25 years old and deep in debt

[garbon]

Oddly with a quick google search - most hits for that phrase seem to be people attacking its validity.

"meth cases Kentucky" or "versatile J.D."?

"you can do anything with a law degree"

[Ideologue]

No offense dude, but I know a lot of lawyers (not even including the ones in this den of scum and villainy) and very few of them are unemployed.

I bet a survey of lawyers you meet in a professional capacity who identify themselves as lawyers does wind up with a pretty high employment rate.

All the veterinarians I know are also employed.  100%.

[Ideologue]

Oddly with a quick google search - most hits for that phrase seem to be people attacking its validity.

"meth cases Kentucky" or "versatile J.D."?

"you can do anything with a law degree"

Yeah, it is a pretty thoroughly debunked myth, but what I really found interesting was the key quote from the actual HR person that lets us peek behind the curtain for a minute.  The belief that the JD, unlike just about any other degree, is an active hindrance, can sometimes seem like paranoia--but it really is how some HR folks think.

[alfred russel]

Not to be discouraging, but I don't think it is paranoia.

[Malthus]

Oddly with a quick google search - most hits for that phrase seem to be people attacking its validity.

"meth cases Kentucky" or "versatile J.D."?

"you can do anything with a law degree"

Yeah, it is a pretty thoroughly debunked myth, but what I really found interesting was the key quote from the actual HR person that lets us peek behind the curtain for a minute.  The belief that the JD, unlike just about any other degree, is an active hindrance, can sometimes seem like paranoia--but it really is how some HR folks think.

You have to think like an HR person, and then it totally makes sense.

'The guy has a JD, but he's not actually a lawyer. Why? Either he's a drifter type who doesn't know what the hell he wanted to do and keeps chopping and changing, deciding to go into law one year, that he doesn't like law the next; or he tried to be a lawyer, and failed at it. Either way, why do I want him?'

[crazy canuck]

I actively discourage my kids from going into law.  When I graduated there were limited opportunities.  Now I think there are even less.  The daughter of one of my partners is completing her third year of undergrad and she recently announced she wanted to go to law school.  We are planning the intervention as I type this.

[The Brain]

STEM?

[crazy canuck]

STEM?

Yep

[The Brain]

STEM?

Yep

Good choice.

[crazy canuck]

STEM?

Yep

Good choice.

They were headed that way anyhow.  I just had to make sure they didnt go off course.

[The Brain]

STEM?

Yep

Good choice.

They were headed that way anyhow.  I just had to make sure they didnt go off course.

Of course.

[Barrister]

I actively discourage my kids from going into law.  When I graduated there were limited opportunities.  Now I think there are even less.  The daughter of one of my partners is completing her third year of undergrad and she recently announced she wanted to go to law school.  We are planning the intervention as I type this.

I wouldn't encourage my boys to go into law, but actively discourage?

The profession has treated me pretty well, all things considered...

And as for STEM - my career options were much brighter after finishing law school than they were after my BSc.

[The Brain]

BSc? Supposedly they get real degrees.

[Ideologue]

I actively discourage my kids from going into law.  When I graduated there were limited opportunities.  Now I think there are even less.  The daughter of one of my partners is completing her third year of undergrad and she recently announced she wanted to go to law school.  We are planning the intervention as I type this.

I wouldn't encourage my boys to go into law, but actively discourage?

The profession has treated me pretty well, all things considered...

And as for STEM - my career options were much brighter after finishing law school than they were after my BSc.

I don't believe you for a minute.

[Barrister]

I actively discourage my kids from going into law.  When I graduated there were limited opportunities.  Now I think there are even less.  The daughter of one of my partners is completing her third year of undergrad and she recently announced she wanted to go to law school.  We are planning the intervention as I type this.

I wouldn't encourage my boys to go into law, but actively discourage?

The profession has treated me pretty well, all things considered...

And as for STEM - my career options were much brighter after finishing law school than they were after my BSc.

I don't believe you for a minute.

Believe it.  It was my crappy job with my BSc that convinced me to go to law school.

STEM degrees aren't all sunshine and lollipops, son.