<p>Hello Everyone,</p>
<p>I would like to ask everyone in here about the master of legal Studies at University of San Diego. Anyone has attended this program before? Or the background of it? Is that easy to get into this program at USD? Please help to provide all information about this. All answer will be highly appreciated.</p>
<p>Looking to hear from all of you!</p>
<p>I didn’t attend but took a look at this program’s website. Why do want to attend?</p>
<p>Hello.
I have a great interest in studying law, as I believe having background in law will enhance my future career in where I want to go. Understand about Law will also help me stand out with other people too. However, I don’t want to be practice in law, therefore I want to study this program but not very sure is this program at USD easy to be accepted? Please advise.</p>
<p>Not sure of the utility of the degree… I deal with employees of government agencies routinely. Many, many, many of them have JDs(I know because they list it on their business cards and email addresses) but are in non-lawyer jobs. When there are so many JDs floating around willing to take non-law jobs, I don’t see how having an MS in legal studies would be of any help in any career. It’s a shorter degree and you don’t take the bar, but I don’t see any potential for career enhancement.</p>
<p>My guess is that such a degree is useful for people who are already well-established in their careers. If you have fifteen plus years of experience and want to learn about the law that is specific to your long-time career, consider going. Otherwise, do NOT waste your time and money. </p>
<p>(I am thinking of people in the energy sector, who might benefit from learning about energy and administrative law and federal jurisdiction. Long-term paralegals who might want to learn some of the relevant law in their field. But for a young person, it would be more useless than a JD.)</p>
<p>Since 2008, law schools have seen a significant decrease in applicants. One result of that is the growth of master of legal studies programs, i.e., law schools are looking at other ways to get applicants and make money and many have added such programs which are designed to provide some basic legal education that students may use generally in their careers. They do not lead to a law degree and you cannot practice law anywhere but undoubtedly some find them useful particularly those who may already be in established non-lawyer careers for which knowledge of law is needed.</p>
<p>I also imagine that when law school was cheap(er) and the economy was good, getting a JD because it is helpful, not because one wanted to be a lawyer, was a rational life choice. The “master of laws” phenomenon was probably created to get those students back into law school, albeit not paying for three years of it. </p>
<p>I will also add that even if you can’t advise clients, you can do some of your own work better than you otherwise would have done it before. I know many small business owners who simply do not hire lawyers unless they are being sued; they draft and negotiate all of their contracts themselves.</p>