http://genstuck.wbur.org/blog/christine/186/ Twelve 20-somethings chronicle their lives for WBUR. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3 http://genstuck.wbur.org/blog/christine/186/#comment-73 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:39:00 +0000 http://genstuck.andrewphelps.net/?p=186#comment-73 Unfortunately, law school admissions had been on the rise since the recession started a few years back. I can’t even count how many people I know that went to law school. It is a profession that we’ve been told makes lots of money, but it has become a profession where there are not enough law jobs for the amount of graduates. To add to that, starting out, the pay is quite terrible and the loans people end up with are high. So, it isn’t the profession that people thought it was. The lucky few end up with great jobs, but with too many graduates….. There has been a lot in the press about law school inflating the stats they show on what you can make after graduating and about law schools having to curb their admissions. I know someone who went to law school, graduated in 2010 and ended up in compliance. He had a bank job during law school, made tons of connections, built up his resume, then did banking compliance consulting and now is a VP of compliance at a bank, just 2 years after graduating law school. So look at other options of JD preferred jobs that might not be at a law firm.

]]> http://genstuck.wbur.org/blog/christine/186/#comment-65 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:43:00 +0000 http://genstuck.andrewphelps.net/?p=186#comment-65 Hang in there Christine because you are actually in the field that create laws that allow hc1@conwhat you are experiancing.Gather some attorney friends in the same position as I’m sure there are many and set out to change the future so others don’t have to face what you need to. There is no reason to. False promises of lucrative careers, are just that, statistics will validate this. Good luck to you, always strive for better outcomes.

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