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Interesting piece. A couple local law schools here in Florida tried to double their enrollments in the last 5 years. What ended up happening was they had to ban

Interesting piece. A couple local law schools here in Florida tried to double their enrollments in the last 5 years. What ended up happening was they had to bankroll bullshit clerkship jobs for the students to be able to get any sense of a job, lest their rankings tank. By having these 3-6month clerkships underwritten by the school (presumably paid for by the ridiculous tuition), the school was able to say that 90% of their students had a job within 6 weeks of graduation. I at one point in my life thought I wanted to be a lawyer. I even took the LSAT prep stuff while interning at a law firm while in college. That was the most boring, time wasting 3 months of my life. I RARELY meet a lawyer who loves being a lawyer.

voolite 12y ago
Lawyer here-- graduated in the 1990's. I do enjoy being a lawyer, but I have a solid job working for a government agency where my particular skills and area of expertise (a relatively obscure set of federal regulations) are valued and I have interesting co-workers. I would not want to work for a large firm, however, even though I theoretically could be paid much more. Before I went to law school, I worked for over a year in a small law office, where I was taught the old fashioned way how to do legal research; I enjoyed the heck out of it. All my life I've been the kind of person who likes to look up stuff just for fun. Funny what you say about LSAT test prep-- actually taking the LSAT was one of the most enjoyable, exhilarating moments in my life. For those who haven't taken it, it's basically a test of reading comprehension and logic puzzles, all taken at breakneck speed. I've always been able to read more quickly than most, and I enjoy logic and mathematics so it's not like these skills were new to me, I felt like I'd been preparing for it my whole life. It was like doing a speed run down a mountainside, but with my mind. I scored at the 99.3%. I also really enjoyed law school, and I wound up graduating at the top 5% of my law school class. However, it really, really isn't for everyone.

voolite 12y ago

Lawyer here-- graduated in the 1990's. I do enjoy being a lawyer, but I have a solid job working for a government agency where my particular skills and area of expertise (a relatively obscure set of federal regulations) are valued and I have interesting co-workers. I would not want to work for a large firm, however, even though I theoretically could be paid much more. Before I went to law school, I worked for over a year in a small law office, where I was taught the old fashioned way how to do legal research; I enjoyed the heck out of it. All my life I've been the kind of person who likes to look up stuff just for fun. Funny what you say about LSAT test prep-- actually taking the LSAT was one of the most enjoyable, exhilarating moments in my life. For those who haven't taken it, it's basically a test of reading comprehension and logic puzzles, all taken at breakneck speed. I've always been able to read more quickly than most, and I enjoy logic and mathematics so it's not like these skills were new to me, I felt like I'd been preparing for it my whole life. It was like doing a speed run down a mountainside, but with my mind. I scored at the 99.3%. I also really enjoyed law school, and I wound up graduating at the top 5% of my law school class. However, it really, really isn't for everyone.