Should I Go To Law School or Pharmacy School?

Question

I'm an undergraduate right now, and I'm split. On the one hand, I enjoy the sciences. I'm fairly interested in them, but I'm not that passionate. On the other hand, I love politics, policies, and law. I'm a humanitarian at heart, and I'm very passionate about equality and justice in society. Law seems like a great field, but pharmacy allows for a much more stable (guaranteed) job, even if I'm not extremely passionate about it. Will I really be able to do great things as a lawyer (civil rights issues, defense of the elderly, etc.), or will I be bound to real-estate deals and lying for corporates? It seems that so many lawyers just end up doing these things in the end.

P.S. I have the grades and degrees to do either one.

Answer 1

Pharmacy school. why? the six figure guaranteed job you'll have when you graduate. not taking your work home with you. not having to carry a gun because you lost a case. you dont want to be a para legal like so many lawyers are.
passion can be found if you dig deep enough. What about both like working on Pharmacy law? like SB797. No one tells jokes like what do you call fifty lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? a good start. People trust pharmacists even above the clergy, before all the molestaion trials of course.
You should volunteer at the local hospital in-patient pharmacy and shadow a pharmacist or better yet call any hospital and ask for the inpatient pharmacy, then ask to speak to a Pharmacist preferablly one with a pharmD. then pick their brain. It isnt all pill pushing trust me. it can be real exciting and sometimes boring just like life right? call em trust me you want to be Pharmacist. by the way you're only the patients beotch in Retail, but for 75-100 bucks an hour by the time you graduate who cares? you dont think you're someones beotch in the legal profession? think again. only a third are actually practicing law, the others get to do para-legal work for crap wages. Plus you get excellent benefits working in a hospital pharmacy like almost 8 hours a pay period vacation to start which is like 5 weeks a year. you can retire from some hospitals with pension plans. sure you possibly coould make more as a lawyer but its a gamble unless you know for certain that the field of law is gonna guarantee that kind of pay scale.
Pharmacists get guaranteed salaries that are always going up and up. Anyway my two cents.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Pharmacy Law Degree

Answer 4

Good for you to have these choices.

These are extremely different careers, and maybe you should be thinking about how you could approach your interests without post-graduate school. This next couple of years are an excellent time to try your hand at politics by working in a real-live presidential campaign. This will give you a feel for the kinds of backgrounds of those you meet who are political activists. My instincts say that there are many ways to do what you want, and law school or pharmacy school may not be the answer. With your background, you can take some time off and explore and then come back with a more realistic picture of how to get from here to there.

Answer 5

You have to examine how motivated of a person you are. If you have the motivation you can make the things happen that you want to do. If you are a go with the flow never make waves type person just do pharmacy. Remember that if you are willing to work for what you want and make opportunities happen instead of waiting for them to come to you, you will be able to do what you want. Good Luck!
PS Iam on my second degree...my first was with computer network management...I am an introvert and realized it was not the area for me due to the whole job networking etc...Now I am graduating nursing school in may and already have a job. My point is if you choose a career that isn't right for you, it isn't the end of the world; it just will take a little bit more time to get to where you want to be. Go back to school and get another degree. I am 35, beginning a new career. Just keep these things in mind.

Answer 6

With the attitude you portrayed, I doubt you would be happy in the law profession. And a law degree does not mean great things, just a foot in the door to start as a law clerk for a firm, establish your presence, and hopefully be offered a job as a firm lawyer.

Pharmacy is a very medical profession so if you are not into chemistry and other medical issues, then again this may not be a good profession for you. You may want to try a job while you attend school as a pharmacy tech and see exactly
what a pharmacist does.

There are other professions that deal with social inequities such as social work. I would strong suggest you go to your college counseling office and begin a process of eliminating various professions using informed information.

Most college students change their professional choice at least once before they settle for a career, and then I would expect many regret those choices.

Grades are not the issue, more motivation to spend thirty years in that profession. Counseling for many, myself included, changed the direction of my professional career and I never regretted the change of direction.

Answer 7

I think you should probably go into law, but before you do, talk to some people who are already in that field about your career goals. They can probably give you an idea of how realistic they are and what classes/experience you need to get there. Don't settle for doing something that's just okay because you're going to be doing that job almost every day and you'll be so much happier if it's something you love and really want to be doing.

Answer 8

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You should get a little life experience in your chosen profession before running off to law school. Too many people become lawyers simply because they have sufficient reasoning ability, but their lack of life experience makes them a disaster for their clients, because they have never faced any real world problems in their own life, so as to bring that experience to bear in solving the problems of others. You are undoubtedly intelligent enough to get into law school, and any decent ABA school will be sufficent for you to obtain employment. But, don't do it just because you think medical law is interesting. Do it because you want to help people. Food for thought for an early Sunday morning. Good luck.

Answer 9

This is what you should do in my opinion. Get a sheet of paper and write the pro's and con's of each one. You have to think about if you are single or married. Being single will give you more lead way to put more time into being a lawyer. IF you are married you may want to think about Pharmacy School. But the most important thing is to sit down and write a pro's and con's list like this: Law..........................Pharmacy __________________________________
Good Bad .......... Good Bad
1. example ...................... 1. example


You have to weigh your options. Remember this is your life and when you start in one field it may be costly in the end if you change your mind.

Answer 10

It seems like you are limiting yourself. There are many aspects of science than just pharmaceuticals. If there is a particular area of science, you could always do research to help find cures for diseases. Teach at university level... There are many different aspects of law as well. You should try to find a law that specializes in a type of science you are interested in. If available, go see a counselor at school to get their input.