It's interesting to look at those entering law school now from my vantage point of more than mid-way through. I'm far enough along to be fully invested in finishing, but far enough from the end to still need to keep my head down and move forward. But those just embarking on this journey are experiencing similar things to what we did, and there is no amount of advice or forewarning that can shortcut the process of indoctrination and adjustment.
They say that the first year of law school in particular is meant to teach us to think like lawyers. I sometimes wonder if I missed some part of that process, and am fatally flawed as an attorney. I'm not sure how to quantify what changes in my mental process have taken place during the last two and a half years. It may be that I am too old, too set in my ways, or perhaps too cynical of being force-fed to be effectively and fully indoctrinated. I don't believe everything I'm told; I test what I hear against what I have already determined to be true.
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