Please Help! Two Good Offers Before Law School!
I have two good offers with two small investment firms. I am going to law school in January in Houston. Either way, it is a temporary set-up before law school.
Option 1. I have been working at this RIA for two and half years as his assistant and doing some insurance. Our AUM is $40M. It is just the two of us at this firm. I have grown to love and care about him as a father figure (he is 64 and I'm 24). However, we have had some problems about communication and clients leaving.
Option 2. This company is headquartered in Fort Worth, but they are opening up a branch in my city of 120,000 (Tyler). The branch manager used to be the director at Morgan Stanley and I have a good friend who is an advisor there. I would be doing the same role as my current firm, but they are growing.
The problem is I accepted Option 2 before I knew I got into law school. The initial plan was to help with marketing, development, get my securities license and then be a full-time advisor. Then I got accepted to law school and the ball game changed.
When I gave my two weeks to option one, he offered to match whatever they were paying me and be able to work more hours (currently only PT with him). However, I am thinking Option 2 could be better because they would have a better name in my city. Plus if I move back I do not want to burn a bridge with them. I also think that moving it too much change to soon.
Please help!
Former big law attorney here. What tier law school is it? How big is your scholarship? What was your LSAT? What do you hope to do in law? Either of those two options is way, way better than a January admit law school offer. You have opportunities to run with, law ruins most professionals in it in so many ways.
Hi. The school is unranked but has an excellent moot court program (number one or two in the country). I would love to be a litigator or tax attorney. I would also be okay with getting back into the wealth management side, but I am not that good of a salesmen to be honest,
Unranked school is a major red flag. Tons of graduates at any unranked school are unemployed and/or fail to pass the bar. Employers do not care about specialty program, moot court, or law review rankings.
If you can do wealth management, go for it. You have options which is great. Going to an unranked law school will destroy your finances and long term trajectory. I know it is tough when you have the acceptance and told your parents, friends, SO, but it is not too late to pull back.
I can agree and disagree. May I send you a PM?
Yes, please do so.
Former lawyer here - don't go to an unranked law school. There are very few instances where it makes sense.
Unless you have a trust fund that clears upon graduation from any law school (I know a guy like this) or you have been working as a paralegal at a place and you are going part time to the only school within 100 miles - no good reason to go. Getting into a T30 or so with a scholarship is pretty seamless unless you have really bad character and fitness issues. All you need is a high LSAT and its a very learnable test if you do enough practice tests.
Even then I'd probably say don't go.
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