Original poster. You really have to ask yourself. Why do you want to be a lawyer?… If it's a money thing. Think again. There are many careers that school/background doesn't make a huge difference (engineering might be one where say a UCLA or USCD won't make a huge difference). Talking to friends, it's completely different for lawyers. Top pay, school does matter. And a few lawyer friends from sh!tty law schools don't quite do quite as well as some of the geek types (could also be in their line of work). Also, I hope you like to read…a lot…
Patent law was something that I was interested in. But after thinking about things, I wouldn't like to be reading about what everyone else did. But that's just me.
That's why when I look at other careers, engineering isn't that bad. Yes, it's average pay, but you really don't have that sort of pecking order you do in other professions. The pay disparity between lawyers from different schools and finance people from different MBA's is astounding.
You think (no offense to USD/SDSU MBA holders) those folks would be able to get jobs on Wall Street pulling in 7 figures? If it were the case, it would be more the exception than the rule.
