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[quote=Anonymous]There are a LOT of reasons NOT to do this.  (1) law school is extremely expensive; (2) law school is a huge time commitment; (3) job prospects are dismal; (4) you will spend the bulk of your time in law school learning areas of the law that are COMPLETELY unrelated to your area of interest; you will be lucky to take one class focusing on disability law, if that; (5) if you do get a job working in disability law, you will likely get paid very little at the beginning, certainly not enough to justify the enormous expense of law school; (6) being an entry level lawyer SUCKS; you will do basic grunt work that is barely above the intern level.  It could be very difficult for someone at your age and at your stage in your professional career to take such a step back; (7) you will need to be ready to take direction from people your age; this could be very difficult; (8) to do well in law school, you have to be ready to treat it like a full time job.  Most law students are right out of college and can devote themselves to it 100 percent; this will be very difficult to do with a family.  Your nights and weekends will no longer be your own, you will need to be ready to sacrifice a lot of time with your family; (9) you will need to devote at least 2 months of your life to study for the bar; (10) most lawyers really don't like their jobs, what makes you think you will be any different?  Pretty much no lawyer went into school expecting or planning to be miserable in their career; they were just as bushy eyed and optimistic about it as you are.  What makes you think you are any different?  [/quote]

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