Maybe I should have gone to law school
When I was ten I declared I was going to attend Harvard Law School.
I didn't, but I sent my character, Natalie, there in my first novel.
Now I find myself working on book #2 and looking up legal definitions for conservatorship and reading case excerpts related to religious freedom.
I have friends who attended law school. Some practice, and some don't.
So maybe I have the best of both worlds. I get to read all the law I want, but I didn't have to give up three years to study it or take the bar or pay back student loans for law school.
I'll remember that the next time I'm researching obscure cases and thinking that I should have gone to law school. Besides, lawyers, like doctors, are always getting hit up by friends and family for free advice, whereas writers? Not so much.