<p>Just the input of a HS senior here: my father is a patent attorney after retiring from medicine (he also has a BS and MS in biomedical engineering). The job market isn’t great right now, but he’s had a steady job with a law firm since he graduated law school a few years ago - he’s found the work to be very interesting and has certainly found having a scientific background to be very helpful. Overall, he really enjoys his work.</p>
<p>And lerkin - pay varies from firm to firm and even client to client. I know some of my dad’s clients are billed in at a flat rate and others are on an hour to hour basis - so he can bill them for the time he does spend outside his office hours. </p>
<p>Sounds like it would certainly be worth it to check out that law school board. Maybe she can talk to some local patent attorneys to get their advice?</p>