I'm so screwed... (getting this off my chest)

[Dystopia]

Can you get a job (even part time) working for a law firm as a paralegal? Does the school provide any job placement services for students?  In grad school, the school helped place me in PT professional jobs so I could work and still attend classes.

To answer your question separately:

- My university does help students get jobs, but it's only for full graduates because having 3/4 of a diploma done is the equivalent to having nothing. Either I finish my course, or I will have to put on my CV that I only have highschool (to be fair, when looking for a low paid job it's actually and advantage to only have completed highschool). Aside from that, my university usually only helps students with over the top average grades (I think Americans call it GPA) getting jobs. Average students like me need to look outside

- Most law firms are composed by lawyers and require you to (1) Have a full graduation (no masters required, just normal graduation) (2) Have above average grades (3) Be well dressed, with manners and have high social interaction and persuasion skills. Aside from that, there's lots of unemployment in the Legal field because basically some decades ago a bunch of low quality private unis opened up one after the other and now we got lots of law graduates that basically bribed grades and exams and don't know shit about what matters the most in law. For this reason, it's hard to get a job as a lawyer if you're not well connected. 

- Other jobs related to law require full degree. Again, half or 3/4 of a degree aren't worth anything. Everything must be 100% completed. 

You need to fess up to your folks ASAP. The longer you let it slide the worse it will be.

What do you mean by this?

The dropping out issue is totally up to you. If you're 100% convinced you'll never use the education you should probably look at options. If you can stick it out I think you would be better off. Sounds like you're 2/3 or 3/4 of the way through already. A degree is always worth something even if not applied in the legal profession. The business world loves an educated individual. I can't tell you how many managers we had at our company that had undergrad degrees and making good money when their degree had nothing to do with the business.

I agree with you, but keep in mind what I said about temporary jobs and unemployment, getting a good job in a decent medium sized company is becoming very complicated - Yes, it can be an advantage of high paying jobs but if I ever need to work in a lower paid job having a degree works against me, specially a law degree, law students have trouble being hired for other jobs simply because they know how labour law works and how to prosecute cases of abuse by employers. No one wants a MacDonald's worker with a law degree, that would be irrational.

I can't tell 100% I won't do anything with my degree, but I can tell there's not much I don't want to do with it. I find it boring, pure and simple. I don't want to be there.

Does your country offer student loans? By the time I got through school I was $40K in debt, and this was in the 80's. No scholarship/funding for school, just loans and part time work. Best decision I ever made.

In theory banks loan for anything you need as long as its legal, but loans for uni are not common - Firstly, if you need a loan you need a stable job to prove you will pay on time, you need to pay interest rates and you need a decent salary, none of which I have. Secondly, 1000€ annually is a low value that most banks are not interested in investing, most loans are for housing, cars and so on but few really care about helping students. Most students either pay everything with their parents money, get a schoolarship if they're poor or work part time to pay directly to the uni. If you work part time, there's no reason for a loan, you can pay directly and even save money for some time so that you have enough to pay like half a year. I know College in America is expensive, but 1000€ per year for a public uni is not much because you end up paying 100€ per month during 10 months. It is some money, but not unbearable.

Good luck and best wishes.

Thanks by the support