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.