Is law boring?

The practice of law can be very challenging and stressful, but also very rewarding. Most lawyers are paid well for their services, but sometimes the cost is working many hours. I doubt that you would be bored, depending on the field you enter. There are more low key legal jobs, which you might find boring. The key would be to borrow as little money as possible for law school, then find a job that you find fulfilling. Hope that helps!

Hi!

Being a lawyer is extremely rewarding and interesting, but like any job, there are aspects of it that aren't as fun as others. Consider why you want to be an attorney and what your talents are. That should guide your decision to pursue law, or another field as a career.

Like another poster stated, get in to the best school you can for undergraduate and law school but pay as little as you can. If there is a full ride somewhere, take it.

Do a lot of research into what you find interesting. Take some time, and find out what your strengths and weaknesses are, and compare them to what you know about being an attorney. There are multiple types of attorneys including trial attorneys, research and writing attorneys, rainmakers, transactional attorney's etc. If you like to write, and do research e.g. google and read then you may like being an attorney. If you like public speaking, and giving presentations then you may be a trial lawyer. With that said if you like both, then you can't go wrong in the practice of law.

Study for the LSAT years in advance and perfect it. Take all of the old exams, and combine all of the like sections, i.e. logical reasoning with logical reasoning, reading comp with reading comp, games with games, and get a pencil or make copies of all of it, and do each one over and over and over until you get all of them right every single time. Once you get to that point, then immediately take the LSAT. You will get a perfect score. Your undergrad GPA is important as well. Balance getting a degree in the field that holds your interest, with a degree that is challenging yet not too hard as to lower your GPA unless you want to do a specialized type of law like patent law. In that case, you would do well getting an engineering degree.

Armed with a high GPA and a perfect LSAT, you will be guaranteed to get a full ride at a top school. It may not be Yale, or Harvard, or Stanford, but if you can get a full ride to a top 15 school then you are golden. If you get into Yale, Harvard, or Standord, then just pay the full tuition as the name is invaluable in this line of work. ANYTHING outside of that make sure you get a scholarship. ANYTHING outside of the top 15-25 then I would advise getting a full scholarship.

The road to becoming a lawyer is very hard, time consuming, and very very expensive. You put a lot of time and effort in to this, and make huge sacrifices. This is one of the single most important decisions you will make in your life. Please make sure it is something that you really want to do otherwise you will be very unhappy, and possibly owe a ton of money without a way to pay it back as many new or recent graduates are finding out.

Not all lawyers are created equal. Some are very very smart and sophisticated, and others are very very dumb and very unsophisticated. Some are very rich and some are the poorest in their entire city. You are not guaranteed a good salary as a lawyer. Additionally, ambulance chasing personal injury lawyers have given lawyers in general a bad name in this country, but then again most people remember their parents telling them that they should be a doctor or lawyer when they get older so it is a mixed bag.

Things to think about. If you really really want it, then go for it and follow my outline and you will set yourself up for success in this industry. A final note, when you get to law school, make sure that you meet all of your classmates and form relationships with these people, good relationships, close relationships with as many of them as possible. Many of them will grow in to very powerful people, and you will only benefit from knowing and keeping in contact with them.

Practicing law to me is never boring, but a challenge. It is sometime hard to balance your career with your home life. It is all in how you make it. You can create what is right for you. Good luck.