Should I Get a Job During Law School?

Want to know whether you should get a job while attending law school fulltime? Discover the pros and cons of employment during law school.

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[Learnlawbetter]

Did you get a job during law school? How did it work for you?

[pjhox]

I worked full time as a securities trader and studied part time at my country's top law school. Took twice as long to get here but I would not change anything given the chance to do it over again. But make no mistake, the hours are long indeed.

GPAs do tend to suffer, but it's not all that matters. I didn't get invites to Big Law prior to graduation but the rest of my CV landed me at top firms nonetheless . I can say from experience, to the right firm/company there will always be a value proposition for lawyers who can navigate both the business/technical and legal landscape of any industry.

[steverota]

Thank you for another wonderful video 😇

[heyphamitskevin]

I am a community college student and I just started looking into a career in law.

I may have interest in becoming a lawyer, but my concerns are not to "argue which side has more merits than the other" like you see on T.V but to encourage people to understand "what's it like to be in the other person's shoes"

I also have interest in reviewing and rewriting laws that might have unintentional consequences.

[mistermister]

Thank you for this video. I needed this

[despinachrisanthou]

Professor I would Like to recomend a video about law student and other jobs besides lawyer when graduating

[shariecebrewster]

Yes I do have a question on all of your video old and new video

[ReneeKadlubek]

So, I would love to do school psych work while remediating absent the deliberate derailing and people trying to exacerbate my workload/stress/depression (suspected getting examined). That worked well for me.

[yabbamita]

Just curious, when you said 50-60 hours a week, that estimate is including breaks in between study session right? 50-60 hours of pure study time (not including break time) is crazy. But, then again, so is 100 hours regardless of whether or not that's including break time or not!

[Seal-hsil]

Can we get a video on how to search for a job after graduation and admission? I have recently been admitted as a lawyer and I am absolutely struggling to even get to interview stage. I currently work full time as a legal assistant at a top tier law firm, however the job is a bit of a dead end because they have flat out told me that it is not a pathway to practice as a lawyer. I feel stuck and helpless.

I am sure I am not the only person in this situation and a video would be a useful way to provide some guidance for those of us in this difficult phase in our careers.

[emmadiez]

Wow, I heard about people suing God but not about Satan. I guess people decide who they want to blame for their suffering 😅.
Nice video, I didn't work during my first year but I did during the remaining years in law school, but just 10 hours a week tutoring kids which surprisingly paid better than any internship and I had a much better schedule. I decided to work for financial reasons and it didn't impact my gpa, my gpa actually improved and I gained better time management skills. But definitely, anything over 20 hours a week would be too much. I already spent 50-60 hours a week on law school. My rule for deciding if a job and law school are compatible is that the job cannot keep me from doing all the compulsory readings and going to all the classes.

[lehawk]

I work 2-3 days a week as a paralegal while studying law and I found a good balance!

[SharpusAurelius]

What about the accelerated two year programs?

[davidsoto]

Disclaimer: What I wrote under this video about the 13th ammendment is not legal advice of any kind whatsoever, is not intended to be, was not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as such. I am not a lawyer. I have never and would never claim to be one.

[aknozturk]

Hi, I was wondering if you can give me advice. Now i am in Turkey at a high school, i want to be a lawyer and study aboard. But i need to study so much. I mean like 7-8 hours a day. I don't want to study in Turkey because education is not good here. So ı am asking this; Should ı study 7-8 hours and get a good education or work like a normal student and go to a university here? (if i stay here ı know Turkey very well)

[caringlovetv]

Hi, No. Don't have a job in Law School. Thanks.

[norhaibatediaros]

what if the schedule for Law studs will be weekends, I can still work for weekdays right ? if possible?

[ReneeKadlubek]

For those who do not know me, I am a school psychologist and was planning on practicing law in some capacity. That was interrupted. It will resume soon. That will not change and all the people who enjoy my entertainment need to understand why that will be coming to a close.

[philos_theos]

Would you recommend an online law school? (Feasibility to work) Also, if a law school is not accredited by the ABA, what requirements need to be fulfilled in order to sit for the bar?

[JohnSmith-uefb]

It's not too hateful. You need an understanding boss though, otherwise it won't work