<p>I am really considering becoming a law professor. Although, I am a senior in high school and I have enough time to change my career, I am still seeking information on this career. What majors and paths do you recommend I take to become a law professor? And also, what are the disadvantages and advantages of this career.</p>
<p>Get top grades at Yale Law.</p>
<p>Legal academia is shrinking, and it is incredibly competitive to get in.</p>
<p>Advantages: probably the best career anyone could ever have. Make hundreds of thousands a year, work 20 hours a week, write one paper a year (if that), teach 2 or 3 classes a year, travel, prestige.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: Impossible to actually become one. You’d have a better chance at getting drafted to the NFL.</p>
<p>thanks for introduction about professor and law</p>
<p>The disadvantages of the law professor as a career are as follows:</p>
<p>(1) If you are not at a top law school, you will feel very guilty about larding up students with over $100,000 in non-dischargable debt for a 50% chance at a $60,000 a year job. They may blame you for ruining their financial and professional lives.</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>(2) The number of law professors will shrink significantly as time goes on given current trends.</p>
<p>However…and this is VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU…</p>
<p>(1) You are a <em>senior in high school</em>, which means you have at least seven years of education ahead of you, during which time the actual market for law professors will become much clearer. </p>
<p>and</p>
<p>(2) You may be attending law school during a rapidly declining demand for law school from students, which means that it will be easier for you to get into Yale, Harvard, or Stanford (which gives you the best shot at law professor).</p>
<p>OP: There is no “con” to being a law professor. The tough part is getting the job.</p>