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发帖数: 1628 | 1 法学院找工作困难已经几年了，为啥中国人还是看不清？
http://www.businessinsider.com/is-law-school-worth-the-money-20
Business Insider has been in touch with a 28-year-old lawyer who has deep
regrets about his decision to go to law school. He agreed to answer
questions about the burdens of law school debt, and about what he'd do
differently if he could.
This law school graduate's answers are sobering. He attended a school that's
one of the top 20 in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report,
and yet he struggled to find decent work.
He believes his law school tricked him into thinking he'd easily find a
prestigious job after graduation.
"I consider law school a waste of my life and an extraordinary waste of
money. I feel like I was duped and tricked," he says. "At the end of the day
, it's my own fault for being a sucker and I learned an extremely hard
lesson."
These days, he makes $45,000 and has $200,000 in education debt. He lives
with his parents in Virginia, doesn't have a car, and doesn't even date. In
his free time, he does contract work to try to pay down his debt.
We've published all of his answers, which include insights into when law
school might actually be a viable option. He asked that we not use his real
name.
Why did you decide to go to law school?
Because I wanted to be a lawyer. I also wanted greater career opportunities
than my BA offered me. I believed the legal education industry's sales pitch
circa 2007-08 that lawyers will always be in demand and that bankruptcy
will be a hot practice area when the economy is poor.
What kind of job were you hoping to get?
Optimal outcome would have been an associate position with a large firm
making $160,000. I knew I only had a 20% chance of landing that position, so
I thought a realistic outcome was at a mid-sized firm making less than the
large law firm salary but still a respectable amount.
What kind of job did you end up getting?
I kicked around miserable small law firms for two years. My first job was at
a small law firm where the owner ran through associates like tissue paper.
He stole from paychecks, screamed, yelled, etc. I quit after a short while.
In my next job, I worked for another small firm but this time I had to start
as an "intern" even though I was a fully licensed attorney. This meant I
had to work for free for three months. I did it in the hopes that this would
lead to a decently paid associate position. After three months, my boss
offered me $1,000 per month. I was desperate so I did it.
I have a top-20 law degree and I was making the equivalent of a $12,000/year
salary. McDonald's managers — nay, workers — were my economic superiors
by a long stretch. After 3 months getting paid $1,000/month, I got a raise
to the paltry sum of $2,000. It was insulting considering the boss hired
several other attorneys and paid them peanuts as well. There's such an
enormous oversupply of law school graduates so he was and is able to
continue this practice. Eventually I moved onto another law firm where I am
now. I don't get much responsibility and there's no upward mobility
potential at my current job, but I'm happy just to have an office to myself,
a boss who isn't insane, health care, and some vacation time (!). I had all
of these things before I foolishly went to law school.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/is-law-school-worth-the-money-2013-12#ixzz2oZ1qhKCh | c****e
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: 法学院找工作困难已经几年了，为啥中国人还是看不清？
: http://www.businessinsider.com/is-law-school-worth-the-money-20
: Business Insider has been in touch with a 28-year-old lawyer who has deep
: regrets about his decision to go to law school. He agreed to answer
: questions about the burdens of law school debt, and about what he'd do
: differently if he could.
: This law school graduate's answers are sobering. He attended a school that's
: one of the top 20 in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report,
: and yet he struggled to find decent work.
: He believes his law school tricked him into thinking he'd easily find a
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