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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'll try to say this in the most positive (least negative?) way I can, but your circumstances present a tall order, perhaps one that can't be met.  You have received some good suggestions.  In addition though, I'll bring up the question of logistics. With a toddler and a school-aged child, where you live versus where they go to school/daycare, and the proximity to AU is a huge factor.  I don't see the logistics working unless you live (and your kids  go to school, and daycare) close to AU.  On your budget it seems really unlikely that you'd be able to afford to do that, and housing subsidies in that neighborhood seem unlikely.  I think it would become even more difficult in your second and third years, when you have Law Review/journal/research assistant responsibilities (which you WILL need to undertake to give your WSL JD legitimacy and more cachet in the current legal job market).

Frankly, I feel like AU's inability to provide grad school housing or family housing should be a red flag (or at least a yellow flag) to you. Let's assume the best, and say that the university would love to provide family housing, but just can't find the money or the real estate close to the campus to make that happen.  To paint a darker picture, if family housing isn't a priority to the university because it focuses on supporting undergraduate student life, why would you choose to wed yourself and your kids to an institution that has no interest in supporting students like yourself, who aren't the single child-free typical law student? Either way, I think that it says something about the institution's priorities, and you might want to consider that.

All that said, if you're comfortable with you and your kids being a members of a group house, I know childless people who lived in North Arlington, VA in group houses while they attended WCL, nearly 20 years ago.  Then it was an easy commute by car over the Chain Bridge during off hours, but because you'd be doing school/daycare drop-offs I don't know that your commuting experience would be the same.  Best of luck to you, OP.[/quote]

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