<p>get a degree in Accounting(possibly the 5 year plan) and obtain the CPA certification then perhaps Law School, or should i just go with Accounting alone?</p>
<p>Don’t go to law school if you get under a 170 on the LSAT unless you really like taking risks.</p>
<p>why not? if its not t14 its not good enough? i mean i could easily go to a school in a large legal market like Houston Tx</p>
<p>Sure, but bear in mind you’re basically gambling in a winner-take-all tournament.</p>
<p>@Whistle is that what you were going to say? that if its not T14 dont bother?</p>
<p>It’s your call if you want to bother, just don’t be naive if the fact that you’re taking a risk.</p>
<p>what do you have a degree in?</p>
<p>It depends on what you’re going to do with your law degree. Law firms and especially Courts hire from regional schools as well as T14. You have to be from T14 or the top 10% of your class from T100 schools to get the sweet positions.</p>
<p>It a matter of what you want to do with your life and what quality of life you’re looking for. They also pay tuition for lawyers who start in public service positions like DA, Defenders, Clerks, other Gov’t positions.</p>
<p>With the right experience you’re not precluded from entering top firms latter on in your career. Most Jr. associates quit within 3 years. Those open spots are filled with experienced attorneys not necessarily from top schools or with top GPA’s.</p>
<p>If you have a science background and take the patent bar you can graduate from a no name school and make it because patent attorneys are rare and in high demand. Tax attorneys are rare because law students are notorious for their hatred of math.</p>
<p>I’ve been to law school and left when I realized that business and finance is better for me. That is an individual determination. No one can tell you what make more sense for you.</p>
<p>He’s right in that it a big commitment in time and serious money so it’s a risk. But the returns can be just as high in work and job satisfaction, and in money.</p>
<p>I’m sure you would be in a fine position coming out of UTexas (top 15 wouldn’t hurt, haha), Baylor, SMU, or even UHouston for the Houston legal market.</p>
<p>That said, my impression of CPA lawyers is that they have a lot of opportunities in consulting, tax, and M&A basically doing work wherever business and law meet. My dad is a CPA who says he wishes he could have made time for law school because it really increases your earning potential. I’m not terribly interested in becoming a CPA myself, but if I did, I would definitely look into law school.</p>
<p>@open appreiciate it man, i was thinking about the accounting thing but i think marketing/jd would be the best for me. I will probably be doing my undergrad at Tech or UH, i am planning on going to Law school in Dallas or Houston or Austin if i get into UT (got CAPD this year)</p>
<p>Im not sure about the CPA thing now, Law school was my first plan til i read on here that they couldn’t find jobs. being a lawyer is one of my dream jobs aside from being a director. and then that guy is saying without a 170 on the LSAT law school is a risk!</p>
<p>That’s mainly because getting into those T14 law schools is mostly LSAT-driven; unlike undergrad, there isn’t a lot of dithering about extracurriculars and essays and recommendation letters and whether or not you’ve built the right number of huts in Guadalajara. Maybe for Yale, but that’s about it. You don’t have to go T14; it can just be a little cheaper if you’re interested in any kind of government or public service and a little easier to find jobs in a market that has 200 law schools graduating about 40000 lawyers per year).</p>
<p>(To put that number in perspective, there are only about 131 medical schools in the US and they graduated about 16000 doctors per year). </p>
<p>Your accounting idea isn’t that bad; neither is your lawyer idea. Again, even in a market like this, talent counts for a lot. The economy won’t be in a recession for all eternity, and eventually the demand for lawyers as our legal system becomes more complex will grow. As has been mentioned before, there’s always patent or tax law which will always be in demand as long as we have technology, law, and taxes.</p>
<p>hopefully in 6 years the economy will look alot better</p>
<p>Doesn’t matter what the economy is like. Short the downs, long the ups and if its a bear you can hedge during consolidation. :)</p>
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