Matthew Busick is a Content Developer at Knewton.

Two years ago, I attended an informal panel at Google featuring nine or ten in-house attorneys who were kind enough to share stories about their law school experiences and general advice. They all came from different backgrounds and had varying perspectives on law school — some loved it, some hated it, some had blocked it out of their memories.

What caught my attention, though, was that they unanimously agreed on one thing: They either wished they had waited a few years after college to attend law school or were extremely thankful that they had. Working as a paralegal, I had the opportunity to talk to a lot of lawyers of all stripes — Big Law, public interest, company in-house — and everyone (this word should raise a red flag on the LSAT, but in this case it’s meant honestly) had the same advice for prelaw college students: Read the rest of this entry »