Students were arrested protesting the war in Vietnam, and against Apartheid, and there were no long term consequences.”
Here in Seattle some antiwar protesters got a hickory shampoo from the police. No one in law school would protest because at that time if one were caught protesting they were not eligible to be admitted to the bar.
Passing the bar is problematic if you have a conviction on your record. For the most part, in most of the arrests so far, the charges, as they did in Texas, will be dropped.