New Master of Laws Degree

[withrown]

I'm in one of these programs and most of the folks in my classes are paralegals or lawyers. It's weird since the lawyers are getting their LLM which is the exact same classes minus one intro to law class. The program is fun and interesting but, my goal is to get into government policy, and this allows me to check the law school box without spending the time and money on a JD.

Sidenote - My workplace is covering this degree, I'm not sure how keen I would be at paying 40k for a master of law degree that doesn't qualify me to be a paralegal.

That's interesting!  I would think the same thing.  Wouldn't you want a more "usable" degree in that case?  
Is this the only degree work covers, if not, there are so many options to select from! Go shopping! <grin>

My concentration is health law policy and my next degree (pending acceptance... fingers crossed) is a DrPH in policy and facility management. So, this degree really suits my goals and lets my application stand out a bit. 

Again, probably wouldn't pay 40k for it but, if my trajectory holds true it would put a couple of tools in the toolbox.