Take the bar! Hm, creative response. I'm kind of in a similar situation; I'm rather more interested in law school than in being a lawyer. I just finished my first year though.
I'm thinking of some traditonal but more relaxed options than the stereotypical partner-track lawyer thing. Public defense and legal research are two that are foremost in my mind.
I've also thought of law librarian--that is my career ideal of the week, to the point where I'm investigating dual-degree options. I think most of the librarians at my school have JD's though and not library degrees.
Real estate is an option. There was a thread on TAO a couple weeks back where a couple of people mentioned that in many states a JD qualifies one to work as a real estate agent.
And John Grisham is far, far from the the only lawyer who has turned around and become a writer. Most don't write million-dollar novels, but I know of several people who are involved in writing or publishing or editing on the strength of a JD; the editor among them did a CC course in editing as well as if now earning 100k plus working somewhat less than full time from home. Lots cheaper than buying the BMW and the Powersuit. To me 100k from home is easily the equivelent of 115k+ in the office considering gas, presentable car, clothes, parking, lunches, etc.
Law school administration is an option, as is tutoring. There's good money to be made tutoring first-year law students and it's good bar prep.
Please, please don't let him get an MA to teach history. Seriously, my best friend and mentor has a PhD from a good but not top school. He has dedicated his life to history and has written some phenomenol stuff. He can conduct research in six or seven languages and has native level fluency in at least three. He can't get a job. He's been an instructor for the past ten years since he got his PhD. When I was selling computers for CompUSA--a job that required "some college" I was making about the same money as he, except that I was driving ten minutes to work and he was commuting between two schools for something like 15-20 hours of driving a week. It is not a good life.
And don't plan on teaching high school either; most won't hire folks with multiple degrees because they command higher pay and the school cannot justify hiring an MA/JD and paying them according when they can get away with hiring a BA for a couple thousand less. You can't even agree to work for less since it's all union and not negotiated individually.
I'm thinking of some traditonal but more relaxed options than the stereotypical partner-track lawyer thing. Public defense and legal research are two that are foremost in my mind.
I've also thought of law librarian--that is my career ideal of the week, to the point where I'm investigating dual-degree options. I think most of the librarians at my school have JD's though and not library degrees.
Real estate is an option. There was a thread on TAO a couple weeks back where a couple of people mentioned that in many states a JD qualifies one to work as a real estate agent.
And John Grisham is far, far from the the only lawyer who has turned around and become a writer. Most don't write million-dollar novels, but I know of several people who are involved in writing or publishing or editing on the strength of a JD; the editor among them did a CC course in editing as well as if now earning 100k plus working somewhat less than full time from home. Lots cheaper than buying the BMW and the Powersuit. To me 100k from home is easily the equivelent of 115k+ in the office considering gas, presentable car, clothes, parking, lunches, etc.
Law school administration is an option, as is tutoring. There's good money to be made tutoring first-year law students and it's good bar prep.
Please, please don't let him get an MA to teach history. Seriously, my best friend and mentor has a PhD from a good but not top school. He has dedicated his life to history and has written some phenomenol stuff. He can conduct research in six or seven languages and has native level fluency in at least three. He can't get a job. He's been an instructor for the past ten years since he got his PhD. When I was selling computers for CompUSA--a job that required "some college" I was making about the same money as he, except that I was driving ten minutes to work and he was commuting between two schools for something like 15-20 hours of driving a week. It is not a good life.
And don't plan on teaching high school either; most won't hire folks with multiple degrees because they command higher pay and the school cannot justify hiring an MA/JD and paying them according when they can get away with hiring a BA for a couple thousand less. You can't even agree to work for less since it's all union and not negotiated individually.
Okay, so it wasn't just me being jaded!
