Career & Grad School Advice (Law Related)

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

This may be a ridiculous question, but can someone only get one law degree, forever and ever amen? I thought there were specialized degrees...could he get one at his current school and work for awhile, then when you've saved some money/finished grad school/whatever go back and get another degree from a better school?

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Generally yes, you get one JD and that is it. Some people (very very few) go on to get an LLM in a specialized area (like tax) but of all our lawyer friends, I think we know about 5 who did that. Where your JD is from is going to be what matters because it's 99.999999999% likely to be your terminal degree.

There are also people with an MLIS and go the Law Librarian route, with most positions requiring a JD and a library degree. Some schools offer them together, like University of Washington.

Idaho has the "Waters of the West" program which pairs a graduate degree in environmental science if I remember right. Most IP and patent people also have a second degree, usually a Masters.

There are also the people who have a degree from a top school and can't pass the MPRE or the bar, and that makes things difficult to be employed in many legal jobs.