Choosing your Law School to Become an Attorney

Despite the fact that there is a small number of law schools that teach in the regular law tradition, excluding the one university to attend requires more than just blindly throwing out applications. First of all, selecting the right type of attorney is important. Do you want to be a criminal lawyer? Patent lawyer? Perhaps real-estate law is your interest. Applicants should also take into account with caution the specifics of each law school before making a decision to becoming a real attorney. The quality of a law school is definitely a major factor but estimations of quality are very subjective, and differences in quality among schools can be overrated. Factors such as the campus atmosphere, the school's devotion to teaching and scholarship, and the applicant's enjoyment for the school also are extremely critical. Relying on general ideas of prestige and reputation does not suffice. The law schools selected on this basis may not be well-directed to the specifics of a particular student.