What's your take on this? What do you think are the right reasons to go to law school?
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/11/18/you-and-60000-others-have-taken-the-lsat-now-read-this/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Flaw%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Law+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Good career consulting ought to be able to help you sort this kind of thing out. University academic advisors have an incredibly limited amount of time with students (I know, I used to be one). The decision to become a lawyer ought to be entered into with deep thought and self-analysis not by default. Most people don't know what they're getting into when they apply.
Showing posts with label reasons you chose law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reasons you chose law. Show all posts
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Why did you choose law?
According to a 1990 ABA survey, 40% of lawyers chose law for the intellectual challenge. This makes sense to me. Good reason for a career choice.
Social service was the next highest cited reason at 17%. Again, very reasonable decision making.
Now for the scary one. 14% chose law because they had no attractive alternative. Clearly not a strong and compelling reason for a profession.
I can only hope that the people who chose it because they saw no attractive alternative have come to find that there is something interesting that ignites their passion over their years of practice.
Social service was the next highest cited reason at 17%. Again, very reasonable decision making.
Now for the scary one. 14% chose law because they had no attractive alternative. Clearly not a strong and compelling reason for a profession.
I can only hope that the people who chose it because they saw no attractive alternative have come to find that there is something interesting that ignites their passion over their years of practice.
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