Kevin is definitely right!  I had no idea what I was getting into when I applied to law school.  I thought I did, but I was wrong.  At one point, I wanted to study and try to take the bar exam before law school (which you obviously cannot do, at least in Ohio) just to see how I would do.  Now I know that would have been a complete waste of time!  Even after 3+ years of law school, I anticipate several weeks of studying for the bar exam and I am still nervous about passing.

Here is something that might help put it in perspective - to show that graduating at the top of your law school class and becoming President of the law review is a monumental accomplishment.  My first semester one of my favorite professors asked the class how many people expected to graduate in the top half of the class.  Nearly everyone raised their hand - me included.  Then he asked how many were in the top half of their undergrad graduating class.  Again nearly everyone raised their hand.  "There in lies the problem," he said.  "Everyone here was above average in their undergrad class.  Now the students that comprised the lower half of your classes are gone.  Statistically, half of you will now be in the bottom half."

So, basically only the best students from undergrad go on to law school.  And, only the top 10% of them make law review (at least that is how it worked at Capital University Law School).  Out of that top 10%, only 1 becomes President (or Editor in Chief) of the law review.  Kevin is right... only the best of the best of the best reach that level.

I am in the top 10%, I made law review, but the competition for Editor in Chief was unbelievable and way out of my league.  I didn't have a chance.

Of course, law school by itself does not qualify one to be President. But, the experience is definitely a plus.

Best,
Robert A. Franco
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