amyLAchemist wrote:bigben wrote:JPeavy44 wrote:amyLAchemist wrote:
Yeah, I know several people who went to Santa Clara and ended up with 180k+ starting salaries doing IP law in the bay area.
That's encouraging
Yeah, IP is a whole different ball game at the moment. If you're an engineer or whatever, that's great. You can get biglaw easily even from a T3 or something. Of course, you have to stop being an engineer and go to law school for three years...
Yeah, I am assuming you mean T30....
Yeah, that is true that law school takes time away from being a scientist, but I don't mind taking the 3 years. It's really worth it in the long run.....
No, I meant Tier 3. The supply of IP lawyers is that short, from what I have heard.
As far as the 3 years thing, I was just talking about a financial standpoint. If you go from being an engineer to being a lawyer, it's nice that you can get biglaw more easily, but on the other hand you have 3 years of salary, 3 years of tuition costs, lost opportunities at advancement, and the fact that you're starting back at the bottom rung in your field. On the other other hand, maybe there are science degrees other than engineering that qualify you for IP law but aren't worth anything in the job market on their own? I don't know.