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laurell3 -> RE: Law firms paying for law school? (11/27/2007 2:59:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: angelic
Well hell's bells do not tell my firm that!! The corporation i work for does indeed pay tuition (yes, even for a woman). And anyone who has ever been an associate can tell you straight out it is not cushy. Partners, maybe; associates.... nope.
Yeah but you already work there. The OP said this person does not. Unless he or she's sleeping with the right guy/girl or has some compromising pics, or is related to someone, I would say that's a line of bs OP. While they have cut down the law school enrollment substantially over the last decade and half due to severe criticism about flooding the market and producing less than stellar and/or competent attorneys, the market is still very saturated and competitive. Attorneys compete rather heavily for jobs at established firms, the firm would have no need to pay for someone they don't know. However, it is not uncommon for firms to pay for an existing secretary to go to paralegal school or an existing paralegal/secretary to go to law school while they continue to work there.
As angelic pointed out however, going to law school is not at all the fast track to financial success in life, and certainly just having a JD is not any indication of the depth or character of a person and their emotional success with life. Being an associate at a firm is HARD work and I would seriously ponder a relationship with anyone first entering into private practice of that type. Billable hours require you to work like a dog and it's incredibly stressfull your first few years and even then there is no guarantee of partnership, depending on the firm.
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