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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over the holidays both parents sat me down and spoke to me about that they would like me to go to law school, that they think I have a natural propensity for it. I have worked as a legal secretary, and ended up doing paralegal work, and was a philosophy major.  Even though I hadn't wanted to go in the past, their words made sense and now I am interested in attending.  [/quote]
This is a terrible reason to go to law school.  Please do some research before applying.  I am a law professor, and I advise many (definitely not all, but many) students against attending law school these days.  You should only attend law school if 1) you actually want to be a lawyer, not because you don't know what else to do, 2) you are accepted at a good law school (some would say top 14, some top 25, some top 50), 3) you won't end up with tremendous student debt, and 4) you understand what the legal employment market is like.  Some reading:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/law-school-enrollment-falls-to-lowest-level-since-1987/?_r=0

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/lsd/legaled/value.authcheckdam.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tucker-max/law-school_b_2713943.html

http://insidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/

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