Reply #11: I will (I hope) graduate from law school on May 12. [View All]

[Laelth]

And, no, I don't think it would be terrible selfish to do what you propose. Most of the younger students won't have time to make the world a better place for the next 20 years. They'll be slaving away trying to pay off their student loans. You, in fact, would be the kind of person who could change the world if you had the inclination to do so, and I think you would. Passing the bar means you have a job for life. All you have to do to practice law is pass the bar. Then, nobody can stop you. You can't be fired (if you work for yourself, and nearly half of all lawyers work for themselves). And nobody can stop you from filing the suit that gets appealed all the way to the Supreme Court and changes the law.

Indeed, I strongly encourage you to go to law school. It would be nigh impossible, I think, not to use the power of a law degree for good once you got it. Your younger peers, on the other hand, have to look out for themselves before they can consider the needs of society as a whole.

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-Laelth