re: Non-Law jobs with a law degree

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Free ride + almost no living expenses.

Hoping to finish top 15%

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But if you didn't want to practice law, you just wasted your time - the education prepares you for very little - other than practicing law (and it does that imperfectly - it teaches you foundational skills that help you practice law - and do not translate easily to other fields).

I would, at a minimum, work a couple, three years for a defense firm and learn how to take depositions, argue motions, draft pleadings, prepare witnesses, etc. - that part of the job I really loved - it was all the office politics and the nonsense required to get paid that I objected to.