Law school in my 50s

texaslawyer
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:06:32 +0000

Toronto_guy,

I agree with you. Personal injury law is fairly consistient from what I’ve seen, especially during hard econoomic times. Although, from personal experience it can get very ugly. However, at my age I’ve seen it all or some verision of all. I believe I’m realistic about employment prospects after law school. The “Big Boys” don’t want me because I’m not moldable. That’s fine with me because from what I’ve seen the large firms eat their young when it comes to junior associates. If you aren’t on the “partner track” after three years you are gone. Moreover, working 80-100 hours/week doesn’t blow my dress up. Now if it’s my name on the shingle, that’s different. I go to church with a man who is the Senior partner of a huge international law firm and he does quite well ($2-3million/yr) but he paid some serious dues to get there. I plan on going to law school part time to see how I do and decide form there whether to ratchet it up.