quit pa and pursue law, yay nay? seen anyone do it?

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As a lawyer and CPA, I'll tell you that law students envy your job in public accounting.

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DO IT ! I'd be so jealous of you.

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Do you want to be a lawyer? If not, then don't waste your time or money. If it's about big $$ then don't assume you will be in big law because now only like 5% are (I graduated in 2013). Understand that lawyers are a dime a dozen and it's competitive. Seriously. And even people who were #1 in his and college class get beat. Someone's gotta be in the bottom 90%.

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That said if you can articulate a plan of what you want you want to do or what your interest is, that may work out for you. But expect 60 hour weeks for 3 years, and for the love of pete, please go full time. Much better experience and prospects.

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Oh good point pwc2. My comments were assuming you have a JD and have passed the bar in the state you are looking to practice in. If you're saying leave pa to go to law school that would change my thought process.

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why is that?

Depends, big law makes a ton of money, but work insane hrs.

I disagree with pwc1. I think it really depends on what you want to do with your career. I am about to make that switch. I just quit last week and I am headed to a law firm. I made the decision that B4 can't give me what I want in a career. For what it's worth I have heard it is much harder to go from B4 to law firm than it is to do the reverse.

OP, maybe I'm confused. Do you already have a law degree?

If you are already a lawyer and want to go to a firm I would definitely do it. I thought you were taking about law school in general. My perception on the difference between b4 tax and law firm is that there won't be compliance in law firm. I am in consulting specialty so we only do small amounts of compliance anyway. So not sure that makes a big difference. Maybe the pay of big law; otherwise pay might be less at midsize or small firm.

don't got a JD - the plan is to quit and go to law school. opp costs is obviously something i think about, but i just don't want to live with regrets, as i don't see myself being in pa or any other relevant fields (financial reporting, internal audit, tax, consulting, etc etc)

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