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English majors have much better preparation for Law School in the US (as do Philosophy majors) and high acceptance and success rates than Economics or Business

English majors have much better preparation for Law School in the US (as do Philosophy majors) and high acceptance and success rates than Economics or Business or STEM graduates - Lawyers make more money in most fields than any of the professions you mentioned. So why would somebody pursue a limiting career in servant worker degrees of any type? Computer Science isn’t entrepreneur lessons - it’s vocational school with a higher price tag and we all know it. Pretending a BS in CS is harder to get than a BA in Philosophy is laughably sus.

raesene9 4y ago
I'm not sure the "truism" that law is well paid in most plaes is true any more. In the UK for example criminal barristers have been striking due to low pay (sometimes effectively under minimum wage) Then in the US we have evidence of declining salaries https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/median-us-lawyer-income-dropped-over-past-two-decades-economists-find-2022-08-23/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/median-us-lawyer... and over supply of lawyers https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_leaders_report_lawyer_oversupply_and_chronically_underperforming_l https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_leaders_rep... It's not really a surprise if you tell people that profession x pays universally well long enough, more people will go there than are required, unless the demand for the profession keeps expanding.
- pclmulqdq 4y ago
  US lawyer pay is weirdly bimodal. First year associates at top firms can make 2-5x more than partners at the median firm. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground in pay, either.
nradov 4y ago
A humanities degree can be a great pre-law option for those who want to pursue a legal career. But students need to be realistic about their career prospects. Attorney compensation has a bimodal distribution. The students who graduate from top-10 law schools with good grades and internship experience stand to do very well financially (although the partner track can be brutal on associates). But students who end up at the "third-tier toilet" law schools are setting themselves up for a lifetime of poverty including a serious risk of student loan default.

raesene9 4y ago

I'm not sure the "truism" that law is well paid in most plaes is true any more. In the UK for example criminal barristers have been striking due to low pay (sometimes effectively under minimum wage) Then in the US we have evidence of declining salaries https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/median-us-lawyer-income-dropped-over-past-two-decades-economists-find-2022-08-23/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/median-us-lawyer... and over supply of lawyers https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_leaders_report_lawyer_oversupply_and_chronically_underperforming_l https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_leaders_rep... It's not really a surprise if you tell people that profession x pays universally well long enough, more people will go there than are required, unless the demand for the profession keeps expanding.

pclmulqdq 4y ago
US lawyer pay is weirdly bimodal. First year associates at top firms can make 2-5x more than partners at the median firm. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground in pay, either.

nradov 4y ago

A humanities degree can be a great pre-law option for those who want to pursue a legal career. But students need to be realistic about their career prospects. Attorney compensation has a bimodal distribution. The students who graduate from top-10 law schools with good grades and internship experience stand to do very well financially (although the partner track can be brutal on associates). But students who end up at the "third-tier toilet" law schools are setting themselves up for a lifetime of poverty including a serious risk of student loan default.