Is law unemployment over exaggerated?

[Polo08816]

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Furthermore, like I said, I keep coming back to the physical danger associated with being the job of being a police officer. I don’t care what sort of pension you may have, it’s worth nothing if you’re shot to death.

To many, the opportunity to lead troops in war is one of the greatest callings. How many other careers will you have that much responsibility when you are only 22? Because at 22, you better be a competent, sharp, and fast cat or else someone age 18 to 50 may pay for your mistake with his life. We’re not talking about some classroom academic debate, we’re talking about real life with very immediate and long term consequences. To most who are brave enough to take that challenge, the experience and the challenge are worth more than the pension.

In fairness, you could ‘double-dip’ as a lawyer as well. You could join the military through JAG. You could also become a reserve officer through the 16-month National Guard OCS, possibly during your 3L.

You could as a lawyer. But could you do that while working the hours that biglaw firms require?<br>
You might also have misunderstood what I meant by “double-dip”. It refers to a scenario where the state/municipality pays you your income while you are deployed and you’re also collecting from the Federal government. That’s “double-dipping”.
I just haven’t heard of many lawyers double-dipping as much as law enforcement officers.</p>

<p>Before this thread goes even more off-topic, I think that unemployment is not over-exaggerated. It is what it is. But the prospect of having a 6 figure debt over your head without the income to have made that worthwhile is scary.</p>