\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

If I went to law school at 35, would I have a shot at biglaw?

??
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/21/17
Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a r...
fragrant yarmulke
  11/21/17
coming out of academia
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/22/17
You're fine
fragrant yarmulke
  11/22/17
I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,0...
Comical self-centered piazza pervert
  11/22/17
I'd sell back my JD for 500K
Laughsome Bearded Sanctuary Travel Guidebook
  11/22/17
Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two f...
charcoal shitlib
  11/22/17
...
Avocado karate
  11/22/17
...
Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car
  11/22/17
lol try any other profession
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds l...
charcoal shitlib
  11/23/17
i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high inc...
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being per...
charcoal shitlib
  11/23/17
Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make...
naked french chef tattoo
  11/23/17
Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost ...
naked french chef tattoo
  11/23/17
Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random dom...
Splenetic Candlestick Maker Ceo
  11/23/17
this can't be serious
Bonkers institution
  11/22/17
I think he is
Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car
  11/22/17
Do m7 instead
Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car
  11/22/17
oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy...
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, y...
Irate Jet National Security Agency Parlor
  11/22/17
...
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
(peterman in 8 years)
Blue Tanning Salon Wrinkle
  11/23/17
This is a really depressing hypothetical
naked french chef tattoo
  11/23/17
...
unhinged crimson hospital
  11/23/17
38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. ...
Apoplectic fanboi
  11/23/17
and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is...
naked french chef tattoo
  11/23/17
Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of a...
Apoplectic fanboi
  11/23/17
I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted ...
naked french chef tattoo
  11/23/17
I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though...
Apoplectic fanboi
  11/23/17
lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?
charcoal shitlib
  11/23/17
good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38...
naked french chef tattoo
  11/23/17
I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningle...
charcoal shitlib
  11/23/17
Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
that's less meaningless. in big law you'll probably be ...
naked french chef tattoo
  11/23/17
alright man you can only help people that want to help thems...
charcoal shitlib
  11/23/17
you fell for some meta flame
Yellow medicated place of business international law enforcement agency
  11/23/17
I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but t...
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year o...
charcoal shitlib
  11/23/17
Maybe Evan and I could start a firm
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
Sorry peterman.
Godawful pungent tank
  11/23/17
I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible
Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car
  11/23/17
that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
Just score 180 on the LSAT
Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car
  11/23/17
don't they waive it for old people?
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping...
Yellow medicated place of business international law enforcement agency
  11/23/17
Conflicted out of Audubon account
Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night
  11/23/17
Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus...
swashbuckling boistinker
  11/23/17


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736732)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM
Author: fragrant yarmulke

Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a relatively steady career in something up to that point and a decent story for why you now are in law school. For example, you were in some business job moving up the ladder, interacted with the company's outside counsel every so often and found their work interesting. If your resume is all over the place it won't work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736771)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 1:56 AM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

coming out of academia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34746228)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:36 PM
Author: fragrant yarmulke

You're fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752711)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:39 PM
Author: Comical self-centered piazza pervert

I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,000,000.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752728)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:10 PM
Author: Laughsome Bearded Sanctuary Travel Guidebook

I'd sell back my JD for 500K

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752892)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:40 PM
Author: charcoal shitlib

Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two fingers than be a 38 year old biglaw first year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752731)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:45 PM
Author: Avocado karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752755)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752906)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:22 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

lol try any other profession

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757438)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:43 PM
Author: charcoal shitlib

you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds like a midlife crisis. i’m 5 year’s younger than you, did two years of biglaw and never looked back. biglaw is soul crushing at any age. i can’t imagine what it’d be like as a 38 year old signature page monkey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757560)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high incomes and lack perspective about how shitty the vast majority of white collar work is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757571)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM
Author: charcoal shitlib

i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being perpetually water boarded dude. your logic here (lemme spend 200k + 3years to do the very worst white collar work bc i wrongly think all white collar work sucks) makes me hope, for your sake, that you won’t be smart enough to even have the option to become a biglawyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757574)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:51 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757599)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: naked french chef tattoo

if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make 6 figures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757607)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757615)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:07 PM
Author: naked french chef tattoo

just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost of attending and the missed income for 3 years, you'd at best break even in your early 40's... and that's if you get biglaw (who knows what the economy will be like in 3 years)... if you don't get biglaw then you are in a worse position financially and have a more stressful career than snapping photos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757689)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:42 PM
Author: Splenetic Candlestick Maker Ceo

Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random domestic plumber

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758110)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:42 PM
Author: Bonkers institution

this can't be serious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752738)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car

I think he is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752909)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car

Do m7 instead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752913)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:20 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy academic administration position

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757424)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:20 PM
Author: Irate Jet National Security Agency Parlor

I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, you'll get in. If you look 43, you're fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752953)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:19 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757421)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:46 PM
Author: Blue Tanning Salon Wrinkle

(peterman in 8 years)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757575)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:50 PM
Author: naked french chef tattoo

This is a really depressing hypothetical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757597)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 8:04 PM
Author: unhinged crimson hospital



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758471)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: Apoplectic fanboi

38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. Why would you want to deal with all the bullshit associates deal with from the age of 38 until you're like 46?

That said, only do this if you can't even imagine doing anything else with your life, are incredibly passionate about, and believe you have the talent necessary to stick it out (biglaw) for the long haul.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757601)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:53 PM
Author: naked french chef tattoo

and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is 40

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757612)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Apoplectic fanboi

Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of all law students graduate with little/no debt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757614)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM
Author: naked french chef tattoo

I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted more money. if he had 200k socked away then he should just day trade with that or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757696)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM
Author: Apoplectic fanboi

I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though it doesn't have to be) and don't consider it a viable career option.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757712)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: charcoal shitlib

lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757618)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM
Author: naked french chef tattoo

good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38, that makes his scenario even more terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757698)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757619)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:56 PM
Author: charcoal shitlib

i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningless grunt work for someone 10+ years younger than him either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757628)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:58 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757642)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM
Author: naked french chef tattoo

that's less meaningless.

in big law you'll probably be reviewing documents for privilege issues for a 29 year old 3rd year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757699)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:10 PM
Author: charcoal shitlib

alright man you can only help people that want to help themselves. God bless you. i love it when hardheaded people suffer the consequences of their own hardheadedness

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757704)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM
Author: Yellow medicated place of business international law enforcement agency

you fell for some meta flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757713)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but thank you for counsel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757721)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:21 PM
Author: charcoal shitlib

whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year old or just shooting yourself in the face, “should” seems like a more important question than “could”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757750)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:59 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

Maybe Evan and I could start a firm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757645)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:00 PM
Author: Godawful pungent tank

Sorry peterman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757648)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757700)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:15 PM
Author: Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car

Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757727)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:17 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757730)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: Chartreuse hideous private investor stock car

Just score 180 on the LSAT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757735)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:44 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

don't they waive it for old people?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758118)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:11 PM
Author: Yellow medicated place of business international law enforcement agency

what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping posts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757706)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: Aromatic Ebony Menage Queen Of The Night

Conflicted out of Audubon account

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757717)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: swashbuckling boistinker

Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus after 45 to do bs paperwork. Sounds 180. Much better than a welder who will already be retired and broke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757737)