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naturelle25
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starting salary for a lawyer...youve GOT to be kidding!
naturelle25
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My brother is a recent law school grad and just got his first job offer from a HUGE firm. The starting salary is $40K. OMG. I feel bad for my bro b/c he pretty much has to take due to his massive student loan debt.
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Re: starting salary for a lawyer...youve GOT to be kidding!
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Yes...he did pass. The lawyer who interviewed him told him that he starts out so low b/c "he can...due to the job market." Isnt that awful?
Maybe I should have asked where. This is definitely not what I was paid as a beginning teacher.
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We are in the Chicago burbs. This practice is in the city.
You are correct in that many people would be thrilled to have this as a starting salary but probably not if they were over $100K in student loan debt.
It's really not an uncommon situation. I know plenty of people who have or will have that much loan debt (I'll be pushing that number myself when I'm finished) and get about that as a starting salary. Sucks, but that's pretty typical.
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Small world:) He will be doing Bankruptcy law if he decides to take it. What burbs do you live in? We are in the west.
We live in the NW burbs- Elk Grove, but the Schaumburg side.
That is why unless you go BIGLAW it's not financially sound to go to law school.
yep.
If you dont' graduate from a 1st tier school or top 5% of your class, you don't make much money starting out.
My first job out of law school was for $46K. And I have $120K in student loan debt. niiiiiice.
Really? After 7 years and 4/5 of a masters degree, I still make less than that.
I started at $29K.
Wow-not here! I make just over that and I have been teaching for 8 years and have a master's degree!
here there really is not much bonus for a masters - maybe a 1-2k more a year. our area starts at 42 or 43k.
No, that's not awful. That is reality. He should count his lucky stars that he got hired at all in this job market.
yup. my friend just got her pharmD and is doing a residency. she told me she can't wait to make money that's "worth it." doing the residency, she's already making a fair amount more than i'm making at my permanent job, and i got my BA in '07...
You beat me to it.
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I was going to say.....Um yeah most teacher in this area don't make near that. DH says starting is around 19K here. DH started at around 50K as a Trooper.
He is in the wrong city...though lawyers here can't get jobs...
He is making what a receptionist here makes.
Me neither!!!!! It was just passed here in San Antonio. I think it's wonderful! (I don't teach any more though.) It's especially wonderful bc our COL is so low.
More like 30K, but still too low!!!
My friend just recently told me that she's looking for a teaching job in Texas, and could get spanish specialist position (without a cert.) and start at 43. I hate that, especially knowing that she'll make that much without going through the schooling (she does have a lingistics degree) for teaching. Sigh....oh well....:)
where's this? in NE Ohio it's $29-$30k
i only made 36K my first year of teaching.