I graduated LSU Law School in the late 70s. If you're interested in either Texas law schools or Arizona law schools, you need to decide in which state you most want to live.
Networking is a big deal in law school. If you want to live out your life in Arizona, go to a
Arizona law school, so you can make the most of your contacts with classmates, etc.
Ditto with Texas, although UT Law School has the kind of reputation as a law school that you could take to another state, or country.
Law school is precisely like that shown in the movie 'The Paper Chase.' There will be plenty of 'Professor Kingsfields' that will be all too happy to embarrass the crap outa you in front of your peers. They figure they can weed out the 'nancy-boys' with that stuff and afterwards
you'll never be scared of judges dressing you down in the courtroom.
It's pretty grueling. Two students in my class committed suicide, one in the beginning, another shortly before graduation, but, hey, they mighta done that no matter what obstacles they came across in life.
I've always thought that English was the perfect major for those thinking of going to law school later. You will certainly be tested on your memory of crap that you will never need to know again. Trust me on this.[:D]
Get in a good study group, make all the friends you can, live like a monk for 3-4 years, and you'll be jes' fine.
I always vowed that I would continue to be knowledgeable and conversant in all areas of the law. Forget it, ain't gonna happen.
It's too early for you to decide what kind of law you may practice (if 'Prof. Kingsfield' doesn't blow you out the first semester), just concentrate on making good grades. The failure rate at LSU Law School is now fifty percent of the entering freshman class! They are really trying to cut down on the number of lawyers that are graduated nowadays.
I practice mostly bankruptcy, real estate, and corporate law. I go to Court maybe four times a month on various cases, rest of the time I'm in my office. Pretty humdrum stuff, but it's kept me in 'chips and dip' for many years, and BTW, I do have an ENORMOUS GUN COLLECTION![:D]
Eric The Hun, Esq.[>]:)]