[igurari]

Although I have no experience in immigration law, as a former lawyer and software engineer (and the CEO and co-founder of a legal tech startup), I'd caution against moving into law (or at least taking a long hard look and talking to people who have made the transition).

I left a PhD program in CS to go to law school based on ideals around having a positive impact through the legal system. Ultimately, the law is a slow, difficult, and painful system to work through and with. The work is mostly tedious (relative to software development) and most of the time you're not really having a significant or positive impact. It's generally not very rewarding.

I'd be happy to chat if you're interested in hearing more about my take. (itai [at] judicata [.com])

[proberts]

I'm not plugging this school but Northeastern University School of Law is a progressive coop law school so you could gain a lot of experience in public interest law while pursuing your degree, including working with asylees.