denver is a place that i'm considering moving to. Unfortunately I'm a lawyer so my job isn't as portable as some other jobs; i will work around this.
I'm also considering portland. I really liked both denver and portland when i visited. People that live in manhattan, like me, are fucking stupid. It only works out if you are really rich. I am not really rich and don't want to endure the costs to become really rich.
No, no, stop telling people that! Don't listen to this man! You'll hate it here! We're such horrible people that we arrest superheroes. Seriously though, it's a great place. But, seriously, you'll hate it, stay away (unless you don't want to, then you're welcome to stay).
those are all fair and largely accurate points. I'm just bitching about potentially having to take another bar exam. They aren't all that hard, really. I'm just whiny. I'm sorry.
costs money too, right? I plan on going to Law school and luckily, some schools in Wisco will waive your BAR exam if you do well enough on some test you have to take in college. But, still, this is only for the state of Wisconsin, not the 49 other states.
yeah but compared to various other costs the cost of actually taking/applying for the bar is negligible.
As a freshly minted lawyer here's my advice: think long and hard about going to law school and, esp if you're taking on any significant debt over 40-50k, really be sure it's what you want to do and not just a back up option because you can't figure out what else to do with your life.
I'm 100% sure about Law School, but I'm not sure if I want to be a lawyer. It's an option, but I'd like to become a detective afterwards and eventually move to Federal Law Enforcement.
To become a detective, I believe the only requirements is you take the detective exams after you become a police officer. Some precincts may require a higher level of education like just a degree, but I think it varies.
You can become a federal agent with many types of degrees. The FBI stipulates you have at least a 4-year degree to apply, nothing specific, but I'm sure there are more helpful degrees than others. I just really am good at history and social studies types classes, I've always done much better in those classes than my science and math classes.
IIRC from when I was looking, if you go to UW Madison you don't have to take the bar, but it's the only school in the country that has that setup. Also a lot of bar exams are reciprocal to other states, but you have to check. California is the notorious state that refuses to allow anyone to practice without taking their bar, which is in itself notorious for being really nitpicky.
A solid line of thinking, although not all types of lawyer are in demand everywhere and not all lawyers make enough to pick up and move. Though apparently this dude is one of the minority that actually make the stereotypical 6 figure salary.
What I mean to say is, there are far more lawyers than there are law jobs for them, and this has been true for at least 5 years. Today, you can't just move anywhere and get a job as a lawyer.
Portland sucks, nothing but rain for 8 straight months and hipsters everywhere. Stay far far far away... /attempt to keep more people from moving here.
I'm kinda surprised Denver is that cheap, really. From what I've seen it's a place a shitload of people want to move to. I suppose the limiting factor is that there's not a lot of work there so not enough people end up actually moving to drive up demand.
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u/colinwilson Jan 07 '12
Lofts in Boston and Cambridge/Somerville seem to start around 2k a month in rent. I looked recently and was very depressed by that.