Things might not be so great right now or for the next couple years, but being a US lawyer is likely to continue to be an excellent job: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Things might not be so great right now or for the next couple years, but being a US lawyer is likely to continue to be an excellent job: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos053.htm#earnings http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos053.htm#earnings. Even if median salaries drop by half from 2008, lawyer income will still be better than about 60% of the US population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_S... And I doubt there'll be that kind of a bottoming out. That said, I'm a 3rd year Cdn law student and programmer looking at a career in law that at least in the next few years will probably be less lucrative than being a programmer. P.S: I also have a science degree so this post particularly caught my eye!