Taking Time off Before Graduate School?

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I did try searching for this topic before posting but if there is already a thread about this, my apologies, and feel free to move/ lock. I'm entering the spring semester of my junior year and preparing to take the June LSAT, as are quite a few of my friends. Amongst my friends and I there have been quite a few debates about whether or not it is best to take time off between undergrad and graduate school. Is there really a difference between taking a year off to pay off debt, travel, write a great American novel, etc and deciding to go straight to graduate school. I'm more curious as to what current/ former law students have to say since that is the type of graduate school I wish to attend, but advice from anyone that has taken time off before grad school is greatly appreciated.