Scholarships for law school?

Jolynne_Smyth
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:05:29 +0000

tomtownsend - I have to say I don’t find CLEs to be that much trouble (or irritating). I know many, many professions which require continuing ed (CPAs, engineers, healthcare).

I also don’t see the chance to get into ‘big law’ (and the stats that show the likelihood of that, based on school) to be a be-all/end-all. There are rewarding jobs elsewhere - in government (state, federal, local), non-profits, inhouse. I know there are qualifiers to all those and they don’t always pay huge amounts of money. But, I will say that when I studied for the bar at a big law firm w/a friend on Saturday mornings (years ago) - a name partner in the firm had gotten there before us (8 a.m.) and was there after we left (5 p.m.). That’s not a lifestyle I would have any desire to strive for…