<p>My current plans are to go into Government Affairs / Lobbying. I'm a current undergraduate, and I've had the most amazing internships and have put so much effort into them. However, my GPA suffered because of it, as I never had the biggest aspirations to go to Law school.</p>
<p>If I wanted to go into the private sector and work in Government Affairs / Lobbying, is law school a good idea? If so, why, and if not, what would be? I'm afraid my not-so-great GPA will kill my chances of getting into a great law school.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>There are lobbyists with law degrees, and lobbyists without.</p>
<p>You don’t need a law degree to do government affairs/lobbying work. However, in the present economy, jobs are not as plentiful as they used to be but college graduates are more plentiful (and many of them wil have had good internships). The consequence is that there is a lot of competition for the type of jobs you will be seeking. Ergo at this very moment you need to (pardon the expression) bust your a-s to get that GPA up as high as you possibly can so that you will be in a position to compete.</p>
<p>You definitely do not need to go to law school to lobby. If you would like to lobby for a specific interest, however, it may help to get a masters degree in that field or a related field.</p>