<p>jym-</p>
<p>That's a good suggestion. I need to explain further since I feel two inches tall that I'm not supporting S1 financially:</p>
<p>First, there's the matter of money. I was out of work for a period (before I got called back to the same company at 75-80% of my former pay). During that period, much of S2's college fund (about half) became the household fund. Luckily he got a great scholarship, but there will be a shortage of funds soon.</p>
<p>Second, S1 is older than you might think. He graduated from college over 10 years ago, has had several businesses (one that employed over 20 people), and is living with an SO. It's not at all like he is just out of school or only a few years out.</p>
<p>He is a contractor for the company he works for, so the normal benefits that you would associate with employment are not there. Besides, I doubt if a company would pay for law school.</p>
<p>The program he wants to get into is a joint JD/MBA program, which will extend the perid of being in school (thus more $$$).</p>
<p>It's a difficult thing, but I've told both of my sons that I'm too close to retirement to afford any grad school. But I do like jym's suggestion above. My parents were never able to give me any money for college (except for my bus ticket to get there). BUT when I was a senior, they somehow scraped together $500 and gave it to me. It felt like a lot more because it was so unexpected.</p>