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[quote=Anonymous]law school is 3 years of lost income, 3 years of taking on debt and all this is without a guarantee of a high income job after graduation.  I would pass.  I also think practicing law is not "super fun" and will be as stressful as your current gig.  An initial salary is 150k is high unless you get big law or gig law-adjacent boutique firms.  Big law from DC law schools is really hard aside from graduating from Georgetown in the top 40% or the top 20% of kids from GW/American or 10% from GMU.  Are your scores good enough for Georgetown?  During OCI you arent going to present as the typical candidate for big law, while I would much rather hire a 40yo with work experience, I also want someone who will put in 12-18 hr days when needed, and if you have kids that is going to unfairly count against you.

150k is lower midlevel in-house, does your prior work experience qualify you for this type of work?  If you've done pharma compliance work for 20 years, yes go for it, you'll get hired by a big law firm or pharma company in-house and make 200k+ right off the bat... otherwise, really think about the time/effort/exhaustion you'll put into the next four years and the disappointment you'll experience after if you don't get that brass ring job.

Also, I can't imagine doing law school while balancing real family life and responsibility.  You have kids coming out of undergrad or a few years of work who have no responsibility, more recent study skill experience, and can go to class, have a fancy lunch, then study for 10 hrs.  [/quote]

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