<p>Hi, I'm a junior in high school and I'm considering entering corporate, patent, or medical law. But i hear so many horror stories of people not passing the BAR and not making it through law school. Is it true that it's almost impossible? Do only the genius people do well?</p>
<p>How can I best prepare for law school? </p>
<p>Thank you!!!</p>
<p>most people make it through law school just fine. in the “olden days” schools like harvard law school used to admit many more people than they would graduate in order to weed out many of the candidates. that is not done anymore; the competitiveness is now in the admissions process, but once you are in, you will probably graduate.</p>
<p>regarding the bar exam, it depends on a school by school basis. in general, if you get into a top school, you will probably pass the bar. harvard law usually has passage rates above 95%; texas southern has a passage rate of approximately 55%. </p>
<p>don’t be too concerned with graduation or passing the bar, provided you are heading to a pretty good school.</p>
<p>You mainly prepare by completing high school and then college with choice of major in college not really mattering as law schools take applicants from virtually all majors. You will need good grades in college and a good LSAT score (taken likely after junior year of college). You are thus quite a ways from when you really have to worry about whether you can do law school.</p>
<p>Since large numbers graduate from law school annually, being a genius is not a prerequisite. Yes, many don’t make it through law school and that is usually a result of withdrawal when they realize they either cannot handle it or, just as likely, realize it was not something they really wanted to devote their time to. Law school is a shock to many college students, particularly those who may have cruised through college getting high grades but not having to work too hard and then get to law school and realize everybody else there also had high grades in college and it takes 60 to 80 hours a week of study just to barely keep up. If you want a taste for what law school might be like read a book entitled “One L” by Scott Turow. Yes, a number do not pass the bar the first time but generally the vast majority who graduate from ABA accredited law schools do.</p>
<p>The problem is not about not being able to get into a law school or not being able to pass BAR. The real problem is whether a law graduate after passing BAR can find a decent job. Would a student still want to be a lawyer if he/she could only get a job earning $70K a year as a lawyer (with 120K in debt)? I used to believe that a student from T14 would be safe. Now, I do not think that it is the case per the following link. OP is still young. You will have plenty opportunities to re-assess your goal in the college. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/925104-article-law-job-prospects.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/925104-article-law-job-prospects.html</a></p>
<p>While few students fail out of law school in general, many low-ranked schools have curves designed to fail out a significant number of students. Anyone who can graduate from law school is capable of passing any bar exam (though California’s is significantly more difficult than any other state’s). People generally fail because they either didn’t take it seriously enough, had an ill-conceived study plan, or just had a really bad day (illness, exhaustion, stress, etc.) on the day of the exam.</p>