<p>The three years will mean nothing (except make you more mature than any 22 year old co-workers.) When I started law school, I had been out of school for 2 1/2 years working as a school teacher. I worried that I might feel out of place. Sure, there were plenty of 22 year olds coming right from undergrad. But there was a 32 year old former newpaper reporter, a mom of teenagers, a West Point grad who had been in the military for quite a few years, an oral surgeon, etc. … they all got good job offers, just like me and just like the ones who were 25 when they graduated.</p>