<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm thinking about going into law school. However, I'm hesitant to do this because I hate English, and I do very poor in it.</p>
<p>Right now, I have a C+ in English, but I have a 4.0 in every other subject. I did a bit of the practice LSAT, and I did very well on it. I am a very logical thinker, but I can't analyze literature worth crap. I also have no interest in it. I am also a fairly good speaker, I have a good memory, and I can think quickly; all lawyer traits.</p>
<p>Do I fit the requirements to be a good lawyer? Or do you have to like writing, and be good at it, in order to be successful? I absolutely loathe critical and creative writing; especially on poems, short stories, novels, etc. Should I pursue a career, or do you not need these traits?</p>
<p>There's generally a great deal of writing involved in practicing law. You don't have to enjoy literary analysis, necessarily, but if you generally dislike writing, it's likely your true calling lies elsewhere.</p>
<p>I would add that I did not like writing UNTIL I got to law school. And now, as an appellate attorney, that is pretty much all I ever do.</p>
<p>being a lawyer involves a lot of writing and a lot or reading and analysing cases, statutes, etc. but i don't think either of those lawyerly skills have much to do with creative writing or literature. also depends on the type of law as to what type of analysis you are doing. </p>
<p>don't base whether you want to be a lawyer on how you like your english classes. isn't there some sort of undergrad course offered at your school that could give you more of a taste for this? (constitutional law, etc?) but be forewarned - even those courses won't tell you what it is like to "be a lawyer" - they may just help you understand a little more of the type of reading and analysis law school involves (which in turn may have little to do with the type of work you actually do as a lawyer). [note - i am really not saying these undergrad courses are like law school - my undergrad con law class was nothing like law school - just that they may give you a better idea than an english class as to whether you like the type of analysis involved.]</p>
<p>you may also want to look at the following thread which are comments mostly from practicing and former attorneys about what they found the practice of law to actually be like. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=78046%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=78046</a></p>