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You can go into business or real estate after being a lawyer, but usually it's a line of business that you fall into because you're a lawyer, and you realize that you've learned something about the business and can make some money at it.

I loved going to law school. I can't say I loved every minute of it, but I wanted to be a lawyer since I was in 6th grade. It's about all I ever wanted to do. I am lucky enough to love being a lawyer, but I've had good jobs that interested me. There are so many different kinds of law that you can usually find an area that interests you, but there is only one thing you can do with a law degree, and that is practice law. As Scott said, would you go to med school just for the liberal arts training and intellectual stimulation of it? Of course not. So if you don't want to be a lawyer, don't go to law school, unless you're willing to sink a hundred grand and three years into an intellectual exercise to be a more rounded person. The lawyers I know who are happy like being lawyers. The ones who are unhappy went to law school for some mixed up reason and found themselves lawyers despite themselves.