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Your law school accepted 60 yr olds and retired MDs?? Mine did not have a single one of either of those. The 60 yr olds on campus looking for entertainment were auditing undergrad art history.?[/quote]

Yep, every class at my law school had a couple of these (or similar).  I suspect this is not the norm at the top law schools just because of the competitiveness of admissions.  But at a mid-level state-style university or a night program, this is not uncommon -- from a law school admissions perspective it totally makes sense, these folks likely have higher than mean GPA and LSAT scores, pay full tuition, and aren't going to report unemployment following graduation, if nothing else, it boosts their ranking in the all important US News scores.  Law schools don't constrain the supply of graduates like medical schools so there's no "we have to hold our spots for people who will practice" like med school.  I found law school pretty interesting, so I can see the appeal... [/quote]

But law training is very different than med training.   You can get a law degree in three years.   It takes a lot longer to become a doctor - med school is just the start of the process.   [/quote]

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