u/DinoNuggetQueen

Every single person I’ve spoken to who went to law school and is or was practicing at one point has advised me against going and practicing. I remember asking lawyers 10 years ago when I was in undergrad and got the same answer I do now as a 29F with a lot more work and life experience. Mind you, this is right at the start of the conversation before any questions are asked about the different elements of life that could help or hinder my capacity to do it.

I find it irritating because on the one hand, yes grueling hours and debt burden are very real, but on the other, it feels like projection. I’m studying for the lsat and now feel like I’m just doing it in spite of everyone’s advice.

A lot of people say, you can find a way to do what you want without a law degree. But I wonder how being in those rooms, having the knowledge, meeting people in and out of law school, practicing for a bit etc. actually was part of the path that helped them pivot into another side of law, business, or something else.

I’d be curious to hear from lawyers, students, and applicants at a similar stage with law school.

Just scared off two young guys knocking on doors in east bedstuy who said they were brokers at Douglas Elliman. I came home and one of them asked me if I’d be interested in selling….I’m a young black woman, so do with that information what you will.

Something really didn’t sit right with me because I watched them after I went inside and they weren’t ‘prospecting‘ like normal people. They were lurking and pacing the specific half of the block that I know are all multi generational black family owned brownstones. Just standing right in front of doors past the gates and ringing homes multiple times. Would they do that in other neighborhoods?

I went up and gave them my piece and said they were whack and creepy for doing this when the visibility of predatory illegal AND legal real estate practices have really started to come to a head. Full disclaimer - I’m a not so recent transplant and renter and I love this community and feel like the privilege I have I’m definitely going to use.

I just want to make others aware and make sure my gut wasn’t tripping?