Should I go to Law School?

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[aalegalfocus]

I agree with all your excellent points. I graduated from Georgetown law but it wasn't a bed of roses for me either. Many of my peers have quit the profession and others are struggling. Thanks for spreading the truth-- it's not like TV and the movies!

[mrdrgriffin]

Excellent points and I agree with every single one. Whenever I explain this to people they think I'm being negative but I always tell them I'm being realistic. I went to a tier 2 (high in the tier though) law school without having a real passion for the law and really struggled just to find reasonable employment. I ended up working for the federal government but my law career never blossomed. In hindsight my heart just wasn't in it and that matters when you're in such a competitive field. It's actually been really painful since I graduated and I consider it to have been five steps backward to take one step forward.

I don't know exactly what has happened in the last 20 or so years but law is just not the field it once was.

Thanks for this video. I'm going to share it with a family member who recently told me he was interested in law school.

[ECO]

I enjoyed my time in law school, but I always knew I didn't want to practice law. I was an accountant for ten years before I went to law school. I graduated from law school at age 34 and got myself a job as a college professor shortly thereafter. To this day, that has been the best career decision I ever made. That said, I've been out of law school 26 years since graduation, and as I see it, the two single biggest problems connected with law school are the oversaturated legal job market and the almost prohibitive tuition. In the mid 90s, the tuition at the school I went to (I won't say where) was $15, 000 per annum for in-staters and $18, 000 for out-of-staters (which I was). Those were reasonable amounts back then and I damn near bankrupted myself to pull it off even then. At my alma mater now, the in-state rate is $31, 000 per annum for in-staters and $40, 000 per year for out-of-staters. No wonder people are finishing law school with $150-$200k in debt. If I were 31 years old now contemplating law school as compared to 1995, I can't say that I'd do it again, and I absolutely loved law school. There's absolutely no way that I'd have $200k in law school debt working a $70, 000, 90 hours per week job chained to a desk doing nothing but document review. I'd be ashamed to call myself a lawyer if that was all I did.

[yesihavealastname]

i don't know why people hate the skilled trades (electrician, plumber, mechanic, etc.) so much.
i work in a trade, and also sell home cooked food. i make $120k a year (pre-tax), and have zero student loan debt.
i thank God i never cared about things like prestige and status. i was always a dumb person, so college was never for me anyway.😂
i'm glad and grateful things worked out for me tho.

[TeamTimeRiders]

T2 1L here who transferred to a T20. This is the best video for anyone looking for the most concise and succinct advice on law school. You should go to the best law school you get into. You can get a great legal education anywhere, and I got a great education at my T2, but a higher ranked law school Won’t try and squeeze money out of you at the cost of your personal dignity and wellbeing. When thinking about money over rank, MAKE SURE YOUR SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NOT CONDITIONAL. Lower ranked law schools often curve around a B- and require you to be near the top of your class to keep your scholarship.

[zachjones]

The LSAT is a predictor for L1 performance. Being a successful attorney is largely dependent upon good social networking.

[TonJravolta]

I'm an older student in the process of changing careers and it's scary. I've always been passionate about law and have always wanted to be an attorney since I was in grade school and I'm finally working my way towards that goal. Thanks for this video Nick, you keep it real brother. Looking forward to seeing more.

[manuela]

Hey Nick, you mind giving me the link to the best study guides and books for the LSATS

[criminallaw]

The problem is a lot of kids are strongly encouraged to attend college, even if they have no real interest in or desire for higher learning. They come out with a degree in "philosophy" or something equally worthless, and end up working a very low-paid job and living at home with their parents. They realize they are in a dead-end position, and can't possibly service their student loans, never mind buying a house/car/getting married etc. So. . .if they attend Law School they can put off their loans for another 3 years (borrowing another 150K or so for their tuition in law school, possibly much more for living expenses). Law school admissions people will happily promise them jobs that don't exist for 99.99 percent of law school graduates (in fields like Space Law, Sports Law, and Museum Law) and tell them that with their gigantic starting salaries, paying back those loans will be a breeze. It's a big mess. Law school is often just a 3Y escape from reality for people, and it typically doesn't end well for them.

[stephenallen]

Are there any states where someone can try to pass the bar exam without going to law school?

If not, then, why can’t someone at least try?

[torstenheling]

Never go to law school. Ever. Don’t ruin your life.

[cascam]

Indeed graduating from a "high ranking" law school can be disastrous IF you are NOT in the 10% of your class. Many of us have graduated from a state-accredited school, paid extremely low tuition rates (out-of-pocket), gained bar admission and live EXTREMELLY well running our profitable biz. Those who possess this independent entrepreneurial approach towards law, can positively say: screw the LSAT score, screw law school rankings, screw scholarships, screw the nightmare problem created by the bell-curve grading system, screw the idea of interviewing to land nothing more than a mediocre 8AM-8PM associate position chained to your desk

[EssaysCollege]

I'm not a lawyer but I thought I heard somewhere that Tier 1 law schools include just the top 14 schools.

[andreware]

Ok so I’m in law school, finishing 1L. I don’t plan to work as an attorney- but the knowledge I have already acquired will help me in ANY field I enter. I’ve learned what constitution law, how cases are treated, the levels of scrutiny courts apply, what are fundamental rights- reading cases like Marbury really open your mind. Studying crim law taught me what is a crime, what are the elements- what’s a strict liability crime. contracts really opened my eyes to how relationships work in business, legal writing taught me how to write in the IRAC/CRACC method- and the analytical way of looking at information. I think everyone should go to law school to understand how the world around us works. We are governed by laws all our lives and going to law school teaches us how to navigate through it. I think law school is like the liberal arts for adults. Basically even as a 1L i have lost the intimidation of the the system! if a cop stops me at a traffic light- I have zero nervousness, dealing with my landlord no problem- having in-depth knowledge about law is like having a black belt in jujitsu! Also to add moot court taught me how to articulately argue a point- so basically law school education will make you better at anything else you do in life! So id say, if you get a good scholarship- regardless of the tier of the school do it!

[lehmcn]

Can you please talk about IB classes a little bit? Such as comparing AP and IB

[mw]

Will the LSAT go away (in 2025 and thereafter)? 🤔

[leoloza]

Can you make a video about fashion law? Like what you hear from people who you went to school with who are fashion lawyers? Classes that a geared to people want to study fashion law?

[kaosactual]

I think it all depends on where you are in life. I want a JD as an executive. I dont want to practice law. Im 38. I want to use it to move up the executive ladder. Thats all.

[stephen]

💯 make sure if you go, go to one in an area you want to practice in. If you don’t, you will regret it. Also, T14 is real. Ya it is snobbish but the law is snobby. It sucks but that is reality.

[aaronwest]

Personally, I don't think you should try and attend law school first and foremost, if you're thinking about money. The field is packed with people that care about getting money. The job, however, is a representative for someone's life. Either their life in criminal court, or the life they have built up for themselves via their company or assets. You are there to protect your client and do the best job for them as possible. Don't enter if you are in it for the money. The field doesn't need more attorneys like that.