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Another thing to consider before you decide to go to law school. This is after assuming you will take on no debt, that you get into a good school, that you do well and graduate in the top 10% of your class, are an editor on the school law review, that you pass the bar exam, and that you get an offer from a large law firm. Are you prepared to work 60-80 hour weeks for the rest of your life?
Big firm lawyering is not so much a 9-5 job as it is a lifestyle choice. You will be working 10 to 12 hours most days. Also, the work you will be doing is not the glamorous trial advocacy that you see on TV. All of that is done by the senior most litigation partners. Your job will be doing document review, basic legal research and writing, and basic contract/report drafting. It is dull, repetitive work. Also, you will be treated like an indentured servant by senior associates, and senior partners, if they even deign to notice you, will tell you to get them coffee because their secretaries are busy with more important things. So, don't let the 6 figure salaries fool you, its not a glamorous or rewarding life at all. So again, I urge you to consider seeing if you like accounting first. Because the most fun lawyering, the assistant district attorneys, the public defenders, the small firm jobs, the jobs that get young associates interesting work, they don't pay anything near 6 figures. Closer to half that amount actually. There used to be an assistant district attorney who bar tended down the street from me at nights so he could pay rent. I only wish I was joking.
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This is very good information. +1 on the becoming a lawyer. I've heard that the market is super tough right now, and that you have to have graduated from top schools to work for firms. Otherwise, you'd have to work for your own practice...
Slightly off-topic, but are there any opinions on CPA vs. CFA? Which is more beneficial for accounting/financing positions? |
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Also, getting some time in the accounting field might change your opinion. My buddy worked for a public firm right out of college and he hated that job. Not sure if it was the culture or the work itself, but he wasn't happy. He now works as a controller and sounds much happier. I think picking A would be a good choice to see if you like it or not. |
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I would never practice accounting as a profession. I love the subject but would never want to practice it. I wouldn't consider teaching either. I simply chose it avoid taking the typical political science major and wanted to learn something applicable in life.
Right now I'm either going to go for public interest law(Assistant DA, Public defender etc) or Big Law(Either in litigation or business law). I still need to get my feet wet in law to see what I want to do.
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If I don't want to practice accounting, it's my own choice not to. Money is not everything to me. Its enjoying what I do, which is exactly why I'm consider public interest law.
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