[blindLaw] Law School & Uniform Bar Exam

[Natasha Ishaq]

Hi All,

I am reaching out with a question regarding law school and the uniform bar
exam.

One of my supervisors from a previous legal internship told me that the
main purpose of law school is to teach you how to think about the law and
how do think like a lawyer. With that in mind, I was wondering whether law
school actually helps to prepare its students for the bar? Does it depend
on the school? is this a question I should ask while deciding which school
to attend?

If law schools do, in fact, prepare you for the bar, then am I correct in
thinking the following:
If I want to have the freedom to practice law in a range of states due to
the fact that I do not yet know where I would want to settle down following
graduation from law school, it makes sense for me to attend law school in a
jurisdiction that offers the under the uniform bar exam. Therefore,
attending law school in a state that does not offer the uniform bar exam
would drastically limit my options following law school graduation, unless
I was willing to take numerous bar exams. Is my frame of thinking correct
here?

Thank you so much!

Warm Regards,
Natasha