Advice for Older Law School Applicants to Consider

Graduate School Law School
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"IT’S NEVER TOO LATE IN life to apply to law school. Although most applicants are under 25, roughly 20% are 30 or older, according to the Law School Admission Council. Many older law graduates build fulfilling second careers that draw upon both preexisting skills and experiences and those that law school provides.

Nevertheless, older law school students may feel worlds apart from their younger peers, who may be more concerned with finding free drinks than child care. For this reason, many law schools have associations of Older, Wiser Law Students, or OWLS, to socialize, commiserate and share advice – and perhaps provide occasional babysitting.

Law school applicants who have been out of college for several years or more should keep the following aspects in mind:

  • Career paths.
  • Application materials.
  • Personal challenges.

https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/law-admissions-lowdown/articles/advice-for-older-law-school-applicants-to-consider

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Interesting. I didn’t go to law school until l was 26. So not HORRIBLY older. After earning my BA, I went to paralegal school and worked as a paralegal for several years to see if I really enjoyed the law enough to invest that amount of time, money, and effort. I’m glad I did. Partying was out of my system, I got married my first year, and all in all was just more serious and conscientious about the whole thing.