I'm starting to doubt this career path. It seems like too much work, with few benefits.
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If you believe in the justice system and would like to right the wrongs of the world and like interpreting facts and finding information it is a great career path.
Defense attorneys are an integral part of the system. Without them innocent people could be railroaded all the time. People seem to forget that our justice system operates on the idea that it is better for 9 guilty men to go free than 1 innocent man go free. Our system is a system of checks and balances. It is neither the job of prosecutor or the defence attorney to determine guilt. It is their job to present two opposite sides of a case and the judge or jury is charged with determining where the truth lies.
Also, people seem to forget that there is more to being a lawyer than criminal work. Lawyers help keep people safe when entering into real estate and business deals. Help get child support from dead beat fathers. Help people ensure that their assets go where they want when they die.
Its not for everyone and not all lawyers make a lot of money. Just as with any profession work ethic and capacity determine how much you make. I am a legal assistant and know plenty of lawyer who make less a year than I do. (Granted, I am darn good at what I do and they are lazy and disorganized.)
If you get a law degree and do not like like you can work in business, insurance, the civil service or plenty of other places.
You can help keep criminals on our streets.
If your parents were married at the time of your birth, you're not really qualified to be a lawyer.
Jokes aside, I wish I had taken that path. Lawyers serve an important (but sometimes distasteful) purpose and a good one can accomplish precedents and effect real changes in the law.
Lawyers make as much as a teacher or a millionair depends on how good you are, and who you know.
That's the best answer I can come up with.
You can be in a difference to make a difference. Find an area of law that you feel passionate about...it doesn't have to be in torte or contracts. With the world expanding and getting smaller at the same time; we are being faced with areas of law that were never considered before. Cloning, environment, what is going to happen when the baby boomers finally get really old... will our current obsession with "quality of life" obscure the natural progression of growing old and dying? While it is easy to think of many thinks as moral decisions, our lives are and will be guided by the LAW. How can that not be exciting?
Well you will be able to make a difference for a lot of people. You can make good money, become more confident when you are helping your clients, and you will be learning to focus on different issues. And you will make better choices and decisions.
You can make good money, you will probably always be able to find work if you're any good, and you can help put criminals away and keep good people out of jail.
It certainly is a lot of work. Heck just getting the degree is a lot of work. That said, you can make a lot of money. There is job security in being a lawyer (you can almost always find work). You can be your own boss (but that's even more work). Regardless of what the d-bags trolling this board will say, it is a respected profession. Without lawyers there would be no USA (of course the same could be said about Freemasons). if you get a JD and end up not enjoying the practice of law, you can always go into business. A vast majority of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies have law degrees.
I like practicing law most days. It beats the hell out of bagging groceries or filing TPS reports.
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Money. It doesn't bring happiness, but it sure makes misery a lot easier to deal with.
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