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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Undergrad degree in Philosophy and English? No.
Law School degree in, um, law? ...Still no.
Okay yes, I couldn't be a lawyer without going to law school, but realistically 90% of the useful stuff you learn is learned on the job. Honestly I've often thought my philosophy background has served me better to help think things through.
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Also a lawyer. Definitely use the legal research skills I learned.
Overall, law school needs an overhaul though. It should be more like a trades school, where hard legal skills are learned. Currently, you just touch on actual legal skills tangentially during course work.
The law school profession more or less acknowledges this, but continues to use law school in a gate keeping function. Law school is more about demonstrating your work ethic to potential employers than it is about learning.