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I'm a former Kaplan LSAT instructor and graduate of a top-3 law school. I've been advising law school applicants professionally for six years.
My primary advice to someone at this stage of the game is to be realistic about what you need to do. Both law school admissions and the legal profession are brutally hierarchical. Your GPA/LSAT and where you went to undergrad will largely determine where you can go to law school; your law grades and where you went to law school will largely determine what jobs you can get. So the first step is to figure out what kind of lawyer you want to be and where (small firm in South Carolina? Prosecutor in Richmond?), and then work backwards to figure out what credentials you need to get those jobs. Will your GPA and LSAT get you the necessary credentials for the job you want? Figure that out BEFORE you decide to go to law school.
Whether law school is easy or difficult, and whether it is fun or miserable, depend completely on who you are, where you go, and what you're trying to achieve there. I had a blast in law school, but I went to a school where you don't have to worry about grades. As a rule of thumb, the less competitive it is to get into the law school, the more competitive it is once you're there. Outside of the very top tier, your law grades will matter. A LOT. That doesn't usually make for a pleasant lifestyle.
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