[blindlaw] Choosing Graduate School or Law School

[kelby carlson]

Paul,

That's not a comparison I usually hear—wouldn't this depend on the type of graduate program? I frankly have a difficult time imagining, for example, that it is radically more difficult to gain entrance to the Yale philosophy department then to Yale Law School—though I could certainly be wrong. You are entirely correct about marketability and the utility of a law degree for a non-legal job, however.

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> On Jan 5, 2019, at 6:52 PM, Paul Wick via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> It’s much harder to get into even the lowest ranked graduate program then it is to the lowest ranked law schools. I would choose based on marketability; there’s not that much outside of practicing law that nonlaw employers will take a law graduate seriously for. Just a reality check, but the vast majority of lawyers have no chance to practice international law, or most of the other vague notions that people come to law school with.
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> Paul
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>> On Jan 5, 2019, at 2:47 PM, kelby carlson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Making the choice between grad school and law school is like making the choice between lethal injection and the electric chair. Both are terrible options.
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>>> On Jan 5, 2019, at 5:27 PM, LaKeria Taylor via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> So I know that I have asked a LSAT question here before because I am
>>> going to study for it once I get my Bachelor's degree. I am struggling
>>> with two things at the moment:
>>> I like anything in the field of International Relations, but I also
>>> love reading and analyzing court cases and can see myself working in
>>> lidigation or something to do with International law. Because I like
>>> both things, I have been kind of considering getting my Master's
>>> degree first and then applying to law school because I don't really
>>> see myself getting a Ph.D. to further my career, but the other thing
>>> is the testing for both, the money, time, and energy you have to put
>>> into law school and the cost of law school, the cost of a master's,
>>> etc. Getting a scholarship to move from my bachelor's to grad school
>>> is not an option, so cost for me is a major factor.
>>> My other thing is the research, but when researching for your work in
>>> law school, what's the difference in the work as far as math and that
>>> sort of thing goes? How would you guys approach this situation?
>>> I know that this is a lot and you all are not in my head, but some
>>> other people's food for thought can't help.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Lakeria
>>> 
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