Moreover, guest speakers from various areas of the law give students a good idea about possible career paths within the legal profession. Applications should be completed and sent to the schools to which the student is applying as early as possible in the fall. But Were Afraid To Ask. This figure has increased or remained steady over the last ten years. On the other hand, keep in mind that California has more lawyers than anywhere else in the country or the world.
Law school is a full-time business.
By full-time, I mean a minimum of 10 hours a day, every day of the week. It is quite exhaustive, particularly during the first year. There is a new vocabulary to learn, and a new way of thinking. As the faculty is fond of saying, law students also have to learn to read for the first time in their lives. This point came across to me the first day of law school.