The Decision to go to Law School
Law school. This is a decision that will demand dedication and commitment. After the first Bachelor’s Degree, law school will be another three years of study. Just as with the decision to go to medical school, this will mean many years of spending money on schooling before one can collect the paychecks for both of these professions. This may influence which school one chooses to attend, especially if they will be taking out student loans.
Just because a school is more expensive does not necessarily mean that this is the best option. There are many people going to law school, more so than there are jobs, to these are odds that one must face with tenacity and drive in order to succeed. Once one makes that decision, there is the LSAT. In order to qualify to even take the exam, you must have graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree–and a high grade point average. Once that has been successfully passed, and law school has been completed, there is the Bar Exam.
So, one passes that exam, then it is time to look for a job in law offices, wherein one may or may not even see the inside realms of court rooms nor stand in front of the judge and the jury, for many years. The first years in a firm require hours spent doing research and taking interviews, filling motions and doing paperwork. This is one reason why some get very close to their dreams of being defense attorneys and prosecutors.
This is a lot of work, that requires diligence and patience which quite a few people just do not possess. Twenty years ago, in a group of friends, ten of them were lawyers. Today, six of them are still practicing law. For almost half of them, the wait or the work was just not something they had the drive to continue. However, those six attorneys are now finally having their dreams realized, and are some of the finest attorneys practicing law today.
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