redandgoldlion

I am currently enrolled in one school as a graduate student in French Studies and another school as a first year law student. My dissertation is interdisplinary, with a focus on law, so my two degrees will (hopefully) work together. What I did was to apply to tons of programs. I went to grad school, because they offered a tuition waiver and a $20,000 stipend, and I love French. That ultimately made me more competitive for law school. I got into some very good law schools, but I ended up going to a school with a lower ranking because I'm only a few thousand dollars shy of a full ride there. Also, I know I want to stay in this city, and this law school has very good local recognition, even though it isn't well respected nationally. I think law school, more grad school, or both could end up working out for you. My advice would be to avoid going anywhere that would force you to accumulate tons of debt. It's liberating to have modest debt. Although conventional wisdom says there aren't jobs in academia or the legal world, I think the reality is that there are jobs, but the at the jobs aren't compensated well enough to make it worth the investment for most people. If you keep your debt load low, then you stand a pretty good chance of getting a job with a decent salary (say $50,000). That's a totally realistic expectation, and it's liveable in general; it's not liveable if you have $100K in debt, though. See if you can find a graduate program that would work well with a JD if you decide to ever go that route. A lot of schools have joint degree programs, too.