OK - here is another self-examination question.
Do you like working with people? Specifically, do you like to meet with and interact with new people all the time?
Law is a human activity - laws are not made, nor are they enforced, in a vacuum. Even if you are a lawyer who never sets foot in a courtroom, you will always be, to one extent or another, interacting with people. Even if you are a patent lawyer (a lawyer that must have a background in engineering or science to get licensed), you will need to constantly meet with and interact with people.
It is not a job for those who dislike people or who have some innate fear of constantly seeing new faces.
Once again, this is a question you need to answer yourself. No one can do it for you and certainly no law school recruiter or "cheerleader" for the lawyer profession will advise you otherwise. Even if you spend all of your time doing nothing other than legal research, you will have to spend time speaking with your clients (who will be other lawyers).
Think carefully on this. I have known law school graduates who passed the bar and found the practice of law very uncomfortable because of the above. Before you invest the time and money into law school, make certain you know this bit of information about yourself.
Do you like working with people? Specifically, do you like to meet with and interact with new people all the time?
Law is a human activity - laws are not made, nor are they enforced, in a vacuum. Even if you are a lawyer who never sets foot in a courtroom, you will always be, to one extent or another, interacting with people. Even if you are a patent lawyer (a lawyer that must have a background in engineering or science to get licensed), you will need to constantly meet with and interact with people.
It is not a job for those who dislike people or who have some innate fear of constantly seeing new faces.
Once again, this is a question you need to answer yourself. No one can do it for you and certainly no law school recruiter or "cheerleader" for the lawyer profession will advise you otherwise. Even if you spend all of your time doing nothing other than legal research, you will have to spend time speaking with your clients (who will be other lawyers).
Think carefully on this. I have known law school graduates who passed the bar and found the practice of law very uncomfortable because of the above. Before you invest the time and money into law school, make certain you know this bit of information about yourself.
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