以下是引用neohawk在2007-3-26 2:05:00的发言：咱们外国人选择不多吧，身份加上这么多贷款要还，除了biglaw不知道还有什么别的生存办法。我要求不高，能顺利把贷款还了然后生活比我做postdoc好就行。但就这我觉得都挺难的，T14外的学校能有三分之一去biglaw就相当不错了，哪里能保证就一定能进前三分之一呀然后再加上语言劣势就更加难上加难了，sigh Sorry, I cannot type Chinese in this darn computer. 1) I heard school would help you on loan if you decide to do public interest after law school. You can delay repaying loan for ten years if you are making less than 65K. After ten years, I guess you are off the hook. 2) School like BU ranking around 22, the median salary would be at least 80K-120K. And a lot of lawyer made good money from Tier3 or even Tier 4 school. And you can always transfer after first year law school if you are not completely satisfied with your school or your ego. I heard several cases of successful transfer after first year. And those are the cases of my friends' friend. I think it happens more than we know. 3) Pick up a law school where you are going to practice law unless you plan to transfer afterwards. The network you build up in the school matters a lot in job hunting. And usually local schools have advantages over other ones with even higher rank. BTW, I think California is great for practicing IP. 4) Even you don't have a LLB in China, you can for sure take the bar exam in China. And I believe with effort, you can pass it. Thousands of people did that. And thousands of people are still doing it. Don't panic. Don't make a big fuss. You are already a lot better than most of people, Chinese or American, to be able to get into USC. (Congratulations! ) Besides, you have quite unique background. You will be more than fine. 5) I don't agree with you on the language issue. Language will get better with constant usage. For us, with the fluency of both Chinese and English in spoken and writing, it is rather advangtageous than disadvantageous in an era of mankind globalization, in an era with a strong China government. 6) Regarding the patent bar, H1 visa holders can take it but not F1 visa holders. If you are planning to do IP, take it before school start otherwise you will not be able to take it with F1 visa. But you can always do it after law school graduation and with a job with H1 visa. 7) I don't think it is good idea to jump into decision of law school just because of poor job market. Just my opinion. Law school is hard and practicing law will be even harder. On the top of it, we have to borrow a lot money to do it. But if you don't absolutely know this is what you want, you will stuck in something you might not enjoy just for the sake of money. Life is too short to do that.
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