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You'll be starting law school at what age?
PearsonSpecterLittUp
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I'm still debating if to apply this cycle or wait for next, as I'm currently straight out of undergrad and am starting an awesome new job!
How old will you be when starting law school? How many years of work experience will you have by then? 
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If all goes well in November I’ll be 24! There are so many great reasons to take a year off. Aside from having more time to maximize your score, you will grow and mature as a person.
29 with about 11 years of work experience
I have already started though...
29
13 years of work experience, and full time for the last 10 years.
I will be 20 years old if everything goes per plan. I have about 3 years of experience.
35 haha. 13 years of full time post-college work experience.
Old timer.
47 years old assuming I start next fall, 25 years active duty military, 3 years of full time volunteering.
I will be 24, 5 years working experience.
23, K-JD
38 years with 15 years of experience that has absolutely nothing to do with law. But despite having less freedom because I have family obligations, I feel like I just got to an age where I can do law school right and focus on learning and not just the piece of paper at the end.
21 KJD- though with slightly unusual softs.
25 (fingers crossed) and 4 years of work experience (academic and administrative, but not law-related)
Oh gosh... I don't think I can say! Ooooollllddd
I loved being 25
26
22
I'll be 30! or 31? Depends on how this cycle plays out lol. Having a career before you go isn't the worst thing. I feel like it would be harder to make the jump into being "something else" after you've specialized as a lawyer than to it would be to become a lawyer after you've worked for a few years as that something else. Law schools fortunately take people from all sorts of professional backgrounds, unlike many professions that look for specific education or prior experience when hiring.
I’ll be twenty two with two years of full time “real” (I.e. career-y) experience. Not quite K-JD but almost :-)
Late 20s, 4 years of WE
I'll be 26. 3.5 years of work experience. On a side note, how are some of you guys under thirty but have 10+ years of work experience?
If all goes well I'll be 28 with 5-6years of experience and a graduate degree. Nice to see a good range of people here. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
I will be 36, 14 years out of college with a variety of work experience having nothing to do with the law. I teach high school and my future classmates will be much closer in age to my students than to me. Awkward...
I started work when I graduated HS at 18 and the work was uninterrupted. 18+11 = 29!
I'll be 30. 4 yrs work experience + a Master's degree.
Will be 29. A master degree and 2.5 yr experience as a mommy
If all went well on the LSAT a few weeks ago, then hopefully I will be 20 when I actually start, otherwise I'll take a year or two to get some more work experience in and to have another chance to study the LSAT, making me 21 or 22 when I start.
I'll be 22 k-jd. Definitely feel at a disadvantage to the folks who have real work/life experience
If all goes according to planned, I will be starting fall 2019 and will be 25. I got a Masters after my undergraduate degree and have worked at a nonprofit for a year and a half.
26 or 27, depending if I start in January or not. Worked off and on all through out high school and college, and have 4 years of experience running a business I started. Short internship at a law firm last year, all my other work was not law related.
Woah. That sounds tough. I forget what you worked in. Were you in the forces?
Panera for 1 years, Best Buy for 5, Marine Corps for 4, 9th Circuit Court for 1 year.
Law firm too sprinkled in lol
I've been working since I was 16. My high school jobs were not full time during Baseball and Basketball season, but I worked full time from 18 until now in various administrative, service, and management positions. Although I wish I had not taken a 5 year break in the middle of undergrad, I am better at time management here in my late twenties than I was as a freshman in college
25
24 when I start next fall!
Ahhhh, wow, I see. I definitely feel the same way with regards to time management skills. Hahaha
Ahhh, that's right. Lol. A motley story for a colourful application. Glad to see you around still. Good luck!
23! Worked 25-30 hours per week since my sophomore year of HS.
24!
Ah, to be 21 again....
26/27 with 3 years work exp.
Hopefully i’ll be just about to turn 24 and i’ll have...6 years of work experience
24 with 9 years work experience. My only legal experience was an internship last fall.
64 with careers in Engineering and medicine as a trauma surgeon.
I am soooo glad to see some older students here. I will be 41 when I start law school and it is comforting to know that others will be older students. I spent 10 years in the military and the last 5 working as a volunteer teacher in the Dominican Republic. I always wanted to law school but I felt I wasn't ready...that I needed to do other things first. I am very grateful that I had that time, it has really given me a broader perspective and understanding of the world and people.
But I am also grateful to the younger students who can offer a perspective of a generation I am not as connected to...the broader the perspective the better we all learn and the better prepared for real world law practice we will be.
50, 23 years running my own company and years of volunteer work.
49 with 8 years of corporate experience followed by 20 years of running my own business and 2 years of grad school. Variety is the spice of life!!
29! With ten years of work experience. My only legal experience was an internship a few summers ago
29! Graduated at 23 with a Masters, I’ve been a bilingual teacher since then!
I’ll miss my kids, the summers and all the weekends and holidays off. I’ve even contemplated doing law since the pay system in Dallas is actually really good and almost comparable to a starting salary out of law school (minus t15 schools) if you perform well.
But I’d hate myself for giving up on law school and not doing what I’m most passionate about.
Also, I’m honestly really eager to learn and gain new knowledge this time. My attitude was much different in undergrad and grad school.
28, unless my score isn't where I would like it to be then I will push it back a year.
26, with 3 years of work experience as a Financial Analyst, also a Master's Degree in Finance. Glad to see older people. I thought I would feel out of place with a lot of 22 year olds around.
Assuming this next cycle goes well, I’ll be starting in the Fall of 2020 one month before my 34th b-day.