Former ass't dean, St. University School of Law
I wish more of our students and alumni could have read this book before they made their biggest career decisions.

Ass't Dean, Villanova University School of Law
Should be required reading for every law school applicant and pre-law advisor.

Kathy Morris, JD, author and legal career counselor
An inventive and informative book. Read it only if you care about your career.

Book Description
Are you making the right decision to get into--or remain--in law? Whether you're a prospective law student, a current law student, or even a practicing lawyer, the decision to enter--or remain--in law ranks among the biggest career decisions you'll ever make. From the latest research on decision-making, authors Deborah Schneider and Gary Belsky have written a unique career-building guide that will help you evaluate and answer the most basic question facing you now: Should you really be a lawyer?

From the Publisher
Walk through any bookstore and check the sections on Reference, Careers or Graduate School. You find all sorts of books that can help you ace the LSAT, get into a good law school, succeed on law school exams, land a legal job, and then manage your career. But none of them can help you answer the most basic question: should you go into law at all? Schneider and Belsky's book is the first to help you decide whether to become a lawyer ... or whether to remain one ... and how to find the right career for you.

From the Author
Too many otherwise intelligent individuals invest tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours in a post-graduate degree only to learn the high price of making a career decision without thinking through the consequences. In fact, too many law students wind up in jobs they dislike, and too many lawyers either remain unhappily trapped in practice or flee the profession without fully exploring their options, all because they fall victim to some very subtle and insidious decision-making traps. Our book draws on an innovative new field of decision-making psychology (called Behavioral Psychology) to demonstrate how you form judgements and make decisions. We believe it will help you make smarter career and life choices (and save you the ton of money your folks would have spent on law school).

About the Author
Deborah Schneider, JD, is a former associate director for career development at the University of California Hastings College of Law, and is a consultant and lecturer about career decision-making and other career issues. Gary Belsky, author of Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes, and How to Correct Them, is an award-winning journalist who writes frequently about decision-making.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Walk through any bookstore and check the sections on Reference, Careers or Graduate School. You find all sorts of books that can help you ace the LSAT, get into a good law school, succeed on law school exams, land a legal job, and then manage your career. But none of them can help you answer the most basic question: should you go into law at all? Schneider and Belsky's book is the first to help you decide whether to become a lawyer ... or whether to remain one.

SYNOPSIS

The decision to enter - or remain - in law ranks among the biggest career decisions one will ever make. In fact, it's never been more important to make the right decision, considering the six-figure expense of a law school education. From the latest research on decision-making, authors Deborah Schneider, JD, and journalist Gary Belsky, have created a unique career-building guide for prospective law students, current law students, and practicing lawyers. In addition to nuts-and-bolts advice on law school and the legal profession, their book provides an introduction to the new science of decision-making, a guide to the 12 most common decision-making traps, a series of decision assessment quizzes, a unique Self-Assessment Grid that synthesizes skills, interests and priorities ... and dozens of first-person interviews with prospective law students, current law students, and lawyers, about the decisions they made and why.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Kathy Morris

An inventive and informative book for readers across the spectrum from pre-law to law students to lawyers. Read this book only if you care about your career. — JD, author and legal career counselor

Wendy Werner

I wish more of our students and alumni could have read this book before they made their biggest career decisions. — former assistant dean St. Louis University School of Law

Elaine Petrossian