There is a common maxim out there that “you can do anything with a law degree”. This may have been true as late as 1985. It is no longer true today. In 2019, almost 40,000 graduates earned their J.D. Fewer than 60% of them will ever become lawyers. Many can’t pass the bar exam – the post-graduation state examination hurdle that all lawyers must pass. Others just get so fed up with the process that they quit. Lots hated law school and abhor the idea of ever becoming a lawyer. Think about that before you head from the military to law school.