Law school is fun. (The practice of law is rotten.)

I graduated with a woman who was 92 years old. She lived to 104.

If you got the money, time and you are still mentally sharp (not like our great leader), then I say go for it. A lot of people start new things later in life. My husband started body building at 60 (more as an excuse to spend more time with our body building daughter) and I am proud to say that he has his first 6 pack of his life.

Anonymous wrote:I have a strong urge to study law and become a criminal law attorney. I'm in D.C. which has several law schools, with at least one (Catholic) having a night school. Yes? No?

Go for it.

Anonymous wrote:Would becoming a court appointed special advocatefor minors in the system be something you'd be interested in?

https://www.casadc.org/volunteer

Thanks for posting this, i'm a different soon to be retiree looking for something like this.

There seems to be a thing called a “master of legal studies,” which are for people who wNt to learn about law, but don’t need an actual law degree:

https://onlinemasteroflegalstudies.com/online-masters-legal-studies/?x=OFM&lsrc=search_nonbrand_google_minisite&l=GGL%7CMini-OMLS%7CSEM%7CNBD%7CTIER2%7CBROAD%7CSTD%7CMasters%7COffline%7CLaw&ef_id=c:605026774959_d:m_n:g_ti:kwd-340573087418&ds_rl=1283482&gbraid=0AAAAADkDIyLaZDBZop0bqp7X7TFsDFU5Q&ds_rl=1283482&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn-zJ-aDHhQMViUpHAR2F3w5DEAAYAiAAEgJnq_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

More of those programs. They seem to let you focus on a topic that interests you.

https://scs.georgetown.edu/programs/46/master-of-arts-in-liberal-studies/

https://www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-programs/mla

I will soon be completing a doctorate in education at age 68. It’s online & quite manageable.

I would imagine even a crappy law school would be much more difficult for an older person. I suggest you find a master’s or doctorate in a subject you enjoy.

Or, it seems like a lot of top universities have those MALS (master of arts in liberal studies) degrees that would be really good to keep you busy & let you study a lot of interesting things. I’m not sure if they still have them, but Dartmouth, Hopkins, Georgetown, & Wesleyan used to have them.

https://mals.dartmouth.edu/

OP are you retired? Wealthy?

It would be a vanity endeavor, you may never get paid work if you graduate.

I don't think working full time and going to school at night is realistic at your age.

CASA would be a great program that does not require years of study and $$$.

Perhaps you could look for paralegal work?

- a lawyer

A lot of Lawyers responding negatively feel this is an insult - this guy thinks he can do what we do? as a hobby? at 70?

Well - you don't have to be good at law in general; you just have to be good at one thing in law to be useful. I doubt that would take decades.

You want to heal people - you can do that within a 1-2years; you wont be doing surgery or get appointed to the head of ...
You want to code - 6 months on a narrow technology; you are coding.
You want to build something - be very particular in your engineering field and sub-field. And you are building.

But law is different? You need decades to help someone fill a form or advise them of their options? We need more legal help to those that can't afford it - even minor things go a long way.

I'd say go for it - since it will give you satisfaction of helping others. Just be very very narrow on how you want to help.

No, thinking of doing it myself when I retire in a few years at 70. Would be looking to do it part time so would then practice for about a decade.

Anonymous wrote:I will be graduating with a pre-law degree in a few days at age 72. I'll finish with a 3.70 gpa. Wish I would have started 30 years earlier, but will apply my skills toward case analysis and research. Things that the principles don't do anyway.

Are you talking about the principles of law or are do you mean principals (normally called partners) in a law firm?

Congrats BTW.

Anonymous wrote:nah, just give the school your money. You might not practice, but you will get have a law degree upon your dead.

Well said. 😳

Anonymous wrote:I have a strong urge to study law and become a criminal law attorney. I'm in D.C. which has several law schools, with at least one (Catholic) having a night school. Yes? No?

Not too old. Better to start now than regret it ten years from now.

A lot of people telling you you are too old don't know you and are being ageist. Their knee-jerk advice is not worth much.

Anonymous wrote:I will be graduating with a pre-law degree in a few days at age 72. I'll finish with a 3.70 gpa. Wish I would have started 30 years earlier, but will apply my skills toward case analysis and research. Things that the principles don't do anyway.

Congratulations!