Current Events > I think I'm gonna take the LSAT.

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Not like anybody wants to hire my tech degree in this economy

I wouldn't go the law direction either. If you haven't been keeping up, AI is on the verge of slaughtering that field.

anything can happen. but the most likely result is four years from now you have a JD from a midtier law school that renders you roughly as unmarketable as you are now, just to a different class of rejecting entities

unless you pocketed a lot of dough from your tech career, you will also be significantly in debt

If you are serious about wanting to go down a legal path and have technical experience it can be quite advantageous. Id recommend finding an attorney to sit down with and chat with because the real job is not what most people think.

voldothegr8 posted...

I wouldn't go the law direction either. If you haven't been keeping up, AI is on the verge of slaughtering that field.

Maybe in another 5 to 10 years when it stops making up cases.

Anyways, being a lawyer is only something you should do if you actually really want to do it tc.

Being a patent attorney can be very lucrative, if that's the path you wanna go down. But be very aware of your debt load, and get into THE most prestigious school you can, because the law is very elitist. And do whatever you have to do to get good grades overall, or at the very least in subjects relevant to your future career. Nothing will be more important for three years.

As for the LSAT, you should blindly take a few practice tests to figure out what you suck at and then spend a few months grinding to improve at those. The LSAT score will have a lot to do with where you get in because a high score will make them see everything in a positive light and a low score will do the opposite.

I've thought about law school my whole life, I just wasn't sure I wanted to go right after 4 years of college. I generally know what the practice of law entails.

If I only got accepted into 'middler' institutions then I simply wouldn't go to law school. Can't say this without arrogant but based on my life in academics and my work on official practice tests, I'm confident I'd score ~99th percentile

Definitely take an LSAT review/prep course!

Doe posted...

I've thought about law school my whole life, I just wasn't sure I wanted to go right after 4 years of college. I generally know what the practice of law entails.

If I only got accepted into 'middler' institutions then I simply wouldn't go to law school. Can't say this without arrogant but based on my life in academics and my work on official practice tests, I'm confident I'd score ~99th percentile

Alright then

Make sure to take some review courses and good luck.

If you want a test prep course, I can recommend PowerScore.
If you want an admissions coach/consultant, I can recommend https://www.toplawcoach.com/
I am not a lawyer, but I am related to a few.

tankboy posted...

Definitely take an LSAT review/prep course!

My parents paid for a whole LSAT prep course for me the summer before I took the test. HoweverI mostly blew it off. I had just gotten engaged, and my future wife and I were spending the summer before our senior year apart in our home towns (the last time we would be apart for more than a day or two to date).

I missed her terribly and sulked through the whole summer. I whined through a family vacation, half-assed my job and almost never went to my expensive LSAT prep course. It was not my finest hour. My Mom is still a little pissed to this day, mainly because I was constantly mopey during a trip she had planned for a long time. She was right too-I was being a brat. I really missed my future wife!

I still did fine on the LSAT-I am very dumb, but I have always taken tests well. But I recommend being smarter than me and actually doing prep work, for reduction of stress if nothing else.

I also echo what others have said here: Be very sure you want to be a lawyer before taking that direction. I love practicing law-I have been a lawyer since 2003, and I could not be happier. But I found law school and bar exam prep pretty miserable. It is absolutely doable (if I can do it, anyone can!), but it is a few years of hard times in exchange. Make sure the trade is worth it to you.

And best of luck TC! I am sure you will shine if that is the path you choose!