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[quote=Anonymous]Law is a second career for me.  I started practicing at age 33.  I worked full time during law school so I wouldn't have to take out many loans, but I didn't have a family at that point.  When I started, the conventional wisdom was that there were too many lawyers and not enough jobs.  I remember articles in the newspaper about the lack of law jobs and everyone at job would cut them out and put them on my desk.  Early on in school, the president of our school, who was also my Contracts professor, told us of a quote from Abraham Lincoln - can't remember the exact quote, but it went something like this.  I'm not sure if it's a good decision to become a lawyer because there are so few jobs out there.

Anyway, for me, I decided that I would rather try it than live my life and die wishing I had.  Like you, I thought I would go into some sort of disability advocacy (my first career was in social work working with people with disabilities). In the end, I finished law school with very little debt, which I paid off in the first few years out.  But I didn't go into the field I thought I would.  I am very happy with my decision and with the type of work I do.  I still consider going into some sort of advocacy, but probably won't until after I retire and then more in a volunteer capacity rather than a paid position.  I have never regretting doing this, but I think I would have regretted not going.  [/quote]

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