<p>The question isn’t whether a law degree limits you to practicing law, the question is whether a law degree is beneficial in finding non-law related work. Plenty of people get jobs in spite of their degrees. That’s not a good reason to get the degree in the first place. You only want to invest in a degree if you expect it to make a return (or you’re particularly risk insensitive). Most of the people who get JDs will find work of one kind or another. That’s not the issue. The issue is what kind of work they’ll find and whether they could have found that work without the JD (and therefore the JD debt).</p>