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"I'm considering attending law school. I can likely get into a top tier law school and possibly even a top 10 law school. The issue is I'm 37 years old, would it still be possible to get a job at a top firm if I start around age 40? I want to make sure this would make financial sense. Also if I go to a lower ranked law school but get a scholarship and higher grades, would that still give me the same opportunity to go to a higher law school? Thank you so much for your time and expertise."
Yes, you can go to law school at 37, graduate at 40 and still get jobs. Or you can go even older than that, at an older age and still get jobs when you're coming out of law school. And I see people do that all the time. Is it a little bit harder to do that? Probably. Yeah, probably just a little bit harder. The reason is because the people that will be giving you orders and that you're expected to work very hard for are going to be in many cases, much younger than you. And many times older people resent being given instruction from younger people. So that's the first thing. And then older people, many times believe that they know how things should be done, or they have opinions when they are doing things.
So there's that, but that's okay, but you can still get jobs, and people do all the time. And it is a good education. If you come out at 40, honestly, attorneys practice into their 80s now, so you still have half your life to practice law. So I see nothing wrong with that.