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The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

Make no mistake about it: Law school is not a bastion of intellectual discourse.

At Cardozo, study of law is part of a larger culture. You can get a law degree and make a good living, but it is best that you do that having studied the discipline for its own inherent merit, because you love studying.

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.

The truth is that I'd always wanted to go to law school.

I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.

At some point in their life, everyone thinks they should go to law school. You may in fact think you want to go to law school now.

I was in college in Washington, D.C. I did three years full-time. I did all my requirements, and my senior year was really a gut year. And I said, 'Law school will always be there.' I was in no hurry to get right into that.

I was attracted to law school because I believed it would help me prepare for a career in the real world.