lawelder

newbie - I worked for years after college before going to law school, and the main thing I'd have done differently is become a paralegal for the time before law school. Law school is extremely competive, the experience is not at all like the work you will do as a lawyer, and the debt level is around $80,000. If I'd gone the paralegal route, I'd have understood the work better, struggled less with the material, and had a higher paying job than the business position I worked in the interim at a bargain level of debt. I'd have still chosen to go to law school when I did, but would have been better prepared for both school and career and made more money during my "family years" between college and law school.

It depends on where you are in your life. Do you want to work for a while and have kids before law school? I'd go for the paralegal position. If you have a great GPA and LSAT and have a chance at a top school, I'd go for law school immediately. Think hard about issues like relocation and family time as well as money and prestige. Think very hard about incurring $80,000 of student loan debt if you aren't sure you want to go to law school.