darkenkach:
I doubt if you will be able to make close to that amount in 5years after law school.

EricSmallz:
that's thousand not trillions bro

darkenkach:
I doubt if you will be able to make close to that amount in 5years after law school.

darkenkach:
I doubt if you will be able to make close to that amount in 5years after law school.

darkenkach:
I doubt if you will be able to make close to that amount in 5years after law school.

queenfav:
Hahahahahaha.. I reserve my comments.

darkenkach:
I doubt if you will be able to make close to that amount in 5years after law school.

Vivly:

Please I would really love your input on that quote.

uboma:
@ queenfav,


thank you for sharing your story.


Had wanted to read Law when I was a kid but thank God I opted for something else.

Vivly:
@Queenfav, Thank you.
Plans have been made for me to go back to school for a second degree in law and now your post ...

queenfav:
Sorry dear, just being honest.

darkenkach:
I doubt if you will be able to make close to that amount in 5years after law school.

Vivly:
@Queenfav, Thank you.
Plans have been made for me to go back to school for a second degree in law and now your post ...

queenfav:
I didn't want to talk o, cos if i start to talk eh! Yea the guy is somewhat right.. I know a married man with a child earning 15k monthly working in a medium sized firm. The appearance fee he was promised never comes regularly.To feed his family is a big issue!Some clients would rather pay your appearance fee with thanks and prayers.
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Law will make u rich if you are from a highly connected family where good briefs can fall on your laps, or after many years of blood, sweat and tears. I don't know how to convey all my thoughts o, but finally being a lawyer is not as great as it's cracked up to be. Just last week, a lawyer who is 20 years at the bar, was begging my colleague for 500 naira to eat at Court of appeal canteen. I almost cried because people seeing him outside would assume he is making it big. He has been owing his counsels in Chambers salary of 25k for about two months now.


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I have been practicing law since 2014 and trust me, the personal briefs i have gotten hasn't fetched me up to 250k!Not to discourage the op o, but be prepared for life after law school. It's not rosy at all.My first job after service was with N10000 pay. I had to rely on my savings to get by, because that money couldn't even feed me in two weeks.
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By all means go to law school, but i beg you in God's name.. Have a skill, business or talent that will feed you.. Law won't give you the big bucks except u land a juicy job or come from a family with connections. So Yes some lawyers are 5 years at the bar, if you take them to the bank. They can't boast of 200k account balance!.
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If someone had been honest with me, i would have saved myself the long years of studying law by going for mass communications, then used the One million naira plus i spent in law school on books, feeding, fees, living expenses etc to quietly set up a business. By now i would have had chains of businesses. Anyways, thank God for opening my eyes.
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In the law firm i work, all of us have businesss we combine with work to make extra cash. Two of my colleagues sells cars. One is into Digital branding, another does food supply from the North to hotels and restaurants (carrots, irish potatoes green peppers). The profession is over saturated. Only the older lawyers are cashing in big time, most new wigs are left to wallow in poverty. Just best to have a back up plan, so you don't get lured into doing anything dirty for money.
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Recently, someone was gisting me about a girl who attended the same university with me. As we speak she does runs to survive, alongside her job of 20k in Warri. She does rich married guys to meet up with her bills.You can imagine a professional trading her body for few crumbs. It is well o, just be smart, that's all. (Do pardon the typos)!

Finstar:
Law was a lucrative course many many years ago, not now.. I won't even advice my enemy to delve into that.. As a kid, I wanted to be a lawyer but along the line, I dodged the bomb. What's reigning now is business, being your own boss.. That's where you experience financial freedom.

uboma:
@ queenfav,


thank you for sharing your story.


Had wanted to read Law when I was a kid but thank God I opted for something else.

queenfav:
I didn't want to talk o, cos if i start to talk eh! Yea the guy is somewhat right.. I know a married man with a child earning 15k monthly working in a medium sized firm. The appearance fee he was promised never comes regularly.To feed his family is a big issue!Some clients would rather pay your appearance fee with thanks and prayers.
.
Law will make u rich if you are from a highly connected family where good briefs can fall on your laps, or after many years of blood, sweat and tears. I don't know how to convey all my thoughts o, but finally being a lawyer is not as great as it's cracked up to be. Just last week, a lawyer who is 20 years at the bar, was begging my colleague for 500 naira to eat at Court of appeal canteen. I almost cried because people seeing him outside would assume he is making it big. He has been owing his counsels in Chambers salary of 25k for about two months now.


.
I have been practicing law since 2014 and trust me, the personal briefs i have gotten hasn't fetched me up to 250k!Not to discourage the op o, but be prepared for life after law school. It's not rosy at all.My first job after service was with N10000 pay. I had to rely on my savings to get by, because that money couldn't even feed me in two weeks.
.
By all means go to law school, but i beg you in God's name.. Have a skill, business or talent that will feed you.. Law won't give you the big bucks except u land a juicy job or come from a family with connections. So Yes some lawyers are 5 years at the bar, if you take them to the bank. They can't boast of 200k account balance!.
.
If someone had been honest with me, i would have saved myself the long years of studying law by going for mass communications, then used the One million naira plus i spent in law school on books, feeding, fees, living expenses etc to quietly set up a business. By now i would have had chains of businesses. Anyways, thank God for opening my eyes.
.
In the law firm i work, all of us have businesss we combine with work to make extra cash. Two of my colleagues sells cars. One is into Digital branding, another does food supply from the North to hotels and restaurants (carrots, irish potatoes green peppers). The profession is over saturated. Only the older lawyers are cashing in big time, most new wigs are left to wallow in poverty. Just best to have a back up plan, so you don't get lured into doing anything dirty for money.
.
Recently, someone was gisting me about a girl who attended the same university with me. As we speak she does runs to survive, alongside her job of 20k in Warri. She does rich married guys to meet up with her bills.You can imagine a professional trading her body for few crumbs. It is well o, just be smart, that's all. (Do pardon the typos)!

dollyjoy:
What kind of post is this now. I think we all should be mindful of the things we seriously post online because we don't know who is reading and digesting them,the fact that it didn't benefit you or those you know doesn't make it bad. Not the way you positioned it to be abeg,it actually gives one an edge just be good at what you do.... You just dampened my spirit tonight. Shuo!!!

remi1444:
very unfortunate, i so much respect her, but the post you quoted made me to gradually.......

NeeKlaus:

Dude, you are a Law fresher? I am almost in my finals and I can tell you plainly that what she said it's the bitter truth. It's more beneficial to be realistic.

The Law market right now is over-saturated and extremely bloated. With the high influx of graduate lawyers each year from the Law school, it takes the grace of God (and connections too) to actually practice the course successfully and financially too.

Honestly, I am not so big on law practice. The jumping upandan in court, hoping a juicy brief falls on you. I have other ideas I hope to successfully carry out in the law field after law school and Corporate law would definitely do it for me.

What she typed there is the bitter truth; I have heard that tale severally and even from some of my lecturers.

bemagnify:


Since u av been told d truth wot is the essence of u going to study law?

remi1444:
God bless you, NeeKluas, it could be perfect if you transfered to other course like queenfav mentioned. mass communication, history, political science, sociology, philosophy etc. could save you the stress of joining the over saturated market.

NeeKlaus:

Did you read my post well at all? I doubt.