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标题: Start my career with a JD degree? [打印本页]

作者: shaorubing 时间: 2009-2-3 14:41
标题: Start my career with a JD degree?

My undergraduate major is EE and I did perfectly-well in terms of gpa and research;

Now I am applying us top schools, with masters either in MFE or EE;

After that (which is not far from now), I wish have a JD degree to have a law career...

Any ideas?

作者: chemai 时间: 2009-2-3 14:44
sounds a good plan. People say that law schools appreciate students with engineering backgrounds; so is the legal industry.

作者: shaorubing 时间: 2009-2-3 15:09

thanks, I wish myself a Engineering B.S, Financial Engineering M.S and J.D. before I start my career life

作者: rongrongliu 时间: 2009-2-4 04:03

World is changing too fast these days. It is too hard to predict anything. You will finish your JD after 5-6 years. Nobody knows what a law career will be like at that time. Few people are confident with the economy in US now. I am not discouraging you. Just want you to know the reality. And also more and more Chinese in US are now applying JD degree due to the bad economy. So the golden time for lawyer has probably passed, just like other areas.

作者: shaorubing 时间: 2009-2-4 08:33

Thanks very much. Above is my projection now, and it needs flexibility for sure.

There's not so many people here, so I guess after my master degree finishes, post is still in the first page so everyone can look at and comment on during my program....

作者: dave18 时间: 2009-2-6 06:26

JDs with a technology degree are almost recession proof (I heard from an professional attorney search consultant). Even at this time, law firms are still looking for lawyers and JD candidates with technology backgrounds. So my advice is that if you can land a Top 14 offer, go for it. Otherwise, think twice.

作者: shaorubing 时间: 2009-2-6 22:20

What about being a Law professor and come back China and teach ?

作者: chemai 时间: 2009-2-7 14:28
If you come from a rich family, you can do that. Many JD need to pay off their student loans.

作者: shaorubing 时间: 2009-2-14 23:48
But should I start with a EE master of MFE master?

作者: rabbitren 时间: 2009-2-15 05:14
If I were you, I would get a tech MS degree in tech first. :-)
Actually I have a very similar background as you do.

I think it is better if you have a solid background in engineering when things don't go well as you might have thought before. You know what I mean?

Good luck to you!

作者: nyer119 时间: 2009-2-20 09:34
agree! get the master in EE first. JD will get you to a totally different career.

作者: shaorubing 时间: 2009-3-1 15:35

Thank you for above comments.

Now I have some ad/offer so I can say one possibility:

I will finishe Chicago M.S in financial Mathematics in one year, followed by a Dartmouth Master of Engineering Management 1.5 years (I defer this ad, so I don't have to reapply).After 2.5 years, I will start to apply J.D.

Any ideas and comments?

I also have PhD EE fellowship position in Top20 Engineering schools (or even Top5), I just think it's too long to wait 5 years to do something I like (plus Chicago and Dartmouth are also Top5 within their major), though many people will say: solid, it's very solid after then! Plus I don't wanna learn Patent Law, I want to run...

One more question: 3 years for a J.D right?

P.S: I did not say EE master now because Berkeley rejected my MS EE application so if I wanna MS in EE, I may quit PhD meanwhile to get it.

作者: dave18 时间: 2009-3-1 23:20

if you can get a t14 offer, and you really want a legal career, you better do it early. another MS won't help you. if you cannot get into a t14, think twice before giving up your current academic track.

let's talk about this after you take lsat.

作者: georgio 时间: 2009-3-5 02:52
I think the shrewd thing to do is to get a degree in English instead spending another few years studying engineering if you want to practice law eventually. With the level of English you have displayed here it's going to be hard for you to get a decent job in any law firm even if you were to obtain a PHD degree in rocket science.

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