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Top Eight Reasons Not to Go to Law School

By Robert J. Ambrogi

As far as I can tell from reading his blog, H. Luiz is currently in law school. That does not mean, however, that he is happy there (even if "happy law student" is an oxymoron). Luiz has compiled a list of the top eight reasons not to go to law school. Were it not far too late for me to reconsider, his list might well scare me away. Consider his top reason -- law school is "financial suicide." "F*ck what you heard about how much money you?re going to make when you pass the bar in 3 to 4 years -- you?re going to need at least 12 years of paying off that loan," he warns. His advice for those electing to forge ahead: "If you have a house - sell it; if you have children - sell them (but try to buy them back later)." And then there is this encouraging observation about law school's effect on the psyche: Law School will suck the creativity out of you. Law school is designed to make you a logical, stringent person who can quickly analyze any situation. There?s no room for creativity. Imagination? Imagination is for artists, chefs, bloggers, children, writers,...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).