[jjm1181]

There is a 3 year, part time program that would allow me to graduate with a law degree and then I’d sit for the bar exam. The school is not ABA accredited so I would only be licensed in my state, Tennessee. I already have an MBA and Masters of Finance.

Am I nuts? 3 years of law school and then a bar exam? I would focus in on business law, but don’t think I’d want to practice full time. I’d more or less use the degree and license to bolster the resume and ensure that I’d never be without a job again. Hopefully it would guarantee and good finance/accounting job the rest of my life.

Any thoughts or advice?

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[Herbieherb]

Shitlaw is wow. There was this jobs website when I googled it and for someone with law license/jd/4+ years experience for a temp position paying $25/hr no benefits. Some of the other temp jobs even worse. Didn't know it was that bad

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[Anonymous]

And it is getting worse.

https://butidideverythingrightorsoithought.blogspot.com/2012/02/end-of-the-contract-attorney-era-by.html

” It's my feeling and perhaps the general consensus that contract attorney jobs will dissipate gradually with the ebb and flow of the free market. Attorneys in India are cheaper than our lawyers, who are heavily laden with the burden of student loan debt. Then, once clients get the memo that much of contract monkey work can be done by computers, sans attorneys altogether, document review “opportunities” will eventually disappear altogether.”

Would you like fries with your JD?

[MICPA87]

Hahaha. Man, shitlaw makes law school look so attractive.

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[Anonymous]

Another great video (multiple parts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-_wDwmOQ1U&feature=related

[kmwgrace]

jjm it sounds like your mind is made up but just to reinforce what others have said – I actually know someone who went to law school at a non-accredited school in CA (don't know which one), then decided he wanted to move. His degree is useless, he is now at an accredited school in my state re-taking the SAME classes he already took and paying for them again. So as others have said, IF you're going to get a JD, go to an accredited school. You never know where life will take you.

~ Kate... MTX!
CPA exam on hold while I homeschool my 6 year old!

[Anonymous]

I'll sell my JD from Vandy to the first bidder with $110,000. Looks nice on the wall and worth a tiny bit more than a degree from the former YMCA School of Law.

[nextstopCPA]

Don't do it…unless you're just itching to incur debt especially since you don't want to practice full time.

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[jkey57]

I don't mean to be rude, but why would you want to go to an unaccredited school for anything besides technical training?

If you already have an MBA and MS (I'm assuming they're from real colleges, not BS online schools), why would you want a law degree from an Everest College counterpart? Are they going to teach you dental hygiene and lawn care maintenance at the same time? Also, most people who strictly go to law school for career advancement (not law) already have degrees from strong institutions, and wouldn't sacrifice the polish of their current educations for a half-a$$ed law degree. There aren't a lot Stanford undergrads who get law degrees from Penn Foster, and there's a reason for that.

Real Talk: Most experienced HR/recruiters/upper management can spot those garbage, “University of Eastern Southern Hancock” schools a mile away. If you load up on too much BS, people will think you're full of BS.

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