Originally Posted by
slawecki
i know nothing about the value of a law degree in uk. i am somewhat familiar with the road to success for the average really compentent bungler the usa.
1. get a law degree from harvard or one of the other name brand schools(are there any?).
2.get a job with the federal govt someplsce importent. really important(like criminal tax) /
3.stay the required 3 or 4 years
4.get a job as a mid level partner in a big firm.
alternate:
1. get a law degre from someplace that is not a suck hole
2. finally get a job with a big firm as a divit, if you can pass the bar.
3. work 100 hrs a week, billing 200.
4, after 10 years finally make jr partner.
5. get a few weeks vacation you can aford.
6. finally after 20 years become a king ...., and go places and do things.
alternate 2
strike out on your own as a ????atty.
become a success.
travel the world.
oh ho ho. don't we wish.
Or option 4, the most likely one for the 90% of people who don't go to a good school and just want to be a lawyer because they think it'll be like being on ALly McBeal or Boston Legal:
1. Get mediocre law degree.
2. None of the big firms will hire you, and neither will many of the big corporations with big legal departments.
3. Finally manage to get a job paying $80k per year at a crap law firm
4. Enjoy eating ramen while paying off your crippling school bills.
Originally Posted by
Y29M
I have now added this to the OP but this is the reason why I intend to do a law conversion. I'm studying history and intend to complete an extra year in order to undertake a law conversion; this would, in effect, mean that I have qualifying degrees in both history and law. That being the case, should the law side further decrease in value, I would then have a history degree which opens up a large number of other areas! Planning is the key! Thanks for your reply
Is England a magical realm where liberal arts degrees have value in the marketplace? What does a history degree qualify one for there? In the USA, an undergraduate history degree qualifies you to either a) work at McDonald's, or b) get a graduate history degree and then teach history.