Is Law Still A Good Career Choice

After-Corona Legal Careers: More Choice And Fewer Practice. The Coronavirus has concurrently switched existence upside lower and provided a glimpse to return. The legal market is the same. Here’s phone new legal career within the after-Corona world. Spoiler alert: pricier most lawyers to operate exactly the same way they accustomed to. Here’s why and just how.

Legal practice—as lawyers have broadly construed it— has lengthy been the touchstone of the marketplace. That’s why non-practicing attorneys frequently described themselves as “former” or “recovering” lawyers. The profession controlled the availability of legal talent and used self-regulation to blunt “non-lawyer” competition.


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The alternative—apart from academics, public interest, and a handful of other law-centric career paths—was transitioning to another field. This was by no means the norm, yet the long, illustrious list of “former” lawyers achieving success outside the profession’s narrow confines confirms that legal training has always been a valuable skill. Earle Stanley Garner and John Grisham, among others, leveraged legal training to become writers. Sumner Redstone and Lloyd Blankfein transitioned from law to business and finance. Wassily Kandinsky, the famous Russian abstract artist, traded his briefcase for a palette. Howard Cosell applied his legal training, raconteur skills, and bombast to engage and sometimes outrage generations of sports fans. The list of lawyers-turned-politicians is a long one, and the three branches of Government and its agencies are well stocked with lawyers.


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[FAQ]

Is law a good career now?

The legal profession is one of the most lucrative industries in today's job market. Double-digit growth in recent years has produced healthy revenues and rising salaries. Associates in the nation's largest law firms start at $150,000 to $180,000, and partners earn average salaries in excess of $1.2 million.

Is law a bad career choice?

The past answers have correctly noted that many new law graduates are having a difficult time finding jobs (especially high paying jobs) and also frequently face crushing student loan debt. But the law as a potential career path can still be very stable, lucrative and prestigious.

Why is law not a good career?

The job of a lawyer is very demanding and requires extreme concentration as you have to work on several cases simultaneously. Working hours are too long and you cannot afford to become lethargic as it is a highly competitive field. Remember, it is a lengthy process and it is hard to stick to it.

Are law jobs decreasing?

The NALP Foundation's findings came out the same day that the American Bar Association reported a 2.6% decrease in full-time legal employment for new graduates in the class of 2020 compared to the class of 2019.


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References:

Law is a highly competitive occupation, but it also is intellectually interesting and financially rewarding.

“Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: Starting, Managing, and Leading Biotech Companies” by Craig Shimasaki
from Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: Starting, Managing, and Leading Biotech Companies
by Craig Shimasaki
Elsevier Science, 2014

Law is a very nonspatial field, and most spatial people become very bored and unhappy in the legal profession because one of their strongest aptitudes is left high and dry all daylong.

“Now What?: The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career” by Nicholas Lore
from Now What?: The Young Person’s Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career
by Nicholas Lore
Touchstone, 2008

Or, if you don’t mind the jokes, you could be considering law school, but you want to be sure that law’s a good match for you before you invest in three or four more years of education.

“Paralegal Career For Dummies” by Scott A. Hatch, Lisa Zimmer Hatch
from Paralegal Career For Dummies
by Scott A. Hatch, Lisa Zimmer Hatch
Wiley, 2011

Law is a great field for people who love mental puzzles, and almost everyone in the field seems to know that.

“The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law” by Nancy Levit, Douglas O. Linder
from The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law
by Nancy Levit, Douglas O. Linder
Oxford University Press, 2010

Do you think you wouldn’t like law because it lacks creativity?

“Law School For Dummies” by Rebecca Fae Greene
from Law School For Dummies
by Rebecca Fae Greene
Wiley, 2011

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