It really does depend upon the school.
LSU has a reputation of being hell on earth, and they're damn proud of it. They're suing one of their own students for owning the domain
www.lsulaw.com and using it as a personal, non-revenue generating, website.
They served him with the suit 2 weeks before finals. Right.
The philosopy around there is to be as mean as possible to generate blood sucking, soulless litigators.
We have the highest credit hour requirement of any school in the country - 97. That means mostly semesters of 16 hrs + a summer semester.
Why did I go there? Because I got a full scholarship.
I had to reapply for this scholarship, but I'm guessing I didn't get it again. They apparently don't sent out letters to reapplicants at least letting them know so they can work on other sources of funding. Nope, they just let you assume. Kinda like breaking up with someone by stopping calling them.
When visiting schools, talk to the students, and not just the ones that are set up as tour guides. Take everything that the administration says with a grain of salt - they will lie to you to get your money (at least that's how it is at LSU).
I've always handled stress pretty well, but this year really put me at the breaking point. I had to be put on anti-depressants to get me through the last month of the semester (I've stopped them now).
Regardless, law is a super-demanding field, and very difficult for a woman. I know an attorney who's super-smart and dedicated, but she's pregnant and its been rough. Her supervisors (and this is a small firm) don't give a damn and keep giving her more and more work to get her to quit. They don't even provide her with health insurance, so its not like she's a burden on their plan. They just want her to quit because she's the only female attorney and dealing with her having a baby is too much trouble.
Not the life I want. I hope to find a job as an IT manager of a law firm when I graduate.