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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I echo the common sentiments in the responses. If you want to be a practicing lawyer, you will have an extremely low chance of employment as a 50+ year old woman with an online degree. It is called the practice of law for a reason, graduation is not the end of the education, it’s the beginning and you will need a decent job as a new lawyer where you can go and develop into a “real practicing lawyer”. That job will be very very very hard to find.

Law school is an expensive education and time consuming. I am a practicing lawyer, your age with 23+ years experience.  I enjoyed the education but hated the test taking. I went to a top 20 school and still had difficulty finding a job.  I was able to pay off my loans in less than 10 years but it took living a meager lifestyle and mercifully the scholarships were high and 20+ years ago the costs were lower. The big law big checks come with big sacrifices, but those will not be available to a grad from an online school.  If you have a burning passion to be a practicing lawyer go for it, but not the online, unaccredited law school.  If you have not done so already, try shadowing a lawyer who practices in the area you are interested in for a few days.

[b]Most lawyers are not making $200,000[/b] so if it’s riches you seek, don’t.  I try not to be a dream killer, but in your case I don’t get the sense that you have a burning desire to be a practicing lawyer so I am joining the choir encouraging you to spend much more time thinking this through.[/quote]

Is this really true?  How much do you make?  Why do so many lawyers on here make $500k-$1m if it's so rare (the few who do just happen to post here all the time)?[/quote]

I cannot believe I’m reading this. All you have to do is go to the bureau of labor statistics and look up average salaries for lawyers and you’re looking to see about $140,000 a year. Most lawyers never make over $200,000; only big law Partners (probably fewer than 5% of all attorneys) make those huge salaries, the vast majority of lawyers make well under 200k. My ex-husband is a fed attorney, and he’s at the top of the scale and makes about 165. He’s been a lawyer for 25 years. I am younger, and I outearn him.[/quote]

DP. What do you do that outearns your older husband?[/quote]

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