Warnung an die Falschmotivierten
am 27.06.2006 von http://www.jurabilis.de
Cameron Double Billing Stracher, Wall Street Journal-Kolumnist, warnt die Masse (vgl. diese Kommentare):In deciding whether to go to law school, here is the question you need to ask yourself: What do you want to be when you grow up? If you want to be a lawyer, then by all means go to law school. If you want to defend the poor, work in public service, be a civil servant, go to law school. But if your only reason for going to law school is because you want to be rich, or because you are confused and someone has told you it will keep your options open STOP RIGHT THERE, and read on.
Yes, some lawyers are rich. Some lawyers are also movie producers, and WSJ columnists, and investment bankers. But, statistically speaking, your chances of becoming rich (or becoming a banker, etc.) are greater if you have gone to a top ten law school. This doesnt mean that students from non-elite schools cant become wealthy lawyers or even wealthy movie producers, but the odds are against them. Put another way, the bottom of the class at Yale still has a degree from Yale. The bottom of the class at many other schools may not even have a job.
This is not my fault (as one of my students suggests in his/her post). It is simply a fact. One that is often ignored by students, and glossed over by law school faculty and admissions deans. We dont control the market, but …
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