Craziest/Worst/Weirdest Reason You've Heard for Going to LS? Forum

scifiguy · Post by **scifiguy** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:55 pm

In real life, what's the craziest/weirdest/worst reason you've heard someone give for wanting to go to law school?

twenty · Post by **twenty** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:04 pm

I didn't recognize you for a second. And then I remembered. :D

deadpanic · Post by **deadpanic** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:13 pm

Worst (and most common) is "i want to help people."

bizzybone1313 · Post by **bizzybone1313** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:14 pm

I want to practice Big Law to make $160K. There are much easier and safer ways to print money than law school.

cinephile · Post by **cinephile** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:29 pm

to find a spouse
to make my parents happy
because I don't know what else to do

TripTrip · Post by **TripTrip** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:30 pm

"Because I want to be a lawyer."

scifiguy · Post by **scifiguy** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:30 pm

cinephile wrote:to find a spouse
to make my parents happy
because I don't know what else to do

??? #1 really? kind of an expensive way to do so, huh?

RELIC · Post by **RELIC** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:31 pm

I love to argue.

gaud · Post by **gaud** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:31 pm

RELIC wrote:I love to argue.

This is a good one

scifiguy · Post by **scifiguy** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:32 pm

deadpanic wrote:Worst (and most common) is "i want to help people."

This one is both good and bad. It's good for obvious reasons (I think there are probably many people whoh sincerely want to do it for that reason), but if they aren't aware of the costs and low job prospects, then that person will turn out to be the one needing help possibly!

TripTrip · Post by **TripTrip** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:33 pm

scifiguy wrote:
cinephile wrote:to find a spouse
to make my parents happy
because I don't know what else to do

??? #1 really? kind of an expensive way to do so, huh?

But then you get the best kind of spouse: one that's never home and carries years of soul-crushing debt!

Barack O'Drama · Post by **Barack O'Drama** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:50 pm

RELIC wrote:I love to argue.

This.

reasonable_man · Post by **reasonable_man** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:23 am

Job Security

Pneumonia · Post by **Pneumonia** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:37 am

"because I'm attracted to the competitive nature of law school"

Tom Joad · Post by **Tom Joad** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:41 am

I went to law school because I ran out of shitty TLS thread ideas and had to find something else to do. I don't think you are ready yet.

prezidentv8 · Post by **prezidentv8** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:42 am

reasonable_man wrote:Job Security

HA

Winston1984 · Post by **Winston1984** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:53 am

A woman in her thirties told me she wasn't interested in practicing law, but she wanted to go to law school for the academic achievement.

reasonable_man · Post by **reasonable_man** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:26 am

50 year old woman at a T4 and no scholarship taking out loans to pay for all 3.5 years ... because she failed two classes and needed more time to graduate ... Because she wants to help people...

I wonder - Who will help her?

CaptainLeela · Post by **CaptainLeela** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:45 am

Welcome to TLS

LaMuSayonga · Post by **LaMuSayonga** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:48 am

TripTrip wrote:"Because I want to be a lawyer."

This.

nickb285 · Post by **nickb285** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:33 am

UndecidedMN · Post by **UndecidedMN** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:38 am

Women find lawyers sexy. You can just tell by watching "Suits".

NYstate · Post by **NYstate** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:49 am

Because my parents are rich and want me to go to law school next year.

( so where is the best social scene?)

Ruxin1 · Post by **Ruxin1** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:00 am

NYstate wrote:Because my parents are rich and want me to go to law school next year.

( so where is the best social scene?)

cinephile · Post by **cinephile** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:44 pm

Because I want a job that challenges me, intellectually.

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