WSJ: Law School Motivation and reality

Spencer, you could get a degree in history and teach history at a nice private high school somewhere. You dont have to have a teaching license to teach at many private schools because they would rather have a teacher that just loves the subject. It wont pay a lot but you can have summers off and work in a nice environment.

Too bad you're not interested in something technical because there just arent enough American students going into science, math, and engineering. There is such a demand and as a result we are brain draining developing countries.

 

Okay, then..

How about international trade and marketing. You could mix in Poli-sci, languages and a whole lot of history/liberal arts into that.

BTW I've been around long enough to see things come full circle.

The RIGHT liberal arts courses could be a big boost

And if you're INTERESTED in law but not practice, a JD in International Trade LAW .. will be GOLD!

You wouldnt have to sell anything to outsiders, you ALWAYS have to sell {your research or project methods/proposals} to internal clients, no matter what you do. The good part is that you get slowly immersed into that contention, your boss takes on the hard work, you HOPE!

If you DONT ever have to contend, then you dont have a good job.

You guys... for every 2 practitioners, there's a JD who has no intention. Even twenty years ago, lots of them didnt even take the bar. Though companies like Lexis (every sales slot a JD) insisted sales take the local bar and pass it. That was for credibility reasons.

But we had 40 JD's sitting on Customer Service phones right there in one room in Miamisburg Ohio.
Some would - and did- call that a 'target grouping'

 

Absolutely CORRECT!

I hope you GET that... Note that Don indeed DOES grasp Ironic Nuance.
If any of you would like that statement explained, suggest you THINK about it. Think in terms of vocational development.

Or just sub ONE word ...

And THEN sub ANOTHER set of words ...
...as International Trade Practices become more CODIFIED, the ADVANTAGE of being fluent in TRADE LAW increases.


A JD TRUMPS! And the beauty of the JD, there, is you are NEVER expected to be correct 100% of the time! That's why there are TEAMs of Corporate Counsel!
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Spencer .. the more I think about it, the more brilliant my advice is! {Who's your WFA!}

You like academia, you like learning. There's a field in which you can NEVER learn enough because you're always going to have to adapt to Stupid regulations and governmental Nitwit-based Controls.
and the follow-on learning is usually PAID FOR by your EMPLOYER!

Hell, you could even join the dark side and become one of those nitwits.
{Yes, I talkin' bout YOU and NAFTA, Obama-Clinton}

Nobody's more in demand than one who can 'assume either position'.

 

Spencer,

From what I have read of your posts since you have been on this website, and feeling like I at least know a little of your personality and drive, if I were you I would look into Planning & Development, or something similar. You have some good ideas. Don't waste them.

If all else fails, write.

Or, do as Don says, and go abroad to teach something of distinct value that you know almost inherently.

 

Spencer, this link to the Princeton Review may help and it's got one of those quizes that tell you what careers would be good for you.

http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/

 

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll look in to all of it. I just got another application in last night, so I've applied for transfer to five schools most of them for poly sci. My GPA's pretty strong and ACT score above average so I'm confident at least one of them will accept me!

I've already got 29 credits from community college and another 12 in the works this semester so time once I transfer isn't unlimited. I'll be making some decisions soon I suspect.