Determine if a career in law is right for you. Lawyers work long hours, especially when they are preparing for a trial. Instead of eating dinner with your family, you may be stuck doing research in the office. While you are in law school, you are required to study for a lot of hours to make good grades. Sometimes law students have to choose between spending a Saturday night with their friends or studying for a test. Some law students may even have to quit their jobs or only work part-time because they have so much work at school. Before you make the decision to attend law school, learn more about the career online or through books.
Apply to a law school of your choice. To be eligible for law school, you must have a four-year undergraduate degree in any subject. In your application, you must submit a personal statement, LSAT (the standarized test for law school) scores, transcripts and letters of recommendation. The Law School Admission Council says to talk about your personal and educational experiences in your personal statement. An applicant should convey how he stands out from other applicants in his essay.
Attend the interview. During the interview, you may be asked about your future career goals, your expectations about law school, your strengths and weaknesses and reasons why you want to be a lawyer. According to Georgia Southern University, the interviewer wants to know what kind of person you are, how well you communicate and how you handle pressure. In addition, ask your interviewer a few questions about the law school to which you are applying.
Go to law school. In order to earn a high salary in your first year out of law school, you must get good grades. Most of your grades in law school will be determined by the scores you receive on your final exams, according to the Princeton Review. A final exam take most students three to four hours to complete. Begin preparing for the final exam in the beginning of the semester by attending every class, studying and asking questions about subjects you don't understand. Also consider arranging group study sessions with your classmates