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I believe lawyer salaries (at least in the US) have a bi-modal distribution. [1] Edit: What I mean to say is, the good lawyers make the same good money, the va
by dgfitz 6y ago
I believe lawyer salaries (at least in the US) have a bi-modal distribution. [1]
Edit: What I mean to say is, the good lawyers make the same good money, the vast majority of lawyers do not.
[1] https://www.nalp.org/salarydistrib https://www.nalp.org/salarydistrib
- aphextron 6y ago>Edit: What I mean to say is, the good lawyers make the same good money, the vast majority of lawyers do not. It's also not even about being a "good" lawyer. It is completely determined by your law school and GPA. The big firms won't even look at your resume if you're not from a top 10 school.
- dmoy 6y agoT13, and with some exceptions (some law firms will draw a top few students from more local law schools, for example, also certain specialties get different treatment). But generally yes. School first, then class rank.
- PaulHoule 6y agoThe lawyer who helped my mom write her will was a co-worker at a department store before he went to night school and got a law degree. He was good at that area of law, one which everyone encounters at least once in life. He did not do the work million-dollar lawyers do and he did make millions.