I am extremely interested in the law. I took a variety of law classes undergrad and was even pre-law for some time. Heck, I keep up with business law like most guys follow sports. Other than snow skiing I really couldn’t care less.
My desire has always been to go, but I have always feared not being able to support my myself and family, under a heavy debt load. It seems to be what makes many young lawyers unhappy. If I do it, I am going to DO it. No looking back and wondering if I made the right decision. I did that with sales.
While I am very good at what I do, I am miserable. 99% of the work is brainless. 1% of it is great. I love to present and close a big deal, but sorting through the chaff is pure drudgery. Once I have someone with a pulse and the authority to pull the trigger I love to turn it on. I have no illusions that doc review will be pure stimulation, but I don’t think it will be 95% of my day if I can help it… and even if it was, I get into that sort of stuff anyway.
Sorry to give the impression that it was a fleeting thought. At this point I really want to be an attorney, but am looking at it logically before I make a 100k education purchase.
My attempt here was to get a very pragmatic view of of the legal market because there is so much contradictory information out there. My desire has always been there, I just wanted to know if anyone here held the opinion that the legal sky was falling.
I figured there would no better place than among the piggs to get well thought out advice.
