What is a reasonable estimate for me to get paid?

by **shen86** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:10 am

I am an Ivy League educated law student and would appreciate some opinions on what would be a decent pay estimate. I spend my summers during law school studying other fields of law at school, so I am well versed in things besides criminal justice. I do not have a strict speciality, but I am more flexible with my options. I could be a defense attorney, although patent law pays the best. I also studied corporate law, and would like to know what the best route to go pay wise is. Corporate? Patent? Defense? Developing contracts? I wouldn't really have trouble being able to do more than one of these options. My current major is poly science/ criminal justice, but like I said, i have studied others and it wouldn't be a problem to change my major. I am extremely passionate about law, always was a star in debate class in highschool, have a rational mind, sense of justice, and I am a top student in my class at one of the best law schools. I am very determined to get what I want, and to do what I need to. Advice?

by **reuben29** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:15 am

Try calling some of them up and ask how much it would be to hire them, then go from there. Make up some kind of story for them, so they can tell you how long it would take and how much they charge, usually by the hour.

by **shen86** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:17 am

Perhaps you could clarify your question as at the Ivy League in the United States poly sci / criminal justice is reserved for undergraduate education as is the concept of a "major." Otherwise, concentrate on straight A's, law review, and a good clerkship for your first job like the rest of the Ivy League is doing. Oh, and unless you have an undergraduate degree in engineering you can forget about patent law.

If you don't get a clerkship, at the moment for a lawyer a good salary is any salary at all.

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