Not the person you're responding to, but anyone in America who was reasonably competitive at American competitive debate (esp policy) could easily push themselv

Not the person you're responding to, but anyone in America who was reasonably competitive at American competitive debate (esp policy) could easily push themselves into 8 figure lawyer territory. In fact, I've never seen a more robust and potent pathway from high school to law than debate. Not even mock trial is this powerful. To be fair, there is a lot of mentorship in the form of active lawyers who coach or judge at these debate tournaments.