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Law is a terrible career these days. Sure, and private-sector tech is worse. Nothing's really "good" for our generation. We got fucked over by the Boomers and
by michaelochurch 12y ago
Law is a terrible career these days.
Sure, and private-sector tech is worse.
Nothing's really "good" for our generation. We got fucked over by the Boomers and have to live with it.
About 20-25% of T14 law students (and virtually none from lower-tier law schools) make it to BigLaw positions paying $160K/year. The rest become small-town attorneys, public defenders, assistants in the DA's office, or go to work for boutique law firms. These positions pay about $40-75K/year, barely more than a public schoolteacher, and yet they have law school loans to pay off.
It's much more than 20-25%. More like 75%. You have to get shit grades not to have BigLaw as an option. You're right that from a non-T14, the job market is pretty appalling these days.
Even if you do get a BigLaw position, it involves being some partner's bitch for 7-10 years until (if) you make partner yourself.
As opposed to being a boss's or investor's bitch? Your odds are way better at becoming a partner than getting an equivalent payout from an exit in the Valley.