tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629470173006949145.post3948121247261078276..comments2023-06-12T04:24:47.651-07:00Comments on Super-Duper: The Non-traditional Law Student Confidence Game: Hybrid Careers - The Second (or Third) Time is (Allegedy) the Charmdupednontraditionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170022654810216357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629470173006949145.post-19391182039812272252011-05-12T11:59:53.714-07:002011-05-12T11:59:53.714-07:00Lets face it, the U.S.A's legal education syst...Lets face it, the U.S.A's legal education systems screams, "abuse me!" First, the typical JD class is 350 people. My MBA core classes had 25 people compared to the JD; my JD that had over 60! Second, most JD programs require no prerequisites other than 90 cr hours of work. Third, the JD is the only professional degree you can take F/T, P/T, On-line, or Correspondence. Finally, it also does not require clinical time of apprenticeship. You can graduate from a JD program and not know the practise of law.<br /><br />It's not surprising the career switchers jump at the JD's professional program. Hell, the MD's program requires all these prerequisites, four years of study, three licensing exams, and a residency of 1 to 5 years.The Yuppie Attorneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697997369307991468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629470173006949145.post-85021244862954872902011-04-25T13:53:49.763-07:002011-04-25T13:53:49.763-07:00Back on November 3, 2010, former Biglaw associate ...Back on November 3, 2010, former Biglaw associate and current psychotherapist Will Meyerhofer slayed this myth - and put it in a wooden coat:<br /><br />http://thepeoplestherapist.com/2010/11/03/extremely-versatile-crockery/<br /><br />"But there’s a bigger, broader problem with switching careers when you have the letters JD after your name: people hate lawyers.<br /><br />Why do they hate lawyers? A bunch of reasons.<br /><br />If you are a real person in the outside world, the word “lawyer” means obstruction. The phrase “run it past Legal” means you might as well give up, ’cause it’s never gonna happen. Exciting business ventures ooze to a standstill like a sabre-toothed tiger in the La Brea Tar Pits. Some risk-adverse dweeb in a suit will spout dire warnings to you about unlikely contingencies until nothing seems like it’s any fun anymore.<br /><br />Lawyer means pretentious – socially awkward losers with fancy degrees telling you what to do when they’ve never run a business in their lives.<br /><br />Lawyer means threats. “You’ll hear from my lawyer” is the worst thing you can say to another person. And lawyers love to write threatening letters – it’s what they do best. That’s why lawyer is synonymous with wasted time and wasted money.<br /><br />Lawyer means annoyance. Lawyer means hassles. Lawyer means a total void of common sense. Lawyer means expensive, with little to show for it.<br /><br />Now mail someone in the real world a resume that says “lawyer” all over it and ask yourself why you never got called in for an interview."Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.com