{"id":16813,"date":"2011-02-13T12:13:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T16:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=16813"},"modified":"2011-02-13T12:13:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T16:13:53","slug":"jets-with-j-d-s-so-you-want-to-be-a-japanese-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/13\/jets-with-j-d-s-so-you-want-to-be-a-japanese-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"JETS with J.D.s &gt;&gt; So you want to be a Japanese Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08)<\/em><\/strong><em> is a law student at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law   focusing on international trade, business, and tax.\u00a0 He currently runs   the blog <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/jetswithjds.wordpress.com\/\"><em>JETs with J.D.s<\/em><\/a><em>,   an information source for current JET alumni law students and   prospective law students for career paths and approaches within the   current legal market.\u00a0 For those considering law school and trying to   comprehend the costs and the risks of such an endeavor, he also   recommends <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/lawschooltuitionbubble.wordpress.com\/\"><em>The Law School Tuition Bubble<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be an attorney in Japan.\u201d It\u2019s said often, but often without consideration of all the work achieving the goal behind that statement entails. 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