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re: Going to law school while working full time - anyone done it?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:14 am to Tigerfan56
Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:14 am to Tigerfan56
One last thing...dont go for the money. I love being an attorney, but if my primary motivation was making money I would have switched professions a long time ago and become an investment banker. If you find the law interesting and can handle high stress without turning to drugs or alcohol to cope then by all means go for it.
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Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:23 am to ragincajun77
On that note, any of you law baws get your JD later in life? Like 35 or older?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:25 am to Centinel
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any of you law baws get your JD later in life? Like 35 or older?
I thought about it, as I'm nearing the end of my career, lawyer posters on here talked me off the ledge
Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:38 am to 777Tiger
Well I'm in a unique situation that I'm a cybersecurity engineer for a large corporate law firm with a cybersecurity/data privacy practice group that I could easily slide in to once I have my JD. Not to mention some seriously heavy-hitting recommendations for admission to the JD program. 
Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:41 am to Centinel
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Well I'm in a unique situation that I'm a cybersecurity engineer for a large corporate law firm with a cybersecurity/data privacy practice group that I could easily slide in to once I have my JD. Not to mention some seriously heavy-hitting recommendations for admission to the JD program.
shite! what are you waiting for my man? go for it! hell, talk them into sending you!
Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:47 am to Tigerfan56
You can't. ABA has a 20 hour per week limit.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 11:50 am to 777Tiger
All of your questions are driven by what your goals are.
It is not a good idea to work your first year, especially if you are trying to do well academically, which will lead to summer clerkships, which will lead to jobs. Being in law school and preparing for your career in the legal field is a full time job.
If you just want the credential to move up within the organization you are with or to pursue a non-traditional job that will be helped by the law degree, your academic performance is less relevant. That being said, there are really not that many non-legal careers that benefit from a law degree WHEN you do a cost-benefit analysis of the time/effort/lost income/cost of tuition.
Choosing the law school will also be driven by career goals. If you want to be employed locally, pick a regional law school. If you want to go to a different market, ensure that the law school has a pipeline into that market. A law degree from LSU can get you to New York (and certainly Houston), but it is a lot more work and you would need to do well in school.
You need very specific goals before going to law school. As mentioned above, the time/cost/lost revenue is killer if you are just doing it to add an additional degree and not worth it IMO.
It is not a good idea to work your first year, especially if you are trying to do well academically, which will lead to summer clerkships, which will lead to jobs. Being in law school and preparing for your career in the legal field is a full time job.
If you just want the credential to move up within the organization you are with or to pursue a non-traditional job that will be helped by the law degree, your academic performance is less relevant. That being said, there are really not that many non-legal careers that benefit from a law degree WHEN you do a cost-benefit analysis of the time/effort/lost income/cost of tuition.
Choosing the law school will also be driven by career goals. If you want to be employed locally, pick a regional law school. If you want to go to a different market, ensure that the law school has a pipeline into that market. A law degree from LSU can get you to New York (and certainly Houston), but it is a lot more work and you would need to do well in school.
You need very specific goals before going to law school. As mentioned above, the time/cost/lost revenue is killer if you are just doing it to add an additional degree and not worth it IMO.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 12:04 pm to Tigerfan56
Did it. Was not fun, but after the first year it got more manageable. Helps to have an employer who is on board.
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