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| elektrikal |
to gehzumteufel,
i took one federal income tax law and knew that was the last time i wanted to deal with corporate tax matters. ACRS and MACRS and how to carry losses forward just bores me to tears, and thats only for a class, doing federal, state, country tax laws would make me join the list of burned out lawyers.
areas of law i like are environmental and white collar crime, and basic contracts stuff. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by elektrikal
to gehzumteufel,
i took one federal income tax law and knew that was the last time i wanted to deal with corporate tax matters. ACRS and MACRS and how to carry losses forward just bores me to tears, and thats only for a class, doing federal, state, country tax laws would make me join the list of burned out lawyers.
areas of law i like are environmental and white collar crime, and basic contracts stuff. |
Boring = best paid and lowest attrition. ;) |
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| elektrikal |
haha good point.
on a side note, first law firm i worked at, this one lawyer turned to me my first day and said you wanna be a lawyer?, i replied w/ yes, he just looked at me w/ a frown shaking his head and said, why?
that worried me a bit. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by elektrikal
haha good point.
on a side note, first law firm i worked at, this one lawyer turned to me my first day and said you wanna be a lawyer?, i replied w/ yes, he just looked at me w/ a frown shaking his head and said, why?
that worried me a bit. |
lol he said that because people think it is a great profession till they get into it. Then they hate it. |
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| Slylee |
lol dont even get me started on lawyers.
anyway just move to a tropical island:gsmile: |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
lol he said that because people think it is a great profession till they get into it. Then they hate it. |
My brother went to law school for a little bit, he's an excellent reader, very intelligent, but couldn't handle the work and was told his chances of finding a job that doesn't involve paper pushing all day were slim to none, so he quit. He didn't want to be miserable 24/7. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
My brother went to law school for a little bit, he's an excellent reader, very intelligent, but couldn't handle the work and was told his chances of finding a job that doesn't involve paper pushing all day were slim to none, so he quit. He didn't want to be miserable 24/7. |
To be quite frank, there are way too many lawyers in this country. Even with the case load, there are just too many. |
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| Slylee |
honestly, if you want to make the most amount of money while working the least amount of time, be a personal injury lawyer. your paychecks come in bunches...sometimes just 3k, then the next month you grab a 33k fee, then every now an then you get that 100k + fee. it's like the lottery business and a 16 year old can do it. if you have finesse and good negotiating skills, you'll be golden.
*edit* you can easily start your own LLC and do everything presuit. you would only need one secretary and a small office to rent to be living comfortably. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
honestly, if you want to make the most amount of money while working the least amount of time, be a personal injury lawyer. your paychecks come in bunches...sometimes just 3k, then the next month you grab a 33k fee, then every now an then you get that 100k + fee. it's like the lottery business and a 16 year old can do it. if you have finesse and good negotiating skills, you'll be golden. |
Or you could be a baller and get your masters of engineering and your law degree and you could be a patent lawyer. Firms are always looking for those guys, and you make bank. Lot of school tho :o |
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| boris_the_bear |
| after reading all this, I feel so miserable with my professional path in life, precisely over it's absence:( FML |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Or you could be a baller and get your masters of engineering and your law degree and you could be a patent lawyer. Firms are always looking for those guys, and you make bank. Lot of school tho :o |
yea i was talking more about not having to work as much and making great money:p
personally, if i followed through and went to law school like i wanted to you a couple years ago, i would have really tried to get into entertainment law. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Or you could be a baller and get your masters of engineering and your law degree and you could be a patent lawyer. Firms are always looking for those guys, and you make bank. Lot of school tho :o |
patent law. I hate those guys so ing much. |
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