I am not in law school yet. But I was wondering where I can find out about other opportunities besides the standard tax attorney route. I am almost a CPA and currently in audit.

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I would be very cautious right now with economic uncertainty on the horizon. I pray we don’t go back to these times, but ask attorneys that graduated in the mid to late 2000s how the legal market was if you did not graduate from a top law firm.

Whatever you do, aim high

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Agree with this. If you want to go to law school to go into big law don’t bother unless you’re at a top school and you better be top of your class. Especially right now.

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Well you can always aim for biglaw and make 200k+ first year out of law school.

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I’d like to add that getting into biglaw isn’t exactly a walk in the park, even if you went to a T14 law school…

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