Is 68 too old for law school?
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
Congratulations! |
Anonymous
Not too old. Better to start now than regret it ten years from now. A lot of people telling you you are too old don't know you and are being ageist. Their knee-jerk advice is not worth much. |
Anonymous
Well said. š³ |
Anonymous
Are you talking about the principles of law or are do you mean principals (normally called partners) in a law firm? Congrats BTW. |
Anonymous
| No, thinking of doing it myself when I retire in a few years at 70. Would be looking to do it part time so would then practice for about a decade. |
Anonymous
|
A lot of Lawyers responding negatively feel this is an insult - this guy thinks he can do what we do? as a hobby? at 70?
Well - you don't have to be good at law in general; you just have to be good at one thing in law to be useful. I doubt that would take decades. You want to heal people - you can do that within a 1-2years; you wont be doing surgery or get appointed to the head of ... You want to code - 6 months on a narrow technology; you are coding. You want to build something - be very particular in your engineering field and sub-field. And you are building. But law is different? You need decades to help someone fill a form or advise them of their options? We need more legal help to those that can't afford it - even minor things go a long way. I'd say go for it - since it will give you satisfaction of helping others. Just be very very narrow on how you want to help. |
Anonymous
|
OP are you retired? Wealthy?
It would be a vanity endeavor, you may never get paid work if you graduate. I don't think working full time and going to school at night is realistic at your age. CASA would be a great program that does not require years of study and $$$. Perhaps you could look for paralegal work? - a lawyer |
Anonymous
|
I will soon be completing a doctorate in education at age 68. Itās online & quite manageable.
I would imagine even a crappy law school would be much more difficult for an older person. I suggest you find a masterās or doctorate in a subject you enjoy. Or, it seems like a lot of top universities have those MALS (master of arts in liberal studies) degrees that would be really good to keep you busy & let you study a lot of interesting things. Iām not sure if they still have them, but Dartmouth, Hopkins, Georgetown, & Wesleyan used to have them. https://mals.dartmouth.edu/ |
Anonymous
|
More of those programs. They seem to let you focus on a topic that interests you.
https://scs.georgetown.edu/programs/46/master-of-arts-in-liberal-studies/ https://www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-programs/mla |
Anonymous
|
There seems to be a thing called a āmaster of legal studies,ā which are for people who wNt to learn about law, but donāt need an actual law degree:
https://onlinemasteroflegalstudies.com/online-masters-legal-studies/?x=OFM&lsrc=search_nonbrand_google_minisite&l=GGL%7CMini-OMLS%7CSEM%7CNBD%7CTIER2%7CBROAD%7CSTD%7CMasters%7COffline%7CLaw&ef_id=c:605026774959_d:m_n:g_ti:kwd-340573087418&ds_rl=1283482&gbraid=0AAAAADkDIyLaZDBZop0bqp7X7TFsDFU5Q&ds_rl=1283482&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn-zJ-aDHhQMViUpHAR2F3w5DEAAYAiAAEgJnq_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds |
Anonymous
Thanks for posting this, i'm a different soon to be retiree looking for something like this. |
Anonymous
Go for it. |
Anonymous
| If you got the money, time and you are still mentally sharp (not like our great leader), then I say go for it. A lot of people start new things later in life. My husband started body building at 60 (more as an excuse to spend more time with our body building daughter) and I am proud to say that he has his first 6 pack of his life. |
Anonymous
| I graduated with a woman who was 92 years old. She lived to 104. |
Anonymous
| Law school is fun. (The practice of law is rotten.) |