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11-09-2007, 12:25 PM
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Re: so i\'ll have a law degree soon...
Joker:
You have other options - you could become an investment banker depending on your school (top 10) and grades. But the work is still long and hard. In any entry level job, the salary is usually proportionate to the hours worked. Nobody goes to law school for the year 1 salary, they go for the potential for partner level salary. A partner at a decent sized law firm in a major city will out earn 99% of professional poker players. If you don't like the Law why are you in school? Unless the parents are paying for a freeroll - [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]. 
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11-09-2007, 02:08 PM
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Re: so i\'ll have a law degree soon...
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Nobody goes to law school for the year 1 salary, they go for the potential for partner level salary. A partner at a decent sized law firm in a major city will out earn 99% of professional poker players. [/ QUOTE ] i understand that the idea is to make partner eventually but 1. a pretty small % of lawyers actually end up making partner (i think around 10-15% or so) 2. you won't make partner until you have been worked to the bone for 10-15 years [ QUOTE ] If you don't like the Law why are you in school? Unless the parents are paying for a freeroll - . [/ QUOTE ] no - i like the law and enjoy very much learning about it. it is fascinating. that is actually the problem - i like learning about it but if i want to actually apply it to a career i'd have to wade through a bunch of BS before i could actually do the stuff i want (e.g. have my own clients and litigate their cases myself). also, i am paying for it 100% by myself with poker.
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11-12-2007, 06:58 PM
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Re: so i\'ll have a law degree soon...
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i like learning about it but if i want to actually apply it to a career i'd have to wade through a bunch of BS before i could actually do the stuff i want (e.g. have my own clients and litigate their cases myself) [/ QUOTE ] Not necessarily. Find a smaller litigation boutique firm. The big firms won't let you touch the important [censored] with a 10-meter pole, but network and find a small firm with 6 lawyers that doesn't do OCIs in 2nd year and you'll get loads of person-to-person interaction... At least, that's what Ive been told by other lawyers all the way through.
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