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Incoming 1Ls / Re: How did you choose your specialization?
« on: January 31, 2009, 10:39:49 AM »
I'll continue the echo - there are some people who think they know exactly what they want to do, but don't take it as absolute truth that they're right. Plenty of people change their minds during their first year of law school.
Going into 1L year, your only real worry is the answer you have to the casual question "so what do you want to do with your JD?," because it's not like your chosen or not-chosen specialty affects your classes.
I'm a 1L with absolutely no idea what I want to specialize in - I can't even decide between transactional or litigation! But I'm talking to lawyers, trying new things, and not really worried about it - I'd rather make the most informed choice I can as late in the game as possible than make a choice now and end up doing something I hate.
Going into 1L year, your only real worry is the answer you have to the casual question "so what do you want to do with your JD?," because it's not like your chosen or not-chosen specialty affects your classes.
I'm a 1L with absolutely no idea what I want to specialize in - I can't even decide between transactional or litigation! But I'm talking to lawyers, trying new things, and not really worried about it - I'd rather make the most informed choice I can as late in the game as possible than make a choice now and end up doing something I hate.