Forty three...probably a little too old to go to law school...right?

[Monoriu]

If I ever meet up with Berkut again I could go on for hours about my homicide.

[citizen k]

Sigh. It kind of sucks we only get the one life to live...

Tell that to millions of Hindus. 

[citizen k]

The criminal justice system itself, is fascinating.

In a clusterfuck kind of way. 

[11B4V]

I've been kind of really interested in the entire Adnan Syed/Serial/Undisclosed case.

I am still pretty much at a loss as to whether or not he killed his girlfriend 16 years ago, but the process is simply fascinating.

The criminal justice system itself, is fascinating.

I actually thought about how interesting a job it would be to work there on the DA side a few years ago.

Now I am fascinated from the other side.

In any case though, I guess it is a bit too late to run off to law school and look to get into becoming a defense attorney, or even a district attorney.

Sigh. It kind of sucks we only get the one life to live...

Never too old if that's what you want to do. Good luck.

[Admiral Yi]

There's still a JD glut Thrombosis.  Don't do it.

[HVC]

Where's Ide? He might have a few words for you.

[Barrister]

There's still a JD glut Thrombosis.  Don't do it.

But not an LL.B. glut.  In fact we're getting more and more scarce as time goes by.

[Berkut]

Yeah, if I did anything like this, and of course I am not because how would I pay my mortgage, it would be because I have a very specific idea of what I want - and that is to be a criminal defense attorney or prosecutor.

So while I get that there are too many lawyers in general out there, I suspect there is hardly a glut of people willing to go work for the PD office, for example.

[Razgovory]

This had better not be so you can put members on Languish in jail.

[Barrister]

This had better not be so you can put members on Languish in jail.

gaol.  The word is gaol.

[LaCroix]

Yeah, if I did anything like this, and of course I am not because how would I pay my mortgage, it would be because I have a very specific idea of what I want - and that is to be a criminal defense attorney or prosecutor.

So while I get that there are too many lawyers in general out there, I suspect there is hardly a glut of people willing to go work for the PD office, for example.

this is a massive myth. it's almost as bad as "i want to practice international law" that you see posted on law school internet boards/forums. any government job is incredibly competitive. there are so many 3Ls at every law school (except maybe harvard, yale, stanford) who would kill for a PD gig.

(edit) i'd ignore the canucks. their legal market seems to be operated in a way where going to law school = get legal job. that's not the case in the U.S. if you don't believe me, check every law school website that exists and research. i wouldn't recommend it at all if you have a career. it's too much of a risk.

[Razgovory]

This had better not be so you can put members on Languish in jail.

gaol.  The word is gaol.

My Grandfather spent a lot of time Gaol.  He played professional soccor back in the 1920's he was the gaolie.

[Berkut]

Yeah, if I did anything like this, and of course I am not because how would I pay my mortgage, it would be because I have a very specific idea of what I want - and that is to be a criminal defense attorney or prosecutor.

So while I get that there are too many lawyers in general out there, I suspect there is hardly a glut of people willing to go work for the PD office, for example.

this is a massive myth. it's almost as bad as "i want to practice international law" that you see posted on law school internet boards/forums. any government job is incredibly competitive. there are so many 3Ls at every law school (except maybe harvard, yale, stanford) who would kill for a PD gig.

(edit) i'd ignore the canucks. their legal market seems to be operated in a way where going to law school = get legal job. that's not the case in the U.S. if you don't believe me, check every law school website that exists and research. i wouldn't recommend it at all if you have a career. it's too much of a risk.

Interesting - I guess that makes sense, given the fact that there is such a lack of really good jobs out there, that it means that a lot of very qualified people who otherwise might go to those jobs are fighting for PD positions instead.

[frunk]

Interesting - I guess that makes sense, given the fact that there is such a lack of really good jobs out there, that it means that a lot of very qualified people who otherwise might go to those jobs are fighting for PD positions instead.

I think the shortage is financial, in that most PD departments are under funded, rather than lack of candidates.

[Berkut]

Interesting - I guess that makes sense, given the fact that there is such a lack of really good jobs out there, that it means that a lot of very qualified people who otherwise might go to those jobs are fighting for PD positions instead.

I think the shortage is financial, in that most PD departments are under funded, rather than lack of candidates.

Yeah, but the funding has probably largely remained basically constant, while the available candidates has exploded.