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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would discourage ANYONE from going straight from undergrad to law school. Go work a "real" job, find out more about the role of lawyers in the economy from an outside perspective, if it still sounds good, start applying. [/quote]

I absolutely agree with this. Further, I don't think anyone should go to law school these days just because it seems like the law would fit their skill set. After working for a few years, she should be able to identify a specific career goal beyond "being a lawyer" -- a particular specialty she's interested in, whether she wants to work in big law, a small firm, a public interest organization, etc., because the may inform what schools she should be looking at (or whether she should cross law school off the list because she's not going to get into the kids of schools she'd need). These days, I don't think law school should be a goal in itself, you should go because you identify goal X, and law school is your best means of accomplishing that.[/quote]

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