[blindlaw] choosing graduate school or law school

[James T. Fetter]

Informational interviews with people in a field of interest would be a 
good start. In my experience, most people are honest, unless you want 
something (e.g. a job) from them. Then assume that, by default, it will 
be between somewhat and significantly harder for you as a blind person 
to find a job than it was for whomever you are interviewing. You still 
will, if you're at or near the top of your field. But otherwise... let's 
just say it would help to have connections in the right places.


On 1/7/2019 10:18 AM, Maura Kutnyak via BlindLaw wrote:
> But lacking experience, how does one set a firm course? Unfortunately our public school system is not well-designed enough to set people up with an understanding of their options and what the true experience of a given path will be.
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> Sincerely,
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> Maura Kutnyak
> 716-563-9882
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>> On Jan 7, 2019, at 9:20 AM, Elizabeth Troutman via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> You need to figure out what it is you want to do and then design your post-undergraduate training around that. Getting a random degree because you think you might be interested in something is not likely to be worth the blood, sweat, tears, discrimination, and debt you will face. I actually did a joint master's in public policy and JD, which did reduce the cost by one year (i.e. what you are suggesting would be 5 years of school, but if you do a joint program, you can do it in four). But I would not recommend that unless you had a relatively clear plan of how you could parlay those degrees into a long-term career.
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