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It is not horrible advice. With ADHD you have an uphill battle with being a good lawyer. The carelessness of an average individual with ADHD will make them horrible lawyers as they will be very careless with reading complicated sentences. I struggled with this first hand but I overcame it and it certainly isn't easy at all. Slowing down improved my accuracy dramatically. I am saying if your initial diagnostic is 127 and after months of presumably intense studying and getting 150, law might not be the best career choice for this person. Do you honestly want to struggle with working as a lawyer and constantly making careless mistakes from poor reading? It is a huge risk for him/her because he/she might read incorrectly in a real case and cause real damage.

This isn't necessarily true. As someone who was diagnosed with ADD well before taking the LSAT, my performance on the LSAT came down to how I approached studying. While medication can possibly help, it will not cure every aspect of your diagnosis. Some of the most creative people in history were neurodivergent. This may be the constant drilling of LR questions talking, but arguing that ADHD could make an individual a horrible lawyer solely on the basis of having a diagnosis is illogical. For me, RC is the most difficult section of the test because I lose focus mid-sentence and have to reread it until I genuinely comprehend the author's words. This may take four or five attempts until I get it, which can really conflict with time. Seeking out an ADHD diagnosis from a qualified medical professional is a great start to obtaining accommodations for the test. Some may argue that this is an unfair advantage given the fact that the individual is allotted extra time, but more often than not, these criticisms derive from individuals who do not face the challenges associated with ADHD on a daily basis.

Never let someone undermine your authority as a prospective law student just because you approach academic work in an atypical manner. There are numerous other resources at your disposal, such as advice from users on Reddit that are conflicted with the same circumstances you are. You will always have ADHD once diagnosed, but true carelessness as a prospective law student is allowing this to discourage you entirely from law school.

These accommodations exist for a reason. Use them.

I would love to join this as well.