Im pondering pursuing a career in law. Wat is the job outlook for an attorney graduating from a top 20 school

Question

? Ive heard a few horror stories of attorneys coming out of very good schools yet ending up with a starting salary less than 40k a yr. How does this happen is it the job market? or is it the persons lack of good qualifications? Wat does one have to do to start off with a decent salary 80k plus and eventually have a solid career as an attorney in a private practice?

Answer 1

In most fields, there are many paths to the top of the mountain. In Law, there are many mountains to choose from.

For example, if your long term goal is to be a judge, you might pass on an 80k offer to take one at 40k or less to clerk for a judge. If you've no desire to be a judge, that might still be a good move if it is a well-known judge, and his name on your resume might well increase your employability.

What's more important, the 80k or doing what you want to do? If you want to be an Attorney General and can't get a job clerking, a 40k job as a Public Defender might be a better move than 80k as a junior associate drafting contracts.

It's not about the money. That's what you need to realize NOW. If you pick an area of law you really don't like just for the money, you will not last five years. Handling 60 hours a week is hard if you love what you're doing, it'll kill you if you hate it.

Do what you love. The money will come.

Answer 2

i think of it would be ok. that is good which you will end. loads of people do a GED whilst they're older. i might recommend that as quickly as you prepare to varsity or for jobs, do no longer spotlight how previous you have been once you graduated, merely write which you probably did graduate. i do no longer think of many might word besides. you probable might desire to get accomplished faster. once you do homeschooling, you may condense issues. If I have been you, i might attempt to double up and squeeze eleventh and twelfth grades at the same time into one 3 hundred and sixty 5 days.