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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh - I don’t like telling people not to follow a dream of theirs assuming that they have the means to do so, but at a certain point, time does matter. I’m a lawyer and had a few classmates that were in their 40s/50s as a second career and that’s about the realistic max because it’s not just about the 3 years of law school (which others have noted can be brutal and the total opposite of intellectually-stimulating “life of mind” discussions), but also several years of a lot of work to learn and build your practice. As others have said, law school, the bar exam, and the first several years are a collective endurance test that requires a ton of straight up energy and stamina (and not “I’m really passionate about learning” energy but pure stamina to work 80 hours a week in high stress and demanding settings). Even if the OP started today and went through all of this, they’d essentially be just getting to independent competence in the law in their 80s. Sure, there are lawyers that practice into their 70s and 80s, but that’s because they’ve been doing it for 50-60 years as opposed to just starting out.

There were some great suggestions here for law-adjacent positions and opportunities that don’t require law school. I would encourage the OP to explore those here.[/quote]

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