<p>Agreed with OP. Too much negativity.</p>
<p>Sadly, many, many fields leave people unemployed, downsized, and few places of employment. My own career, for which I have a Masters, now requires a Doctorate to practice. Job outlook just posted, 10th. Great, but so unrealistic. Don’t know who gets paid to come up with these stats. Most people I know (and we all have decent paying, interesting jobs) would not go into the field again. Is law a poorer choice than other majors requiring grad school (and its costs)? The lawyers in my family (there are 4 of them) are all doing very well to fabulously. New graduates in this poor economy will suffer in most fields. </p>
<p>The negativity on these law forums focus on Big Law or No Law. T-14 or Nothing. How about focusing on reality? What is appropriate loans to consider? Good locations for law other than big cities? Private practice? Areas of law which you wouldn’t normally consider or know where out there? </p>
<p>My son will start law school in the Fall and graduate without any debt (undergrad or grad school). Hopefully he will find a field of law he loves and can earn a decent living and provide for his family.</p>
<p>(Tired of all this. When I read the Engineering threads, you get the same negative advice. If it were left up to the CC group, I think there would be a list of 5 majors and they’d tell everyone else not to go college!)</p>
<p>Good luck to all current and future law students.</p>