Listening to the advice and opinions of other attorneys
So you finally get the opportunity to sit down with an actual attorney and ask some questions, awesome. Yeah, awesome until “So what made you decide to be a lawyer?” turns into their one-man monologue about how much they hate their life because of their job, how long their hours are, how much money they aren’t making, and how you should basically reconsider your entire chosen career path. Unless you’re talking to a senior or managing partner whose Audi is parked outside, it really seems like every attorney you talk to will tell you to quit while you’re ahead. Gee, thanks, I feel great now.
Realizing how ridiculous competitive law school admissions are
Pre-Law students are constantly faced with the reality that whatever you do, it’s not going to be good enough. Any grade that isn’t an A probably makes your skin crawl, large quantities of reading homework just remind you of how much MORE reading you’ll have to do in law school, and then, because you’re a pre-law student, you know that universities are legally allowed to discriminate based on gender and race, so that’s great. The combined stress of your undergraduate degree and the necessary steps to take before actually applying to law school probably has you on a bi-weekly mental and emotional breakdown schedule.
But for some reason, we’re all still trying
Fine, so sue us for actually being interested (lol). In the long run, there’s something unique about the idea of law school and becoming a lawyer to each of us; it’s what keeps us going. We would apologize for our aggressive attitude on the subject, but aggression makes for a solid attorney. So sure, keep the negativity, questioning, and speculation coming, because we’re probably freaking ourselves out on our own anyway.
