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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2396756" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>There's no reason to get a license that you're not going to use. Additionally, being a licensed attorney rather than a professional with a legal education can potentially open up your other activities to undeserved scrutiny.</p><p></p><p>Most of the people that I know with a law degree that haven't taken the bar make significantly more than the people I know with a law degree (with very few exceptions).</p><p></p><p>Statistically, licensed lawyers tend to be subject to <a href="http://www.nalp.org/09salpressrel" target="_blank">bimodal compensation</a>, with a very wide gap in between. The lower peak is where public servants and lawyers at small firms are typically employed, while the upper peak is where your high-level firms come in. But there are a lot of jobs in the middle that either only want a law degree or give a significant boost to candidates with a law degree, but don't care if you've taken the bar (and some don't want you to be licensed). Those jobs tend to gravitate toward and beyond the upper peak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2396756, member: 5151"] There's no reason to get a license that you're not going to use. Additionally, being a licensed attorney rather than a professional with a legal education can potentially open up your other activities to undeserved scrutiny. Most of the people that I know with a law degree that haven't taken the bar make significantly more than the people I know with a law degree (with very few exceptions). Statistically, licensed lawyers tend to be subject to [URL="http://www.nalp.org/09salpressrel"]bimodal compensation[/URL], with a very wide gap in between. The lower peak is where public servants and lawyers at small firms are typically employed, while the upper peak is where your high-level firms come in. But there are a lot of jobs in the middle that either only want a law degree or give a significant boost to candidates with a law degree, but don't care if you've taken the bar (and some don't want you to be licensed). Those jobs tend to gravitate toward and beyond the upper peak. [/QUOTE]
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