Immigration Attorney

[Singers 0]

If you were say, in law school at the present and had the option of taking a course in immigration law... would you?

Would you become an immigration attorney? (knowing they are considered the armpit of the legal profession)

[eric&gen 0]

No i will not help illegals get over here loool.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

If you were say, in law school at the present and had the option of taking a course in immigration law... would you?

Would you become an immigration attorney? (knowing they are considered the armpit of the legal profession)

I thought that was ambulance chasers.

[Singers 0]

Nope. Ambulance chasers got a leg up thanks to immigration.

[Carolyn 1]

I know a handful of immigration lawyers and paralegals and they are remarkable, knowledgeable people who are very generous with their time. Maybe it lacks prestige because they don't make as much money as corporate lawyers?

Hold on, many immigration lawyers in big law firms work FOR big corporations bringing individuals to the US on work visas--those lawyers do quite well financially.

I just don't see immigration law as the "armpit" of anything...but what do I know, I am a high school teacher in the inner city!

[natty bumppo 297]

I know a handful of immigration lawyers and paralegals and they are remarkable, knowledgeable people who are very generous with their time. Maybe it lacks prestige because they don't make as much money as corporate lawyers?

Hold on, many immigration lawyers in big law firms work FOR big corporations bringing individuals to the US on work visas--those lawyers do quite well financially.

I just don't see immigration law as the "armpit" of anything...but what do I know, I am a high school teacher in the inner city!

lawyers ... shakespeare had the right idea ...

[amiquechu 0]

If you were say, in law school at the present and had the option of taking a course in immigration law... would you?

Would you become an immigration attorney? (knowing they are considered the armpit of the legal profession)

If you separate yourself from the money-hungry, ambulance-chasing, spineless lawyers (in other words, you're one of the 25% of lawyers who is actually ethical), I think being an immigration lawyer would be an honorable and enjoyable profession. You would be a lawyer who could actually help out good people who needed help. It may not pay what the Robert Shapiro-type, sans conscience defense attorneys make, but I would do it if I had a law degree. As long as I wasn't counsel for people who screw other people, I would be able to sleep like a baby at night.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

If the money was enough to pay off my law school debt and provide me with a quality of life that made the time and money and effort spent in going to law school worth it, then yes.

[MrsCat 6]

To me the only thing worse than Family Law was Immigration Law.

For me - I hate dealing with people's personal problems. And Family Law and Immigration Law had a strange connection that way. Normally the problems you are trying to solve do not have to do with the law, rather they have to do with problems that people have gotten themselves into (ex: cheating spouse, drunk driving conviction and now want to immigrate, overstaying visa with knowledge that its wrong). Additionally, as you will see for most people its pretty mundane and not much thought required. Not the most intellectually stimulating work around for 90% of case. Now if you become a specialized attorney in immigration and have a good reputation in dealing with removals and expediting cases, it could be very rewarding work for a lot of reasons.

Now, if you don't mind delving into the dysfunctional personal lives of people - then this would be a good area of practice.

Personally, I prefer the heartless cold operation of corporations and insurance companies. That work makes me sleep like a baby at night.

[amiquechu 0]

To me the only thing worse than Family Law was Immigration Law.

For me - I hate dealing with people's personal problems. And Family Law and Immigration Law had a strange connection that way. Normally the problems you are trying to solve do not have to do with the law, rather they have to do with problems that people have gotten themselves into (ex: cheating spouse, drunk driving conviction and now want to immigrate, overstaying visa with knowledge that its wrong). Additionally, as you will see for most people its pretty mundane and not much thought required. Not the most intellectually stimulating work around for 90% of case. Now if you become a specialized attorney in immigration and have a good reputation in dealing with removals and expediting cases, it could be very rewarding work for a lot of reasons.

Now, if you don't mind delving into the dysfunctional personal lives of people - then this would be a good area of practice.

Personally, I prefer the heartless cold operation of corporations and insurance companies. That work makes me sleep like a baby at night.

Well, I guess that shows how little I know about law and attornies. Sorry, didn't mean to offend you, cat.

[Singers 0]

Actually the lawyer I hired to review my case was wonderful so I personally do not have anything against immigration attorneys. I was just curious given that the general vibe from this board is "hire them if you need one but we really don't like them"

[jundp 191]

One of my bff's is an attorney. She started out as a paralegal for a real estate lawyer. She went to law school and landed in family law for years. It was very taxing on her, emotionally, but she was damn good at it. The problem was that she was in private practice and she just couldn't turn away the people who couldn't afford to pay her, so she'd end up doing pro bono work (and got an odd assortment of "payments" from people too). Eventually, because she needed a regular paycheck to cover tuition for her kids, she took a job as a public defender, doing her family law on the side only for a few select clients she's had for years.

I had a point Oh yeah, when she was in law school at LSU, she went to Santa Clara for an exchange summer. There she worked at an immigration firm. She loved it. At that point she was about to finish school otherwise, she would have concentrated in immigration law, she said, but she knew so little about it.

I don't think most of us here hate immigration attorneys, it's just that for many of us, our cases are rather simple, so it's not worth the money.

But if someone's in law school and they find themselves attracted to immigration law, why not? If you love what you're doing, that's all that matters.

[MrsCat 6]

To me the only thing worse than Family Law was Immigration Law.

For me - I hate dealing with people's personal problems. And Family Law and Immigration Law had a strange connection that way. Normally the problems you are trying to solve do not have to do with the law, rather they have to do with problems that people have gotten themselves into (ex: cheating spouse, drunk driving conviction and now want to immigrate, overstaying visa with knowledge that its wrong). Additionally, as you will see for most people its pretty mundane and not much thought required. Not the most intellectually stimulating work around for 90% of case. Now if you become a specialized attorney in immigration and have a good reputation in dealing with removals and expediting cases, it could be very rewarding work for a lot of reasons.

Now, if you don't mind delving into the dysfunctional personal lives of people - then this would be a good area of practice.

Personally, I prefer the heartless cold operation of corporations and insurance companies. That work makes me sleep like a baby at night.

Well, I guess that shows how little I know about law and attornies. Sorry, didn't mean to offend you, cat.

Oh my goodness no offense taken! I think everyone has parts of the profession that they enjoy. People aren't the part that I enjoy. I like nameless things that don't have feelings.

[almaty 19]

in st louis, i tried to get help on a 221 g..they had no clue, and these are folks that advertise as immigration attorneys..i did it myself..

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'd rather gnaw my own legs off than be an attorney.