Hi, this is my first post and I am looking for mainly general advice about two different routes I am looking at. I am applying to law schools and plan to submit my application packets later this month. My goal with law school is to become an Assistant US Attorney and eventually joint the FBI. I will be attending a top 50 law school on some sort of partial scholarship I expect, based on my scores and GPA. The end goal though is FBI. But recently I have been reconsidering law School because I am not sure that I want to read more books for 3 more years (I am already a humanities student)
Thus, the option I have been flouting around with is enlisting as 18x and going SF with the end goal of retiring from the Army after 10-14 years and join the FBI. I know law is probably not in the realm of most people here, but does anyone have thoughts about which route you would recommend? From what I have read, if I were to commission then I would have to wait a couple years before I can try out for SF and I run the chance of missing my opportunity. That seems too risky since the whole point of me joining is to make my way to the FBI as a former SF.
Gosh this is a wild ride. All of those things are completely different. As another poster said the FBI likes attorneys and accountants in recruiting, but I also know quite a few agents that are neither and also have no .mil background. Some have been law enforcement before and some just got through the recruitment process. So joining the FBI isn't about one thing or the other, but it may help.
I live with an attorney, I also went to law school for a specialty program, but don't have a JD. I would tell you that if you are going to go to law school and become an Assistant US Attorney (this is very competitive and hard to do right out of law school, almost as hard as getting Federal Clerkships) then you should punt on the idea of the FBI thing. I'm being serious.
Now if you went to Law School and decided to apply for the FBI, that needs to be your focus.
Now let's get to 18 Series stuff, guessing you're in college right now...but are thinking of not going to Law School. Why is OCS not an option for you?
Now onto SF as a pathway to the FBI, why? This is quite similar to becoming an AUSA and then wanting to leave that and join the FBI. Two extremely different things.
Like someone else said you seem to be trying to do everything and you're probably 21 to 22. Pick and commit to one of paths is my advice.
Also, if you do choose to attend Law School (It's three years of hard learning) you may choose to do something completely different, like representing vulnerable adults.