(September 13, 2016 at 1:23 pm)Won2blv Wrote:(September 7, 2016 at 3:02 pm)Jenny A Wrote: That's pretty much it except that I enjoyed law both in school and out. I was the top of the class (second not first) in a lower tier school. My husband was upper third in the Ivy leagues. For most people law is high stress and medium compensation. For us it was high stress and high compensation. I dropped out to play mommy. He dropped into state government work. That's a good but not spectacular income and moderately stressful I'm happy he isn't working much over 40 horse. But for the next generation the stress is the same and the compensation less. Its a business not a profession now. Just don't.
Im curious from both of you if think a law degree would be most useful to someone who wants to pursue politics. Maybe representative politics but mainly the background stuff. Like a staffer or something?
It could be a help but only if you hit it big time, in particular getting in with the district attorney's office. Obviously those jobs are very few. Otherwise it's not worth the cost or aggravation. If that's your main motivation for law school then you're better off simply working for someone's campaign or joining local political organizations.
