<p>I was wondering if it is possible to defer acceptance to law school for a year or two? I want to work after I graduate as a CPA, then after a year or two I would finally enroll in the law school if it's a right fit. I want to do this because I split between law school and business school and want to keep my options open.</p>
<p>Some schools will permit students to defer. In fact, Miami over-enrolled this year and sent a letter to admitted students inviting them to defer and offering them additional small scholarship opportunities if they waited a year. I don’t think a 2-year deferral is possible anywhere, but I may be wrong,</p>
<p>Many law schools will let you defer for one year, but generally only if there are circumstances that require you to do so (e.g. a fellowship opportunity abroad, a year in the Peace Corps, a year in the Teach for America program, etc.), and generally only where you didn’t know for sure that the circumstances requiring you to take a year off would come to pass. Absent compelling circumstances, it would be highly unusual for a law school to allow a student to defer for more than one year. There is never any guarantee that a law school will allow you to defer, nor that a law school will allow you to defer the time period you seek – two years. </p>
<p>Today, there are law schools asking students to defer, but these are extraordinary times. It is impossible to know for how long this will continue.</p>
<p>If you are thinking of taking a job for a couple of years, I would simply wait to apply to law school until the autumn before you wish to enroll. In fact, your work experience may help your application.</p>