Starting to take stock of what exactly I can do with my law degree besides actually practice law (regardless of whether or not the miracle occurs on the 25th of May). During my second year I used my Westlaw points to buy a book on jobs for lawyers who don't want to practice law anymore (the exact title of the book escapes me, something along the lines of "fleeing from the law." I discovered that the book was filled with nothing but platitudes and self evident advice such as: make a flowchart diagramming your interests, determination is the key to success, and follow your dreams. After 20 minutes or so, I decided that the book utterly worthless and then put it to better use as a means to maintain the structural integrity of my bed frame.
Nevertheless, I went to the library today and found a copy of a different book entitled, "What Can You Do with a Law Degree." After another 20 minutes of skimming this book I came away even less impressed then the first book. Basically it seems that I'm pretty much confined to the following jobs outside of law: school teacher, some sort of government job, and consulting.
Although I'm sure that I would love being a school teacher (I really miss summer vacation) and might even find it rewarding, I know that there is no way that I could pay down my student debt with the pittance that teachers make. Also I have no desire to go back to school, so this is clearly not a viable option. Working for the state government is also not an option as I know there isn't enough money in the world to make me move to Sacramento so that I can bake to death while pushing papers up and down the bureaucracy. I had previously given some thought to moving to DC to work in government, but am not particularly anxious to leave the Bay Area. Again, student loans are a huge hindrance in pursuing any noble ambition to pursue a career in the public sector. So I guess that leaves consulting as the only viable choice from the book. Don't have a particularly solid understanding as to what exactly consulting entails, but I do know that there are hundreds of consulting firms in in my area, so maybe I'll investigate this angle further.
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