[New World Order]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Here's thing about becoming a lawyer: There are SO many avenues of the law to explore if you live in a city like Los Angeles, New York, etc.

Real Estate law, entertainment law, copyright law, tax law etc. You can become a sports agent or work as an agent for an entertainment agency, a movie studio, a real estate development firm (large or small) and so on and so forth.

Plus, even if you get a law degree and don't practice law, you're a very attractive candidate for other jobs within varying businesses. Firms of any kind always want intelligent people and a law degree speaks volumes, IMO.

Now granted, most of the lawyers I know and work with are either Ivy Leaguers or guys that went to law schools in SoCal (Southwestern, USC, UCLA, etc.) but as long as you're accepted by a prestigious university and do well, you're pretty much set for life and will always, under any circumstance, be able to find a job.

Dane,

How important are grades when you graduate law school? I applied a few years ago and was accepted into KU, UMKC and MU law school but I never attended. I never could really figure out if law school was worth the cost, or if I should just get my mba and go that route.