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Legit why ... I struggled with this feeling until a realized that being a lawyer ain’t that much fun...big law does essentially the same work as Big 4. If you get into consulting ( management or strategy) you will be making the same 5 years out of undergrad as a big law associates and won’t have the price tag of law school .
There is nothing to regret 😀.
Another opinion here. Do it. When I was at Deloitte I thought there was literally no one crazy enough to go to law school while working in consulting. In the 2.5 years that I was at Deloitte (1L to 2L of law school), I met 5 people doing it. One analyst at the time, 2 consultants, 1 Sr consultant and 1 manager.
Everyone has different reasons for going to law school and it isn't all big law. I have always been interested in public health law and am making the transition into it without a hefty student loan price tag (because I worked while going to school) and without a paycut but similar, if not better income trajectory.
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Do.not.go.to.law.school. Biggest mistake of my life. The only exception to this is if you somehow get into Harvard or Yale. And even then you should be 100% sure you want to be lawyer or law professor. The legal profession is not what it used to be. You’ve been warned.
Where do I start? First of all understand that you are going to be in class with a bunch of super aggressive classmates who are all smart, have good undergrad GPAs, and are vying for the best law jobs on the market (more on law jobs in a bit). Law school grading is a b**ch and everyone wants to be in the top 10% of the class to have a shot at the best jobs. Moreover, everyone thinks they will be in the top 10% because “they just know they are smarter than their classmates” or whatever you tell yourself to justify such an unrealistic goal. Once you get your first semester grades reality will hit you and will set the course of the rest of your time in school. Good luck clawing your way into the top 10% after average grades your first year. Next, the legal job market sucks a** and has sucked for the last 20 years for various reasons. The best legal jobs that pay the most money are reserved for the Ivy League law grads. If you are not from a top school (like top 10) and want even a fighting chance to get an interview at a good firm then you need to be at the top of your class. And the lower ranked your law school the higher ranked you should be relative to your peers. I would say that outside of the top 10-15 law schools you should really be in the top 1% of your class. And if your law school is ranked lower than a certain number then you can forget it regardless of how well you do. Law is a notoriously pedigree obsessed profession. You will be judged for where you go to school. And lest you think that I’m only talking about the high paying big law jobs know that this is largely true even for any decent public sector or government jobs. The competition is stiff! The fact of the matter is there are way more lawyers being churned out each year than the market can absorb. So naturally it becomes dog eat dog, and salaries for all but the best and brightest from Harvard, etc…are slave wages. And if you think that a law degree will serve you well even if you don’t end up practicing law then you would be sorely mistaken. No one gives a sh** about your law degree aside from general curiosity about why you would torture yourself for 3 years only to not practice law. You won’t magically get interviews from non-legal employers or get a high salary. Alas, every year people go to law school blindly and fall into the trap. So my advice to anyone is don’t go unless you get into a top 3 law school, and even then make sure your reasons for wanting a legal career are well thought out and realistic. Naturally, a degree from Harvard or Yale will open many doors regardless of your class ranking.