I have been asked on occassion what I thought about age and law school. Well, here are my thoughts:
1. Chronological age and maturity do not mean the same thing.
2. Life experience speaks volumes both for law school and for the profession of a lawyer. Whatever you can bring to the table from your previous life will prove invaluable.
3. Law schools are letting students in to law school at too young an age, on average. Law students should have to have a certain number of years of 'real life' experience. Too many jump from high school to undergrad to law school to lawyer. They don't know what real work is like, and many of them jump ship because they learn that this kind of 'real life' is not what they had counted on.
4. You are almost never too old to attend law school. I know some great lawyers who started their legal careers in their 40's and 50's and are loving it, and are really good at what they do. I have seen some keen minds at 60, but they will likely have difficulty in entering the job market.
5. Young lawyers tend to be taken advantage of by law firms. The partners are very aware that they can encourage these young prodigies to work unbelievable numbers of hours - they know that they do not have families, that they are incredibly keen to make partner, and that they will do anything to prove themselves. They do not have as many friends or colleagues that they are tied to, and they are vulnerable.
What do you think? Prove me wrong.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Friday, February 2, 2007
Here's a cool new Canadian Law School initiative
http://canlawstats.mylawsite.net/
"Have you already been accepted? If so, we need your help.
We are making a new section that will feature profiles of students who have been accepted to law school. You don't need to submit your name or any other information which you don't want to share. Simply tells us where you have been accepted, undergraduate school, LSAT, GPA, work experience or volunteer, extracurricular activities, or any other factors which played a role in your acceptance. The profiles will be published in a new section on the website. If you want to send in a picture (any pic by which you would want to be identified), a nickname or an avatar to go along with your profile you are welcome to do so.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you"
http://canlawstats.mylawsite.net/
"Have you already been accepted? If so, we need your help.
We are making a new section that will feature profiles of students who have been accepted to law school. You don't need to submit your name or any other information which you don't want to share. Simply tells us where you have been accepted, undergraduate school, LSAT, GPA, work experience or volunteer, extracurricular activities, or any other factors which played a role in your acceptance. The profiles will be published in a new section on the website. If you want to send in a picture (any pic by which you would want to be identified), a nickname or an avatar to go along with your profile you are welcome to do so.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you"
http://canlawstats.mylawsite.net/
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