What Every Activist Should Know Before Going to Law School

About ten years ago I published this short essay in the lefty law journal Unbound about the myths that mislead a lot of people who want social change to think they should go to law school, and the realities people should know before going. This week, Patricia Sully from the University of Washington’s Legal Pathways program hosted a webinar on the topic where I shared some of these ideas and people asked some great questions. Here is a captioned video recording of the session.

Discussing this with some other people led me to learn about this amazing clip which I also recommend you incorporate into your deliberations about law school: