Financing Graduate School

justinmeche
Wed, 08 Dec 2004 21:24:44 +0000

One of my fears is having something happen in the future that may not allow me to go to law school. I’ve been doing this engineering thing for 4 years now and it has lost the buzz that it once had. A year ago I was excited about engineering but now it doesn’t look as appealing. I never wanted to be an “engineer” for a long period of time anyway. I always wanted to go into the business/law field. I worked with some guys during my internship who were engineers for more than 10 years before getting into management. I got bored with their job after one summer.

I am not 100% positive about where I want to go with a law degree (patent law is definitely a possibility) but what I do know is that a law degree is what I need in order to get where I want to end up.

Salary also plays in issue in my decision. I have no illusions that a law degree will make me rich but the career path has the potential to make me more money than a regular engineering job in the long run. The attorney friend of mine makes a good amount of money in his practice but it has taken him a number of years. No quick and easy money.