re: Need advice from O-T lawyers

My advice follows. Take it for what it is worth. I've been practicing for decades in several states, and I am annually involved in hiring lawyers:

1. The market in Louisiana and in many other places is oversupplied.

2. There are never enough good lawyers.

3. You sound like you are looking for an educational experience, not for a career. If so, I'd discourage you from law school.

4. Most practicing lawyers are unhappy. Many are struggling to make a living. Even lawyers who love it (like me) will tell you that it is sometimes a brutal way to make a living.

5. If you really wanted to be a lawyer, rather than playing at school for another few years, you'd probably already know it.

6. You have a high GPA and a pretty good LSAT score. That does not mean you will be successful in law school or in practice.

7. What is your end game? What kind of law would you like to practice? If you don't know that, then go dabble in something else.

8. It's hard to say who you are based on a hundred words in a post. But I can tell you I have met practicing lawyers who would have written something like you wrote. None of them made it. None of them was worth a damn at it, in fact.

You can read this any way you want. Maybe I am just a cranky old fart yelling at you to get off my lawn. Reading your post, though, I'd say you should run screaming away from law school.