Thread:Sailor*Moon*Star/@comment-3247345-20120531041901/@comment-3247345-20120604040223

That makes sense. I didn't mean don't take salary into account, I just mean don't make it everything, which you're already doing, so good. But it sounds like criminal defense is the route you'd want to go, if you became a lawyer. As for getting a job after graduating from the University of Texas, I don't think the law school you graduate from would make a huge difference in your job prospects, unless you went to a really high class law school like Harvard. Obviously a very high LSAT score and getting a good GPA in law school will help you with jobs. They're pretty much necessary because of how competitive it is. But like I said, the only place that would hire someone out of law school is the public defenders office, since they're so desperate for lawyers. You would have to work there for a few years to get experience. You'll be overworked and underpaid, but it's pretty much your only option right out of law school. Once you have several years of experience, you can look at getting a job at a criminal defense firm. Those are the places that pay very well.

As for what you should major in, it really depends what you want do when you get out of college. If you don't become a lawyer, you should choose a major that will get you to a job you want. By the way, philosophy is really hard. I took Intro to Philosophy my first semester of college and it was easily my hardest class. So you should take Intro to Philosophy to make sure you really want to major in that. Really the only thing you can do with a philosophy major is teach philosophy, so if you don't want to do that you need to make sure your other major will lead to a job you want. So to answer your question, if you become a lawyer you should choose the most interesting to you since law schools don't care what you major in as an undergrad. I'd certainly check out economics. I'm minoring in that right now. It's easy and interesting. So far the minor has netted me two A's. Great for the GPA. If you don't become a lawyer, the question is this: What do you want to do?

By the way, are you a junior or a senior?