(August 30, 2016 at 7:02 pm)Won2blv Wrote:(August 30, 2016 at 6:11 pm)Jenny A Wrote: No its not too late to go to college. But law school is a post graduate degree (I'm assuming you are in the U.S.), so if law school is the goal you are looking at seven years. Unlike grad school, you won't be able to work your way through law school either. You'll have to borrow and borrow and borrow. And the income of lawyers is declining while the cost of law school is going up. So no I would not recommend law to a 29 year old, I worry about 19 year olds considering law.
Yes I have a JD and practiced 10 years. Yes my hubby has a JD too and has been practicing for 30 years. We've done pretty well, but it doesn't look so great for new lawyers and hasn't for a decade.
How many credits per semester should I take on if I want to do my undergrad in less than 4 years? I have decent income at the moment. My business is busy May, June, July and December and extremely slow the other months. I know that after I get done with my undergrad I could probably put 20k a year towards law school. But I don't really want to make big bucks. I want to get involved with politics and some kind of advocacy work for either the environment or civil rights. I don't need a lot of money to be happy. I currently make 60k and feel very comfortable. Sorry for all the questions
Most undegraduate degrees require at least 12 credits per semester to graduate in four years
You choose the right 12 cedits you can graduate in four years on that. But, check to see what percentage of students graduate in four years at eachome college. It's a telling statistic.
Twenty k is perhaps half maybe less than what you'll need per year to get through law school. It will take many more hours of your time per credit than undergraduate school. Whatever your undergraduate homework load is, count on doubling it in law school.
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