Law Career Alternatives

foolishpleasure
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:12:18 +0000

^^ Yes, law school is expensive and students often take out huge loans (I didn’t; I chose a lesser school that offered full-tuition grant). But these days, BA grads don’t have as much career mobility as they did a generation or two ago. And many w/ undergrad degrees choose to attend grad school and incur grad school debt hoping for advancement, rather than stay in a low-level job. Those interested in grad sch (law sch in particular) need to crunch the numbers and take a good, hard look at the market - - but if a student stilll want the “status” of a JD or other credential (despite its cost), or is convinced that s/he will beat the odds and land that job at Davis Polk, it’s not the grad/law schools’ fault for giving the market what it wants - - at a price.

I think cellardweller is on the money – what’s a liberal arts grad to do (if s/he wants to move from an entry level job)?

(FWIW, in my circle, law grads seem to be doing marginally better, in terms of employment, than many of the MA/MPA grads - -but those prgms are probably less expensive than law sch.)