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There are so many subspecialties of the law you also need to consider if the type of law you will be handling is going to fall under federal rules/jurisdictions/courts or state courts/rules/jurisdictions. For example if you go into family law it will fall under the laws of the state you are practicing in so you need to know the civil procedure and state laws of the state you are practicing in which might impact your decision on where you go to law school. Whereas another type of law like Intellectual Property falls under the federal rules and courts with some international thrown in. Also intellectual property usually requires a B.S. degree in one of the sciences to be a patent attorney.

If you can narrow down what types of law you're interested in maybe the local bar association would know more or check with the law schools themselves. There may even be books that give you a better idea what to expect. Check the career section of Barnes & Noble. That way you can do some research and fine tune in advance.

A corporate attorney once told me he had to hire on almost in an apprentice like capacity (though he was a junior attorney) for 3 years after law school just to learn the ropes to practice corporate law. There is an awful lot of specific and practical knowledge you have to learn in addition to the general stuff to practice law, give advice and draw up legal documents.

Also some types of lawyers go to court all the time while others stay in their offices a lot. It just depends on the nature of the law you are practicing. Some lawyers are hunters which are your litigators, criminal law attorneys and some are gatherers such as your estate planning attorneys.

Tax law would probably be another area where your math skills would come in handy and I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to have them for bankruptcy or real estate law either.

If you do decide to go you might want to study up on how to brief cases before you get there. There'll be enough reading the first year that anything that gives you a jump will be a big help.