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Originally Posted by roosta  derail but what law school did you go to and what was the price of it? what was your 4 year degree in? how tough was law school, was there lots of studying and work or was it kind of breezy like lecture courses? considering what i want to do when i grow up. |
I went to Gonzaga undergrad and Gonzaga Law, not an amazing top tier school, but you generally want to go to school where you want to practice, unless you can get into a top tier school. Expect to have over 100k in tuition over 3 years, but as you can see starting salaries make it such that if you're not retarded, student loans aren't that bad. Undergrad doesn't matter unless you want to do patents, but I double majored in Poli Sci / Religious Studies and double minored in History and Philosophy. Lawschool is mostly reading and writing, so liberal arts educations intensive on paper writing works out.
As far as studying is concerned, that really depends on you. Some people have to literally put in 40+ hours a week into studying, and they have to treat school like a job. Others have a photographic memory, and studying for them consists of practice exams, and research. I never had 100% recall, but I studied about 3 hours a week, and can memorize 80 page outlines within a day before an exam. Having the ability to process large amounts of data quickly is a good plus for law.
