To Litigate or not to Litigate?

To Litigate or not to Litigate?

  1. What is law?
  2. What are the specific aspects of legal issues that interest me?
  3. What do I believe my talents to be such that I am attracted to the answer to #2?
  4. Where did I get the idea that I would be successful at legal practice?
    1. My idea?
    2. Someone else's?
  5. Is my ambition to pursue a legal career a function of 4b or because I never really thought about what to do with my talents other than _____________________________________________ ?
  6. What is my genuine motivation for pursuing the courses I elected as an undergraduate?
  7. Is there a direct relationship between what I chose to study and #2?
  8. If so, why can't I directly relate the definition and the achievement of my academic goals to my ambition to pursue legal studies and ultimately to have a legal career?
  9. What extra-curricular experiences induced me to seriously consider pursuing a legal career?
  10. Given what I am inclined to think about, why does it always come to pass that I am inclined to engage in the conceptual analysis of principles of social organization:  and the application  thereof?
  11. Even though I am interested in social contracts, why am I inclined to literally practice problems of the resolution of conflicting rights, such that I firmly believe I would be good at litigation?
  12. Compare #2 and #3 - what is my motivation for putting up with all this - is it fear or do I really just like doing this stuff?
  13. Let's suppose that I intend to go through law school in order to become an attorney.  Let's  also suppose that it does not matter how I dress or where I work.  What would I prefer to be doing while I work?  What do I think I'll actually be doing while I'm at work?