I'm not sure if this will be of any help but I read your message and wanted to offer some words that I found helpful in my perspective.

I'm going into my 10th year of the lsat journey, so not nearly as long as your 28 year journey but not in a dissimilar situation either. Originally scoring low, getting discouraged, deciding to forego my law school dream and go into a different career. Rinse and repeat.

But, I was recently given some advice from a brilliant instructor who is simultaneously an engineer, doctor, and a lawyer. He shared with me that he teaches because he wants to help people through the barriers that standardized testing creates. Anyway! He simply said: "you just need a score to go to law school, so get your score and go."

I think there is so much law school stigma about having to have the BEST score and having to go to a T14 school or otherwise just don't bother at all. In the end I think that's all gatekeeping. You can become an incredible lawyer with any score. It's one element of the process.

To put it in conditional language:

High LSAT Score -> Law School

A "high score" is sufficient, but it is most certainly not necessary.

I hope you continue to pursue your law school dreams!

I'm having the same issue! #help