<p>
</p>
<p>Tell your therapist to stop giving you stupid career advice. If s/he wants to learn about law school s/he should come here, like you did. Advising a law career based on “personality” is absurd.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>They’re fairly different, but that shouldn’t enter your decision. Law school is 3 years of your life. Your career is closer to 40. Make your decision about the 40 part, not the 3 part.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>If you’re not looking for a top 14 school, don’t bother with law. Of the T14 only one, Northwestern, cares about job experience. That said, employers care about job experience. Those with good, relevant work experience tend to perform better in terms of employment. Contrary to what most 0Ls think, good work experience is generally not being a paralegal. That’s better than K-JD, but nowhere near as good as experience in a relevant business area. </p>
<p>
</p>
<p>My typical hours are 9-7 if I’m not busy. They’re whenever I need to start to whenever I’m done if I am busy. If that means I’m working 100 hours that week, so be it. Government offices are more usually close to 9-5 though because of certain government compensation rules. Luckily, the hours is something an internship will help you see for yourself.</p>