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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t go into law for any reason other than being really interested in law[/quote]

Thoroughly understand the type of law job you're seeking BEFORE you take the LSAT and apply to law school.

In your DC's case, this means talking to a lot of corporate lawyers about their day-to-day lives. What they do at work, how long they do it each week, is it predicatble/conducive to having a life outside work, how has it changed over time as they've grown more senior, and what do they wish they knew about corporate law back when they were in college.

If they're willing to share a printout of their time for the past two weeks (with all client-identifiable information redacted), all the better. Seeing what actually does with all those .4 and 3.2 amounts of time might be very enlightening.

Bottom line: Some people are made for corporate law. They genuinely like it and are not bothered by the long hours or tedious parts of the job. But many/most truly had no idea what they were signing up for. Don't let your DC be the latter type of lawyer. That life sucks. [/quote]

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