Advice for a friend

[janegold]

I tell people not to go to law school all the time. You don't have to point out your doubts about him personally; perhaps tell him all the tales of the law students who couldn't find law jobs and are barely making enough to live on, let alone repay six-figure student debt. There are PLENTY of those stories and I'm sure you know some personally.

[Gato]

I think if he's paying for it he needs to take a good, hard look at whether it's worth it to him. If he sounds passionate about law, then yeah, it's worth the investment. He will find a way to excel if he really, really loves it.

OTOH, I have quite a few friends who went to law school just because it seemed like the best option when they didn't really know what else to do. They ended up not practicing and saddled with debt.

[MWOS]

He thinks it's going to be like law and order.

It's going to be boring. It's going to involve both reading AND writing. This is a terrible career option.

[litebright]

He sounds like a dabbler who is better off where he is, where he can jump from class to class, degree to degree, with no consequences. That's a luxury that may be putting his view of grad school/law school off-kilter on how easy it is to just jump in and out. Plus, "callings" are overrated when they involve massive amounts of debt and/or work or schooling that you are unsuited for, IMO, and he isn't even sure this is his. 

There are plenty of articles that I've read on here or CEP the last few months on what a terrible idea law school is, I'd find them, cite them in conversation and then forward them to him. Does he want more money, or better "prestige" in a career, or what? Can you suggest that he take any legal or law-based classes at his university that would give him a taste of what he's actually up against? Take stock of the education he already has and what appealed or didn't, and what he might reasonably finish? 

If he had any potential or leanings in that direction, I'd push him to see if he's interested in technology, science and/or computer technology -- those are fields that I think in general, the job market/opportunities/salary/work-life balance are more likely to be positive than criminal justice, psychiatry or law.