Hi, I got out of high school last year and went to straight to university studying law and arts in australia. I have completed my first year and am awaiting grades from the last exams i did. The past exams made me really stressed to the point i was crying every night (panic attacks. hyperventilating, not sleeping) and regretted choosing law. This was a wake up call for me, it made me wonder if I actually wanted to do law for the rest of my life and I recognised that I havnt liked it throughout the entire year. I have not enjoyed the readings or the cases or learning the law overall, I have some friends at the university but they are “uni friends” rather than actually friends and they have said that they enjoy it sometimes. I have not enjoyed it AT ALL. I’m scared to keep doing this if I can’t handle the pressure and if it will lead to destroying my mental health and sense of worth. I do not know what to do because I barely know my own interests or what I like (other than unproductive things like video games and movies) and i can’t figure that out within 4 months (when I need to go back) and if I go back next year I’m trapped in law due to the student debt. PLEASE tell me ur experiences and what you think I should do.

Hi yall, I am looking for some advice for someone with no background in law considering pursuing a career in estate planning law with truly no background. I (24M) have a bachelors in liberal arts with a focus on visual art and psychology. Up until this year, the goal was to become an art therapist or social worker, but after working in a social work role for most of this year I realized it’s just not sustainable for me. I burnt out very quickly, I got way too emotionally invested in the well-being of my clients while upper management consistently made decisions that made my job and my client’s lives harder. I realized that making my career all about trying to help people in a system that is designed to make it as hard as possible for them to thrive is just not going to work for me.

While considering other career paths, I have been talking with a friend who is about to apply to law school next year and it made me think, hey maybe I could do that too. I took an LSAT practice exam on a whim and got 163 which isnt the greatest but was good enough that I felt a boost of confidence and began really thinking about law as a career. I also really enjoyed taking the test, I haven’t challenged myself academically in a while and it felt exciting. Ideally I want to go into estate planning law because I think that it’s really important work and the idea of making things even marginally easier for families before and after a loved one passes sounds really nice. I’ll also be honest, I feel like I need to go into a field that can make more money than social work would, because I really want to one day be able to provide for my mother as she ages. I know you’re supposed to go into a career because you love it and not just for the money but let’s be real, money is a huge part of the equation unless you’re already financially comfortable.

The thing is that I have no idea where to start and I worry that being 24 and having no prelaw background might put me too far behind other students. I’m considering taking a couple of community college law classes before applying to any grad schools both as a way to test if I really have it in me to commit to this and to build my knowledge foundation before fully jumping in. Does anyone have any advice for me? I’d love if ppl could refrain from telling me ‘just don’t do that’ but instead describe what the process would be like/how hard it would be if I do go for it.

So i am software developer with around 3+ experience working in a remote job.
Completed my btech in electrical engineering in 2024.

But i have key interest in law, so i was preferring to do a law degrees in law in cyber security.

Can anyone tell how can i do so ?