Lawschool Advice?

[Kevin]

Didn't realize the market was so tough. Guess I'm lucky to have a father willing to turn over his client base when he retires...

Law school is expensive as heck though. I am still having to come to terms with the reality that I'll basically have no life outside of school for the next 4 years (I'm working full time as a legal assistant while going to school in the evenings, so it's a 4 year program). Right now, tuition is $825/hr where I'm going. I'm sure it'll be a lot higher by the time I'm through.

If I can get 'er done though, I have some pretty good assurances of a successful future in private practice -- about 1/2 family law, the rest is miscellaneous civil, land condemnation, that sort of thing. I kind of regret that I won't have the same opportunities that my father did to explore different areas of the legal profession -- he was 1st Assistant Attorney General for Oklahoma, a Special Judge in Oklahoma County, and General Counsel to the Transportation Department (was the Highway Dept. back then)-- but of course government work doesn't pay that well either.

Congrats though kd on finishing school good luck on that Bar Exam. I hear it's a pretty traumatic experience for most.

Hopefully, I'll be able to take it sometime around 2009, 2010 in Oklahoma.