Should I Go to Law School?

While this topic is much discussed on the blogosphere, Professor Mitchell H. Rubinstein over at Adjunct Law Profs Blog has an excellent discussion, which can be found here.  In it he  discusses an article in the New York Times titled “An Expensive Law Degree, and No Place to Use It,” which can be found here.

I would add to the discussion that those who wish to pursue a law degree must first be passionate about the law.  Given not only the post-graduate challenges in the legal job market, a legal education is a rigorous discipline.  You have to be ready to turn down 50 yard line Dallas Cowboys tickets on Thanksgiving to study for your Property final (true story).  I have met both students cavalier about entering law school, and those whose dream is to become a lawyer.  I think, whether elite law school or not, the latter will ultimately succeed.