Amen! Amen! I don't think in this day and age you'd get an archivist job even with a JD....:) I mean outsourceing is coming, soon someone in India will be telling us what are in our own archive...and then again, they'll probably bring them in like they are the nurses... Charlotte ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Chris M. Garmire" <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "Chris M. Garmire" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARCHIVES] degree requirements are good and necessary Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:17:20 -0600 I wasn't even following this discussion, but when I read this post I had to reply. As one of the few archivists who has a law degree (a choice which should question my sanity), I have to say this comment is a bit off. First of all, in California, you have to pass the 1st year bar if you go the route of Judge's chambers or an unaccredited law school. More people have figured out our foreign policy in Iraq than have passed that test. Even if you do pass, and then manage to pass the Bar (also a very low percentage), good luck finding a job. People with JD's without good enough grades find it hard to find employment. You can go ahead and hang out the shingle, but as one poster said, good luck finding any clients. I'm the first one who would welcome the elimination of graduate degrees from alot of professions. It would save the next 40 years paying off loans. Then again, we could deliver mail by pony express too. Being forced to sit down, read, and listen to an experienced instructor never hurt anyone. Chris Garmire A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>