Law school?

I am 36, married and have a 3 y/o daughter. I also work full time. This August, I'll be starting my 4th year of law school at night.

It is hard, don't let anyone tell you it isn't, but if you can find time to do the readings, then it's doable. I would recommend that if you want to go to law school, try for part time. You could probably do full time, but it's likely that either your child or schoolwork will suffer.

I said that it's hard, but it's not that hard. If you're able to take in vague and complex concepts and synthesize them into principles for application, then you can handle law school. Getting in is really the hardest part - as long as you do the readings (you have to read!).

As for schools, don't pay too much attention to the school's ranking. Obviously, the better the school, the better your immediate job prospects. However, within 3-4 years after graduation, your job performance will equalize any initial differences due to the "caliber" of your alma mater. More importantly, you could conceivably end up with far less debt than those at more prestigious schools. I got into a well ranked school, but am lucky enough that tuition is not a problem. The main reason I chose my school was location - that was 75% of the decision. I wanted to be able to be home as much as possible.

Good luck and if you have questions, feel free to contact me.

you will spend roughly 3 hours outside class for every hour in class, the minimum # of units you can carry is 9, therefore, you will have 9 hours of class each week, plus 27 hours of studying. That is roughly 36 hours per week.

If you have the time and can do it, it will pay off and you will be smart enough, there are some real dummies that make it through law school. If you scored 150 or better on LSAT and have the time I would recommend it.

I am in law school, but no kids, so it is much easier, and I do not have to work, my only job is law school...if you are that fortunate, I say go for it.

Also, If you dont care to go to harvard or yale (LOL) then dont worry about the work experience as the person above me said, and your gpa doesnt matter, they look almost solely at your LSAT. My admission counselor told me that if you have above a 3.0 and a decent LSAT, you will get admission at any lower level law school.

I had a 3.5 gpa for cal state long beach and no work experience, my lsat was 156, and I got a full scholarship to my law school, and they are ABA approved, so it is no rinky dink law school....

It seems you have two concerns in your questions: your four year old and getting in.

Many law students have families in dual-parent homes as well as single-parent homes. I'm sure a 4 year old is a lot of work, but going to school part-time may be a viable option. Part-time does not take as long you think. If you take 2 to 3 classes every semester including summer you'll be done in less than 4 years. In fact, with 3 classes every semester including summers, you can do it in 3 years. It is a lot of work, but most of it is just time mangement.

As far as getting in, I would not worry too much. You don't have the grades to get into an ivy league school. All the other schools are looked at just the same as other employers, in fact, most employers don't put much importance in what law school you went to at all. You have the grades to get into law school, and I assume you will have the score for the LSAT. I have some tips about law school and some recommended preparation on my website as cited below.

You shouldnt be afriad of going to law school...but what you will need to do is: get your bachelor's, perform well on your LSATS, build your work experience in the field of law with internships (as many as you can), boost your GPA, and have someone write a good letter of recomendation for you...the rest is up to the school's admission policy

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