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07 Jul 2009, 1:06 pm

I find law interesting, but I would not really want to go to law school.

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07 Jul 2009, 8:46 pm

I used to be interested in law... but my opinion of it has changed a lot since I started my undergrad, and now, 4 years later. Read these links if you're interested in law school, they might change your mind.

http://lawandletters.blogspot.com/2007/ ... chool.html

http://www.moneybluebook.com/my-list-of ... -and-jobs/

http://www.usnews.com/articles/business ... -2009.html

http://www.slate.com/?id=2069512

http://civpro.blogs.com/civil_procedure ... _law_.html

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08 Jul 2009, 9:11 am

Space wrote:

Having gone to law school, I agree with every word in those articles. :lol:

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15 Jul 2009, 6:18 am

It's strange that even with these, law schools are still prestigious.

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15 Jul 2009, 6:47 am

ruennsheng wrote:

It's strange that even with these, law schools are still prestigious.

You can make a beautiful sculpture with cow manure, but it's still cow manure. :lol:

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15 Jul 2009, 7:50 am

What a waste entering Law school then...

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15 Jul 2009, 2:16 pm

ruennsheng wrote:

What a waste entering Law school then...

Correct.

Really, like many schools and degree programs, you are sold on the image they project of the profession, not the reality of the job you're likely to get. It's been that way for a long time.

We need to go back to apprenticing. I advocate that anyone who wants to go to law school should spend at least a year working in a firm doing anything so they can gain insight and experience. I guarantee a lot of people would probably decide against going to law school after not even 6 months.

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15 Jul 2009, 5:58 pm

ruennsheng wrote:

It's strange that even with these, law schools are still prestigious.

Prestige is complete BS... especially if you have AS, because you likely won't have any network of powerful connections to at least prop up your useless, albeit "prestigious" academic achievements.

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17 Jul 2009, 2:08 am

There goes my dream of making a difference to people through governance! Boohoo!! !

But never mind, AS will bring a whole new world to us guys...

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