Here is the real deal, law sucks, and no we are not referred to as doctors. Actually, with the proliferation of law schools and lowering of standards the degree will be as esteemed as a truck driving school certificate. Look at Massachusetts School of Law and Appalachian Law School in Virginia for examples, it is a joke, they should have truck driving academies right next to their schools. You would not see those low standards at a dental or medical school. However, I went to a top 15 school and had mediocre grades. GPA, and scored above the 95th percentile on the LSAT, 171. Bar Exam in two states wasting time studying and not earning any money. Meanwhile many of my friends and people that I knew from high school and College were establishing themselves in their careers and making money, gettng promotions, etc.

Eventually I left that attorney. 1,500 a month all inclusive. 00 a week take home. Now the real estate market stinks and I have no income, and I am trying to plan my next move, which may be back to my parents temporarily. 55k, this is pretty low for somone with 5 yrs experience and a doctorate degree. My wife works at a nail salon, as a manicurist, she took a three month course and makes 50K a year. It has been an exquisitely painful road for me.

In my family I am the most educated and the least financially secure. 165,000K a year psyche degree and an MBA. AMA and ADA that insure a shortage of dentists and doctors. College and instead picking up a trade like being an electrician. CD I could probably be able to retire. Dentists 180,000K median and their is a shortage. If starting over, 75 percent of lawyers would choose to do something else. The work is often contentious, and theres pressure to be unethical. And despite the drama portrayed on TV, real lawyers spend much of their time on painstakingly detailed research. What they dont teach in law school is that the competition for those jobs is intense.

Top Three law school, for instance, who also edited a law journal. National Abortion Rights Action League and, despite interviewing very well, didnt get the job. From the Associated Press, MADISON, Wis. Assembly to eliminate all state funding for the university of Wisconsin law school says his reasoning is simple: Theres too many lawyers in Wisconsin. New Lawyers: Most insurers have noticed that many young lawyers cannot find jobs with established firms, and so are starting their own practices without supervision or mentoring. Growth of Legal Sector Lags Broader Economy; Law Schools Proliferate By AMIR EFRATI September 24, 2007; Page A1 A law degree isnt necessarily a license to print money these days. For graduates of elite law schools, prospects have never been better.

20 an hour, without benefits. And many are blaming their law schools for failing to warn them about the dark side of the job market. Seton Halls associate dean, Kathleen Boozang, said through a spokeswoman. 1988, or less than half as fast as the broader economy, according to Commerce Department data. 02, according to the American Bar Association. Universities are starting up more law schools in part for prestige but also because they are money makers. Costs are low compared with other graduate schools and classrooms can be large.