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Reply to Dave Hi Dave, Thanks for your comments. I have written several long replies to your message, but they keep getting sent to moderation and don't seem to have survived the cyber-ether. I thought I would try posting without quoting your message to see if that helps. I wanted to...

These are great questions to ask. Thank you! I can say that there are not any external pressures for me to go into academia, in fact mostly the opposite. My wife and family are OK with me going, but they would be just as happy if I said I was not going to bother with it. I already have a job...

Hi Dave, I have now written two long replies to your thoughtful post, and both have been sent to moderation only never to be seen again. I just wanted to say thanks for your post and the link to the other discussion. Hopefully this reply will be posted! Jason

Thank you for your thoughts. I have discussed it a bit with my supervisor. The problem is that our minds work very differently, and though he is very nice and supportive, I'm not sure that he really understands what I want to do. He is very much a "gather facts and summarize context" style of...

Dave, thanks for your comments. I wrote a long reply to your message a couple of days ago, but it was sent to moderation and doesn't seem to have survived the cyber-ether. I just wanted to thank you for sharing the link to that other thread, which I read with interest, and to wish you the best...

LOL it's true, law can be extremely boring at times. I am trying to follow up on my philosophical education as an undergrad, so I am studying the philosophy of property. I would love to do an interdisciplinary study that combines philosophy, economics, psychology, sociology, and law, but it...

Thank you Dave for this comment, and for the link to the other thread. I've read through it and there are some interesting ideas there. I guess to be clear, I want to emphasize that I totally see the value in needing to back up speculation and theory with detailed research, data, and so on...

Hi there, This is my first time starting a thread on these forums! I am curious to hear about the experiences that other INFJ's have had with academia. I am mid-career and went back to do a Master's degree in my field (law), thinking that I would continue on to a PhD and attempt a...

I went to an Ivy League law school some years ago. As it happens, I did my last semester at a good but not "top" law school. So I actually have some basis for comparison. My experience was that the Ivy League school pushed students harder, somewhat with academics but even more so with...

@ say what - love that animation and I can totally relate. I'm wondering if anyone here has had an experience similar to what I am going through right now. I'm mid-career and always wanted to go back to grad school in order to take a shot at academia, and after about 15 years I was finally...

Oh, are you in Europe? The situation over there is likely to be quite different, as the legal system works quite differently in civil law countries. I would definitely look into it further and see if you can find someone from your country who knows about how things work there.

You are very welcome. Please don't let my post deter you if law is really calling to you and you think you might have a passion for it. But please do plenty of research and talk to as many lawyers as you can before making a decision. Also, if you aren't able to get into a top-tier law school...

I went to law school at a top 5 US school about 15 years ago with the goal of going into public interest work. I have pretty much regretted that decision ever since. I felt completely out of place at law school, and I have been bouncing around from job to job ever since. I have tried...