my question involves the following, would a person with a computer forensics and a law degree become more employable or infact be more useful? would i be wasting my time trying to achieve both or would it be more useful to have the computer forensics knowledge to accompany the law knowledge? I am considering trying to get both but im unsure as to whether it would be beneficial or whether i should just stick with the 1 computer forenssics degree?
any opinions?
There is a serious need for technically minded solicitors. The real question is can you fund you're education following that path. If you can, you have a bright future. BTY, you'd have many technicial areas in addition to forensics that you could include in your knowledgebase.
IMHO.
Lawyers are better paid than Forensic Examiners …
And ? Wow …
I don't know about wasting your time, as I personally would think that any education of that calibre would make you more marketable. I might suggest that you would do better to do a first degree in one, and then maybe a masters or a conversion in another ?
E.g. LLB from somewhere and then an MSc in Forensics from somewhere else ?
From personal experience ( I did a few Law Courses at Uni ) Law is
(a) hard - lots of memory required
(b) long - lots of external study required
© expensive - Law books are the only ones that I have found more expensive than computing !
I wouldn't think, that unless you intend to practice law, that it would be a good investment of time or money that you could be spending on learning more to be a better Forensic Examiner. Do a Computer Science foundation, do an Information Security MSc, learn a foreign language or two - I think all of these would be of more use in making you employable …
My opinion only of course 😉 I'm sure others would disagree …
Or have I misunderstood the question ?
Do you mean a single Joint Honours in Law and Forensics or just Forensics ?
Having a JD hasn't hurt although I don't practice, and it's given me an excellent foundation for chain of custody, security policy and areas outside forensics in a corporate enviroment. It's also nice to be able to converse intelligently with corporate counsel. I *have* been accused of writing like a lawyer.
I don't know that I'd recommend a JD to someone set on becoming a forensic examiner, but it does help should you wish to have broader horizons in security management. It's also a hoot during a deposition when opposing counsel realizes I'm not not the average techie.