Drop out and live under a bridge if you never have ya PMC wanker

I’m leaning towards a Labour degree. Law is awful, placement rates are low, and the work is hell. It does have some of the advantages you mention and in the US is probably better for politics since you don’t have a Succdem party. But you’ll do a lot of amazing low level work with the labor studies degree, especially when most graduates only do union work as a stepping stone to anti-worker corporate positions.

I’d point out, at least here in Aus, a Labour studies degree isn’t a bad thing for advocacy. It’ll get you a spot at the Left faction or the Labor Party or the Green’s table easily if entryism is your thing. A number of our best Labour Prime Ministers have come from union work.

But ultimately, both are good choices, do what you enjoy the most and what fits your skills best. The revolution isn’t supposed to make you unhappily sacrifice.

Labour. Laws gonna turn you into a goblin

I think you can have more impact with a law degree. Until/unless the revolution succeeds, many ordinary people’s battles will be fought in the legal system. You can do a lot of good for people with the training a law degree gives you, whether that is in labour law, as a public defender, or anything else.

I hear what you’re saying though about law school being hard and very expensive - ultimately that’s a decision you’ll have to make for yourself. I’m lucky enough to live somewhere with interest free student loans so I can’t really speak to that side of things.

BGJ got to work with bernie cause she did corporate law and set herself up.

Help nesly fuck with yum brands. You hands will be clean and your pockets will be full. Work for five years and buy a villa and retire to cuba. Take some of us with you.