry)! So I wanted to get a more realistic unbiased opinion.
Thanks
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Your dream job will pay your a certain amount, will you have the opportunity to expand your options?
Going to law school and becoming a lawyer, depending on the kind of law you want to pursue and the state bar you take will afford you a different kind of opportunity. Besides, if you don't pass the bar, what will you do then? And from what I understand you have to do a "residency period" where you won't be making all the $$$ in the world, that takes years to build up.
So, you do your dream job, will you be doing this for another 10 years and what happens when things dry up and you are 60 years old?
Then, if you have a law degree, it takes ~3 years, and you have to work for ~2 years to pass the bar. And then you do the "residency" for some time--say ~2 years. Then you work for 5-10 years to become a partner or a leading attorney... But your skills would never "dry up"...
Then ask yourself do you want to get married and have children? At what age do you want this? All of these thoughts must be processed before dedicating your life to goals...
That's the best I can do. I'm not a lawyer, you'd have to ask my soror, Summerchild.
Also there is LawyerGal and a few others who'd know.
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