Transitioning from Law to other fields

RMIBstudent
Mon, 15 Jun 2015 23:52:08 +0000

So I am an undergraduate engineering major who is considering law school if my GPA is high enough and I do well on the LSATs. One concern I’ve heard from people is that once you get your law degree it is very difficult to move into any other field, partially because of your loan debt, partially because you will have no other relevant work experience, and also because employers will be suspicious of a J.D. applying for a non-legal position.

This worries me, because I don’t know if I would want to be a lawyer forever, or if I’d realize that I actually hate it. It seems like an engineering career won’t make me as much money, but at least with that degree I could move into a lot of different things if I wanted to. What do you guys think?