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Going to law school while working full time - anyone done it?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:00 am
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:00 am
It’s something I am thinking about and I have a lot of questions about this.
First and foremost, how relevant is the quality of the law school? As I work full time, I’m limited to the part time/night school within my vicinity (I don’t live in Louisiana btw).
I’m 29 years old, married, no kids. If I don’t do this now, I never will - and it’s something I’ve always been interested in. I enjoy my current job, I am a forensic accountant for a state AG’s office. I have my CPA as well as a CFE (certified fraud examiner) and CFF (certified in financial forensics).
I’m hoping that my financial background will help me either through the law school application process or after obtaining a law degree, my law degree + financial background will open doors for me. Is that accurate or will that financial background be pretty irrelevant?
First and foremost, how relevant is the quality of the law school? As I work full time, I’m limited to the part time/night school within my vicinity (I don’t live in Louisiana btw).
I’m 29 years old, married, no kids. If I don’t do this now, I never will - and it’s something I’ve always been interested in. I enjoy my current job, I am a forensic accountant for a state AG’s office. I have my CPA as well as a CFE (certified fraud examiner) and CFF (certified in financial forensics).
I’m hoping that my financial background will help me either through the law school application process or after obtaining a law degree, my law degree + financial background will open doors for me. Is that accurate or will that financial background be pretty irrelevant?
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Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:01 am to Tigerfan56
I thought about it for years
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:01 am to Tigerfan56
Some law schools won't permit you to work your first year (LSU for instance)
Or at least it used to be that way
Or at least it used to be that way
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:02 am to Tigerfan56
My brother-in-law did. He worked full time at Loyola as a police officer while doing law school part-time. Him and his wife had their first child during school as well.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:02 am to Tigerfan56
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Going to law school while working full time
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I’m 29 years old, married, no kids. If I don’t do this now, I never will - and it’s something I’ve always been interested in. I enjoy my current job, I am a forensic accountant for a state AG’s office. I have my CPA as well as a CFE (certified fraud examiner) and CFF (certified in financial forensics).
Goshdangit, threads like this make me feel like a loser
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:02 am to Tigerfan56
With all of those credentials, why go back to law school? Just curious
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:02 am to Tigerfan56
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I’m limited to the part time/night school within my vicinity
lots of people do it, TX has always had law school programs that catered to full time workers, I'm sure many other states as well
ETA: but why?
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 9:04 am
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:03 am to Tigerfan56
You often aren't allowed to your 1L year without a special exemption from the law school, which is very rarely granted.
Trust me, they're doing you a favor. 1L is a full time job already. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it would be a living hell.
Trust me, they're doing you a favor. 1L is a full time job already. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it would be a living hell.
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 9:04 am
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:03 am to Tigerfan56
After seeing my wife go through it before she started her career and we were married (20 yrs ago), there's no way I would consider it. The volume of reading alone... There was hardly enough hours in a day to handle the workload much less balance a job, and family life.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:05 am to Tigerfan56
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how relevant is the quality of the law school
Depends on what tier, but yes it matters especially depending on goal.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:05 am to Tigerfan56
From people I know that went to law school that seems like a way to make you want to off yourself
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:06 am to Tigerfan56
Your accounting degree will be valuable with a law degree. I know several attorneys who have both and they do well with tax, structure and estate issues.
As for going to law school and working full time, that would be extremely difficult, even if a law school would have a class schedule that would accommodate. One of the only people I recall doing this was Mike Foster, when he was the Louisiana Governor, who went to Southern Law School at night. He also learned how to fly a helicopter during his tenure as Gov. Maybe he had it a little easier road being that he was the Gov. and all.
I do know a physician who went to law school, but he took a year off his practice to do the first year. He then went back to work part time in his second and third years.
Good luck with it. The practice of law and a hard way to earn a living. But with a secondary skill like accounting you can develop a niche practice that people will pay for.
As for going to law school and working full time, that would be extremely difficult, even if a law school would have a class schedule that would accommodate. One of the only people I recall doing this was Mike Foster, when he was the Louisiana Governor, who went to Southern Law School at night. He also learned how to fly a helicopter during his tenure as Gov. Maybe he had it a little easier road being that he was the Gov. and all.
I do know a physician who went to law school, but he took a year off his practice to do the first year. He then went back to work part time in his second and third years.
Good luck with it. The practice of law and a hard way to earn a living. But with a secondary skill like accounting you can develop a niche practice that people will pay for.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:06 am to CoachChappy
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With all of those credentials, why go back to law school? Just curious
The Credentials are good for what I currently do, but in my current position where I am working with attorneys everyday, it makes me want to do what they do. I want to be the person overseeing every aspect of a case and not just limited to writing reports and testifying to the financial aspect of things. Obviously I need a law degree to do that
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:07 am to Tigerfan56
I did it. What would you like to know?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:07 am to Tigerfan56
A lot of the times, a law degree is not worth the paper it is printed on unless you graduate towards the top of your class (and even then, it is hard to say it is actually worth it). I think you would struggle to graduate towards the top of your class attending law school and working full time.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:07 am to Tigerfan56
ranking of law school doesn't mean jack shite
i wouldn't go to law school
i wouldn't go to law school
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:09 am to Tigerfan56
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. Obviously I need a law degree to do that
might do some research before you make the commitment, the degree alone may not be enough to get you into the "inner circle"
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:09 am to Tigerfan56
Hope you like to read
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:11 am to Tigerfan56
You do not need a law degree imo unless you really want to practice law. Most lawyers here in SC would kill for a job like yours. There's way too many lawyers here.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:12 am to Tigerfan56
Not personally, but some of my coworkers did this via night school at Southern, and some of them are doing quite well.
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