Let’s Hear It for the Old Folks
It was almost exactly three years ago I started reading law student blogs. I was about 6 weeks away from starting law school and I’d finally come clean to my boss and my clients and told them I was leaving. What I really wanted was to find the blog of some other 30-something, second-career law student. But there wasn’t much of that sort. I found many blogs I liked and many people whose stories I followed through their blogs, but no one who was on my same path.
Now, however, there seem to be a profusion of blogs by law students with families, former careers, and a few years under their belts. Just to name a few, there are: Transmogiflaw, Law and Mommyhood, Old Law Guy, Legal Quandary, Energy Spatula, and Yayarolly. I’m really happy to see that these are all out there for a few reasons. First, I think it’s very intimidating to go to law school from some unorthodox path, so it’s always nice to see others out there doing the same thing. Second, I’m really happy that I decided to go to law school, so I’m glad to see other old folks making the same decision. Even though I’m now through law school, I still feel warmly about the idea of making a change and going to law school.
So three cheers for the old folks taking the law school plunge.
