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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have time to write more because I have a court appearance, but I say GO DD!  She’s got a dream and a plan she’s excited about. Don’t we all want that for our kids?  If it turns out not to be the best fit for her, that’s ok. [b]She can make another plan[/b].

I’m a lawyer and love it. I’m not in big law (anymore) for lots of reasons, including that I also love my family and my mental health, but there is more than one way to be a lawyer and lots of paths to happiness in this world.

I would say she should go to the best law school she can get into, but it sounds like that won’t be too hard for her. I was at a t-14 school and we all agreed it that getting in was the hardest part. Once you’re in, you’re good, but I don’t think that’s true of lower-ranked schools or even all top schools. [/quote]

She can make another plan, then do what with her 300k debt?

Look, I agree with you that there are many different ways to practice the law; and that mental health challenges or learning differences do not preclude a succesful career in the law. But short-term memory issues, plus executive function issues, plus anxiety ... just are not a hopeful mix of elements.  If someone was truly, truly brilliant, they may be able to compensate and be a law professor.  But they'd still have to be able to have the ability to sit down and research and write long papers, and meet deadlines.  And those people generally don't need accommodations because they have worked out their own.  I just don't think someone who doesn't have the executive functioning to be able to take the LSAT in the normal amount of time is ever going to be a happy or successful lawyer.  Dyselxic?  Sure.  ADHD?  Ok.  Depression and/or anxiety?  Keep and eye on it.  It's really the lack of short-term memory and executive function that make going to law school a really bad idea here.  [/quote]

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