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after undergrad and before law school |
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i agree... |
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01/08/2002 |
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Hi KC216,
I think your statement was eloquent and right on point! I would also like to make a general statement to ALL who have participated in this discussion.We all have different experiences and it is never cool to dissuade somone from what they want to do. The best thing to do is offer them advice from our personal experiences and maybe direct them on how they could do things different, if it didn't quite work out for us. My personal opinion as a person with several years of experience and several degrees, is that making a degree lucrative really depends on the individual and how industrious they are at implementing the skills and knowledge they have acquired. It is very possible to obtain a JD and be filthy rich. It depends on the individual's industry, or some like to call it "business sense". It's about putting to work what you have learned, doing what you enjoy and LEARNING how to make it lucrative. It doesn't matter what law school you went to, whether you went directly after undergradute studies, the rank of the school, or any of these trivial things that people write to sell books and make us believe will result in being wealthy. It's about what you learn and how you put it to use to enjoy what you do and make it profitable for yourself. It really boils down to initiative and industry. Good luck to you all. |
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think about the people you have gone to school with... some bad it big, others didn't.
A degree, a rank, a particular field of study - these things all offer you an advantage - a chance for greater opportunity than you might have had otherwise...
but they don't guaruntee success, nor is one barred from success by not having one.
you will never stop a determined person from getting what they want - and you shouldn't dissuade people from what they want just because the road to the top might not be an easy one.
I guess the best example is what I have witnessed since graduating from college. Some have turned lemons into lemonade, working their asses off to turn bad grades into a big salary. Other have rested on their laurels, wondering why their big name diploma and big grades never turned into big bucks.
In the end, it is all on you.
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