<p>Susan, I would agree that going to law school "just for the heck of it" is different than furthering another career. I went to law school and the only "fun" I had was passing the darn bar exam. It was an otherwise challenging and grueling 4 years (at night while working full-time days) that I would never want to repeat. The best part of doing it the way I did was that I only had $5,000 of student loan debt, as I was able to pay as I went.</p>
<p>I wouldn't want to be a lawyer either.</p>
<p>I'd rather be a judge or an academic.</p>
<p>Many schools do ask you for a personal statement to address what you hope to do with your law degree. For many, it is optional or a suggested idea of a personal statement.</p>
<p>For a fairly simple reason, I concur with CD that law schools want to turn out practicing lawyers: USNews (and often their own Career Services) will list the percentage of students who have jobs in the legal field at graduation and nine months later. If a student has no intention of practicing law, he will automatically not be among those listed. The top schools will sometimes have numbers at or approaching 100% for students in law related fields nine months after graduation.</p>
<p>I'm going to be attending NYU Tisch for recorded music (undergrad) next year. And, after school I want to attend law school, because I'm pretty sure that having a law degree will help me get better jobs in the music industry. I don't want to be a lawyer though...so i think its ok.</p>
<p>actually i DO want to practice law [i love Law, it's my passion] i took a course in law and society in my h.s. and loved it...</p>
<p>i'm just not sure i want to be a lawyer, cuz it could be boring and somewhat of a pain in the .....as everybody depends on you to do the job...</p>
<p>in any event, I DO want to do something with "law" because it excites me.</p>
<p>I hate the engineering/chemistry department because it requires LAB and I HATE labs! If it didn't need lab, I'd do that instead</p>
<p>I just can't stand labs...</p>
<p>"everybody depends on you to do the job"</p>
<p>Not to pick on you or anything, but this is what most <b>all</b> good jobs look for in people!</p>
<p>The thing is, you're probably not at the point in your life where you are ready to consider careers yet - I mean, you're still in high school! Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>nope i'm done w/h.s. for 2 years</p>
<p>what type of law is the most fun to study?</p>
<p>I agree, law school isn't just for lawyers. The advice I've always heard is, if you get into YLS or HLS, by all means, go, even if you aren't sure you want to practice law.</p>
<p>Somewhere up there a couple posts have mentioned an overflow in lawyers thus there would a decrease in demand... Actually, according to the US Dept of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, too many lawyers today may not be such a bad thing in a couple of years, at least for certain areas of law. The demand would actually increase due to the growth in legal action for the following areas: health care, intellectual property, international law, elder law, environmental law, and sexual harassment.</p>
<p>As for international law, I've read that most law schools in the United States focus on American law. What exactly is meant by international law? does that include immigration?</p>