Long hair isn't exactly uncommon around here, even among the power set. Hell, my last boss loved my hair, and more than one recruiter has mentioned that they remembered me from my hair and dress moreso than from my technical experience. ^_~
I'm tellin' ya - that might be cool for a straight-up IT guy, but they'll want a lawyer to look more like a stereotypical lawyer. They might allow tassle loafers instead of wing-tips, but that's probably as far as they'll go.
I'm sitting here in an office with seven other people doing document review. No court appearances. No client contact. And yet they require "business casual".
"I'd also be in a prime position to enter politics within a decade."
It's too late for you to enter politics. You've already put opinions out there on the playing field, and we all know that's the one thing a politico can't do. You're also too much of an idealist to be in politics. That's not a negative thing. It's just that you would demand what is best and what is right, and it would directly contradict with the system. Five years of dealing with politics by proxy has destroyed my ideals, and I wouldn't want to see someone so young with so much promise as Rym be crushed in the cogs of the machine.
IT guys don't look like "IT guys" at large tech companies. Business casual is the lowest form of dress I'm allowed, and even that's only if I won't be meeting with clients. It's otherwise business professional at all times, with certain allowances for smart sneakers some of the time.
Even if I'm crawling around under the floor looking for fiber, I'm wearing business slacks and a dress shirt at minimum.
I certainly have no interest in being a litigation lawyer.
Even if I don't practice law, having the JD and passing the bar gives me more options. Having options is one of the most important things in the world to me in all aspects of my life.
Spending all the time and energy going to school and passing the bar would just be sad if you didn't spend at least a little time in court.
Long hair isn't exactly uncommon around here, even among the power set.
It's funny. You want to get a law degree because it would look good and open up doors. Yet you have long hair which definitely limits your employment prospects.
Seems rather inconsistent.
Sure... a lot of tech guys have long hair. But if you want to start serving on boards, entering politics, etc - time to rethink the hairdo.
Hell, my last boss loved my hair,
Totally gay.
and more than one recruiter has mentioned that they remembered me from my hair and dress moreso than from my technical experience.
Spending all the time and energy going to school and passing the bar would just be sad if you didn't spend at least a little time in court.
You know... I think Rym would be good in court. I can't imagine why he wouldn't want to get some courtroom experience. Of course he'd have to work on controlling his Peter Brady squeeky voice....
Rym would be terrible in court. Can you see him playing by the rules? The first time that some dumbass opposing counsel used a logical fallacy in an argument, Rym would jump down his throat with a pair of pliers and pull out his tongue, then proceed to ridicule him mercilessly and call him "sissy-boy." He'd be disbarred three minutes into his first case.
I've been out of town so I'm late to the thread...
Here's my story. I wanted to be a lawyer since I was in 10th grade. Everything I did in my education centered around that. My strengths are speaking and writing and I have no math skills whatsoever. I prepped every night for four weeks for the LSAT and scored in the 90s like Kilarney. Even for test takers, it's fairly challenging. With my grades and LSAT, I was awarded a full scholarship to law school.
That's when things started to suck. To say that law school isn't fun is a dramatic understatement. It is extremely unpleasant and it is a game that has almost no bearing on what you do as a lawyer. Moreover, a JD by itself is practically without value. If you aren't practicing with a firm, the government or as an in-house lawyer, forget it. Rym has often said that he feels it will add value to his credentials. On the contrary, it would take away from his credentials in the tech industry because of the three year opportunity cost. Moreover, while his tech background would have value if he became a patent lawyer, there really isn't much demand for tech lawyer consultants. There may be an unrealized need, but there is no demand.
I'm in my 16th year of practice. I'm very lucky. I'm a partner in my firm and in addition to practicing, I get paid to travel the country and speak to groups of potential clients on the areas of law in which I work. Many lawyers burn out or get sued out or worse. It's an extremely demanding profession. Plus, it took years for me to get where I am now. There is no shortage of lawyers and I certainly wasn't paid a lot right out of school. Like others have said, you really need to go to law school because you love the law or it's not worth it.
The really disturbing thing about the shower is that it is right by the door in and out of the toilet and it just has a curtain, I know of many people who have thought it was the way out. Its a fairly public place to have a shower and it confuses me utterly. I suggested to my friend in law school that she needed to shower after trying to get a better grade *wink* *wink*.
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I'm sitting here in an office with seven other people doing document review. No court appearances. No client contact. And yet they require "business casual".
It's too late for you to enter politics. You've already put opinions out there on the playing field, and we all know that's the one thing a politico can't do. You're also too much of an idealist to be in politics. That's not a negative thing. It's just that you would demand what is best and what is right, and it would directly contradict with the system. Five years of dealing with politics by proxy has destroyed my ideals, and I wouldn't want to see someone so young with so much promise as Rym be crushed in the cogs of the machine.
Even if I'm crawling around under the floor looking for fiber, I'm wearing business slacks and a dress shirt at minimum.
Seems rather inconsistent.
Sure... a lot of tech guys have long hair. But if you want to start serving on boards, entering politics, etc - time to rethink the hairdo. Totally gay. I wouldn't assume that this is a good thing.
Here's my story. I wanted to be a lawyer since I was in 10th grade. Everything I did in my education centered around that. My strengths are speaking and writing and I have no math skills whatsoever. I prepped every night for four weeks for the LSAT and scored in the 90s like Kilarney. Even for test takers, it's fairly challenging. With my grades and LSAT, I was awarded a full scholarship to law school.
That's when things started to suck. To say that law school isn't fun is a dramatic understatement. It is extremely unpleasant and it is a game that has almost no bearing on what you do as a lawyer. Moreover, a JD by itself is practically without value. If you aren't practicing with a firm, the government or as an in-house lawyer, forget it. Rym has often said that he feels it will add value to his credentials. On the contrary, it would take away from his credentials in the tech industry because of the three year opportunity cost. Moreover, while his tech background would have value if he became a patent lawyer, there really isn't much demand for tech lawyer consultants. There may be an unrealized need, but there is no demand.
I'm in my 16th year of practice. I'm very lucky. I'm a partner in my firm and in addition to practicing, I get paid to travel the country and speak to groups of potential clients on the areas of law in which I work. Many lawyers burn out or get sued out or worse. It's an extremely demanding profession. Plus, it took years for me to get where I am now. There is no shortage of lawyers and I certainly wasn't paid a lot right out of school. Like others have said, you really need to go to law school because you love the law or it's not worth it.