There’s the LSAT and there’s the Bar exam.
It doesn’t matter how you do on the Bar as long as you pass.
It matters very much how you do on the LSAT.
Any young person interested in a legal career has to grapple with the reality of these two standardized tests. The summer after graduating from Law School will be full time Bar prep. As in 8-6, five days a week. There are usually threads on CC extolling the advantages of law school even for someone that doesn’t want to practice law, but they are mostly hogwash. Having a law degree without passing the bar is a luxury for the extremely affluent, or for a successful mid-career professional (a highly regarded journalist for example) who is generally getting someone else to pay their tuition.
I’ve told kids I’ve counseled in real life- who have taken a practice test on the LSAT and scored miserably- either come up with another career path, or figure out an LSAT drill schedule that you can commit to. Everyone thinks “My life story is so exceptional, prestigious law schools will ignore my LSAT score”. Yes, if you grew up in a homeless shelter with an incarcerated parent and have a 4.0 GPA with a rigorous major, there are SOME (not all) law schools that will be modestly forgiving for an LSAT score below their general cut off range.