{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Mark Grannis on Knowing How to Know: Law School and Other Professional Discernments","description":"   How many of us wondered at some point in our lives: \u201cShould I go to law school?\u201d It\u2019s a common question as one approaches college graduation. Students find themselves on that \u201cmoving walkway\u201d toward the future: it&amp;nbsp;will&amp;nbsp;go forward, but at which stop should they get off? How can they pick a path on purpose\u2014and not due to momentum? Heights upper school teacher Mark Grannis spent decades practicing law, even co-founding his own DC firm. Knowing many lawyers, one-day lawyers, and would-have-been lawyers in every stage of professional development, he noticed some patterns of discernment that genuinely helped people decide whether the law vocation was for them. This spring, he released&amp;nbsp;Should You Go to Law School? Knowing How to Know, a guide that addresses law in particular and professional\/vocational discernment in general. Mr. Grannis encourages people considering any career vocation to take stock of their academic&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;emotional talents, imagining where those can best be applied for the benefit of others. Chapters: 00:03:29 The genesis of the book 00:06:51 Grannis\u2019s professional background 00:11:54 What a lawyer really does 00:15:33 Seeing career in vocational terms 00:19:50 Three lawyer temperaments: past, present, and future 00:24:23 Bad reasons to go to law school 00:26:33 The one good reason 00:29:10 Three questions for vocational discernment 00:33:20 The infinite, imaginative possibilities of work 00:39:42 AI and the future of law 00:43:47 Choosing a law school\u2014or not Links: Should You Go to Law School? Knowing How to Know&amp;nbsp;by Mark Grannis Logic Lectures, online lectures featuring Mark Grannis The Reasonable Person: Traditional Logic for Modern Life&amp;nbsp;by Mark Grannis The Reasonable Person: Teacher Supplement&amp;nbsp;by Mark Grannis The Three Key Questions&amp;nbsp;featuring Fr. Michael Himes Also on the Forum:  A Doctor, a Lawyer, and a Cop Walk Into a Boys School&amp;nbsp;featuring Rob Liotta, Mark Grannis, and Josue Zelaya on the Forum Faculty Podcast  Vocational Discernment in an Age of Infinite Options&amp;nbsp;featuring Fr. Carter Griffin and Alvaro de Vicente  Logic: On Forming the Reasonable Person&amp;nbsp;featuring Mark Grannis  Logic and the Reasonable Person&amp;nbsp;by Mark Grannis Featured Opportunities: Convivium Conference for Teaching Men at The Heights School (November 11-13, 2026)    ","author_name":"HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive","author_url":"https:\/\/heights.edu\/heightscast\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41536205\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202621490"}