#93417 - 05/22/11 12:24 PM
Re: Going to law school after 40
[Re: Legaltender]
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backbencher
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Registered: 10/07/06
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Loc: Florida
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Fair enough. I re-read the thread and it appears you could read one of our less experienced posters saying that and also infer it from the following post:
But, check with the individual schools you are interested in to see. If they do accept applications, be aware that yours will not be reviewed until it is complete, which means the June LSAT score comes in.
Note this quote comes from one of our best postersand the key phrase is, "... the individual schools you are interested in." Not "who takes late apps, but does anyone you want takes them?"
The other advice is from a new poster who is a 0L and is, quite frankly, wrong, probably for himself as well as you. In most admission tables, LSAT counts double what GPA does. So even a slightly above average LSAT and you are in 2T with ease (you too cigarman!) Several of the people here, including your's truly, went to good law schools with under 3.0 UGPAs.
Sorry if we (myself included) over-reacted to some cues you picked-up that were either misunderstood or just incorrect. Relax, focus on LSAT, and only apply for June if it is a school you would actually have attended otherwise. Get that LSAT and then check the law school admissions' site (which I just forgot) to see what your real options are.
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#93761 - 06/25/11 07:37 PM
Re: Going to law school after 40
[Re: Legaltender]
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LawStudentBriefs
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Registered: 06/25/11
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David, as current law students, we ( http://www.lawstudentbriefs.com ) can honestly tell you from experience that if you have the will to go to law school, your age and background do not matter.
Law school and the legal profession is made up of people from all different walks of life. In addition, in our experience, most law students are pleasantly surprised to see the age distribution in their law school classes. While most people think that law school is for younger people who are fresh out of college, often times class rooms are filled with people who have had a different career and now wish to merge their experience with a legal education to help other and/or they are just tired of doing what ever it is they used to do.
In addition, while the pedigree of your law school is obviously a selling point on your resume once you graduate law school, try to keep in mind the different tiers of law schools. From the looks of it, all of the schools you are looking at are in the same tier (for the most part). With that being said, while some of those schools might have a longer history than others on your list, the truth is that employers will more like than not look at all of them the same way on your resume. That goes to say that just because one school is a little more known or has been around a little while longer, it does not mean that employers will give you more deference if your resume lists that school.
In short, if you are willing to commit yourself to law school, do not let your age or past GPA scare you away (let your law school professors scare you). In addition, if you are choosing between Yale Law and Cooley Law, then your have a significant decision to make. However, if you are choosing schools which are relatively the same in terms of tier, our advice would be to choose the one in which you would feel most comfortable attending.
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#94668 - 10/23/11 03:27 AM
Re: Going to law school after 40
[Re: Legaltender]
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txchick
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Registered: 09/26/09
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Legaltender--Backbencher is right, the reason Tex Wes is in tier four is exactly our youth, we are only 20 years in.
As far as the rest of your post, I was pretty much right with BB on my UGPA and my LSAT 2.67/164, I had a couple of personal issues in my younger undergrad years and they cost me dearly. However, my last 30 hours were 4.0.
I got in at several schools, tried one--in Kansas--but withdrew to come back to Texas and take Tex Wes up on their scholarship offer. I restarted that fall (2010). I was in the top 2% of my class after first semester (yes, I worked my butt off), nearly the same second. I spent summer clerking for a law firm (paid) and a federal judge (split summer). I started school the day after my 42nd birthday.
Tex Wes offers great advocacy programs--a full law clinic, moot court, mock trial, ADR and negotiation teams, and more. We have two publications--our traditional law review and the property journal. We have terrific professors, who are internationally known (ie Prof. Eckstein is on the UN Board, Prof. Spurlock is helping the Mongolian govt. set up their democratic system--from the ground up, Prof. McGrath is a Fullbright scholar in China), and all our professors have TRUE open door policies and are willing to help hard-working students succeed, both at school and in the legal profession.
I am SO glad that I withdrew from my other school and restarted here. It was a $20,000 trial, but the scholarship more than covered it, and I could not be happier than I am here.
Oh, one more thing. On the Texas February bar exam, one of our graduates earned the "top score."
PLEASE PM me if you have any questions about our school, and please come visit. Visit the website at law.txwes.edu
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