Sunday, February 23, 2014

Should you go to law school? 15

OK - a few more posts until we wrap this up.

     We have discussed both why and why not you should go to law school.  Let's ask a very basic question here: if you want to go to law school, ask yourself how did you first get interested in the law

     Every lawyer I spoke with always has some story of what first "inspired" them to be a lawyer.  It can be many things:

1.     TV shows or movies (let's face it, this is how most of us first explore the idea of being a lawyer)

2.     Family member or friend who is a lawyer

3.     An encounter with the law (hopefully not a negative encounter)

4.     A career day in high school or college

5.     Reading a novel which features a lawyer as a hero (YEAH!) or villain (yeah, it happens)

6.     A class which turned out to be a prelaw class in high school or college

7.     Working with lawyers

     It is important to examine first how you came to be interested in the law as a career to really find out if a career in law is for you.

 

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