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Majors / Legal Assistant / Paralegal |
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The majors community area features a forum, usergroup and reviews — where you can meet and communicate with other MyPlan.com users also interested in this major.
This community area is for Law & Legal Studies, which is a category of majors that includes "Legal Assistant / Paralegal". The complete list of specific majors that fall under this general category follows below. |
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Legal Studies, General |
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Pre-Law Studies |
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Law (LLB, JD) |
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Advanced Legal Research / Studies, General (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD / SJD) |
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Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL) |
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American / US Law / Legal Studies / Jurisprudence (LLM, MCJ, JSD / SJD) |
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Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law (LLM, JSD / SJD) |
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Comparative Law (LLM, MCL, JSD / SJD) |
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Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law (LLM, MS, JSD / SJD) |
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Health Law (LLM, MJ, JSD / SJD) |
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| Users in this Community Group |
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266 users in this community group. You can see the list of users in this group by clicking on one of the links below. You can also join this group by simply selecting your current status and clicking "Add Me." |
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0 users are currently studying this major. |
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24 users are considering this major. |
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2 users
have studied and/or earned a degree in this major. |
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240 users have hidden memberships. |
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| (Hidden users have added this major to their portfolios, but have not indicated a publicly visible status.) |
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| Reviews |
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are 22 reviews of this major.
The most recent 3 reviews are listed below. You can see more reviews by clicking on "Read all reviews..." at the bottom of this page.
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| Write an online review and share your thoughts about this major with others! |
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Legal Studies, General:
Well the major was definitely interesting but after college the work isn't that inspiring. So I just joined the Army instead of working in a law firm, which I did try and hated deeply.
I felt the major had a lot to offer in terms of developing a better understand of the world. It definitely made me think, which all I wanted out of college anyway. I knew right out of the gate that I would not be sitting in an office my whole life. |
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| Write an online review and share your thoughts about this major with others! |
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Tax Law / Taxation (LLM, JSD / SJD):
I received my JD in 1980, my LlM in Taxation in 1981, worked as an associate for 1 year, and have had my own law office for 27 years.
Here's some things you might not learn until you're out of law school. First, your studies in law school and the way you balance your life in law school will probably carry over into life after law school. In my case, I was a "c" student (part of the 80% of my class) so I studied 60, 70, 80 hours a week. I had no life, no balance.
When I graduated and started my law office, I worked 80, 90, 100+ hours per month, for 8 months, until I got sick. Then I reduced my hours to 60, 70 hours per week.
Here's one observation - are you willing to compete with this kind of person? If not, you may lose your market or your case. If you are, do you have the family to support such a person? Then, what kind of person will you become? Did you want to get married, have children, and the rest of the American dream - that all gets squeased out.
I wish I took a closer look at the types of careers previous classmates at my law school ended up with, and then decide if that's what I wanted to do. In my case, out of a class of 65, maybe 45 are working for the state and local government, I know of 3 in private practice, and the rest have left law or died.
I currently enjoy the perks of a successful law practice - honor and respect whereever I go and financial flexibility that few people enjoy
Law is not for everyone, but those well suited to it are to be truly congradulated. If you have an interest in law, and you're not afraid of hard work, then law may be for you. I wish you good fortune. |
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Tax Law / Taxation (LLM, JSD / SJD):
I received my JD in 1980, my LlM in Taxation in 1981, worked as an associate for 1 year, and have had my own law office for 27 years.
Here's some things you might not learn until you're out of law school. First, your studies in law school and the way you balance your life in law school will probably carry over into life after law school. In my case, I was a "c" student (part of the 80% of my class) so I studied 60, 70, 80 hours a week. I had no life, no balance.
When I graduated and started my law office, I worked 80, 90, 100+ hours per month, for 8 months, until I got sick. Then I reduced my hours to 60, 70 hours per week.
Here's one observation - are you willing to compete with this kind of person? If not, you may lose your market or your case. If you are, do you have the family to support such a person? Then, what kind of person will you become? Did you want to get married, have children, and the rest of the American dream - that all gets squeased out.
I wish I took a closer look at the types of careers previous classmates at my law school ended up with, and then decide if that's what I wanted to do. In my case, out of a class of 65, maybe 45 are working for the state and local government, I know of 3 in private practice, and the rest have left law or died.
I currently enjoy the perks of a successful law practice - honor and respect whereever I go and financial flexibility that few people enjoy
Law is not for everyone, but those well suited to it are to be truly congradulated. If you have an interest in law, and you're not afraid of hard work, then law may be for you. I wish you good fortune. |
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| Interesting Fact |
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| Only 37% of American adults say they have read a book in the past 12 months (c. 1994). |
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| Did you know... |
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| The College Media Library provides links to college articles, images, virtual tours and viewbooks! |
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