Could a patent lawyer switch to social justice issues?
Question by Zarathustra’s pinkie: Could a patent lawyer switch to social justice issues?
Can you switch specialties as a lawyer w/o having to go through more schooling? Or taking more exams?
Do you have to go to school for and take specialized bar exams for the subsection of law you want to go into or is everyone equally qualified on paper (just as “lawyer” not as “lawyer of this speciality”).
Best answer:
Answer by mailaccount63
yes
maybe – maybe not
Warning! Jobs in the field of Law are drying up FAST!! This is not a good field to invest time and/or money into. This is a SHRINKING vocational field. Many reasons. Many people today think they can do their own legal work, thanks to the Internet. We simply have WAY TOO MANY Lawyers – we have an absolute GLUT!!
Now… the law schools know this, but they won’t tell you the truth >that the job market/economy is SATURATED with WAY TOO MANY Legal Professionals. Instead the schools will feed you a fairytale and will LIE to you. So be careful – research this first. The root of the problem is we have too many law schools. We are in a recession, and the schools are fighting for their own survival – they will tell students ANYTHING to get to the students’ money. (Which is why they won’t tell you the truth about the job market for the field of Law.) AND these schools continue to recruit and churn out even MORE Legal Professionals………….
If you don’t believe me, then just do a SEARCH here on Yahoo Answers to see what other posters are saying about the current status of the field of Law.
In the book “So You Want to be a Lawyer? by Marianne Calabrese and susanne Calabrese (ISBN 0-88391-136-1): “The United States has more lawyers than any other country in the world. About 38,000 students graduate EACH YEAR from 200 law schools in the United States. The competition is very keen for jobs and clients.”
I would check out and research the area of “social justice issues” FIRST – with another attorney that currently works in that field. Be very careful. Also, if you want a JOB, consider and look into the field of HEALTHCARE! What do you think? Answer below!