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Step by step walk the thousand mile road
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… the University of Richmond School of Law.

The good news is admission came with a scholarship that covers tuition fees and books.

The bad news is she’s becoming a lawyer.





Nice is overrated

"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government."
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We all have our crosses to bear. I have a few lawyers in my family also. Smile Wishing her all the best.



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Sorry she has to spend time in Richmond for it. Razz

Seriously, though, congratulations to her. Go, Spiders! Smile




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Congrats
I think it is a great school
I attempted to apply there for the fall semester to obtain another BA in a completely new field but was told no.

I lived by the school for 18 years and used to run through campus about 4 days a week.

It looks really neat since they moved the football stadium on campus.

There used to be a lot of sandwich shops and restaurants near by but Henrico and Richmond is determined to destroy it and over build that area. (Even though everyone has fought against it)
 
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Could be worse. Smile

Congrats to her!


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Nice! Congratulations on both the good and the 'bad' news! Smile
 
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The scholarship is awesome! Good for her. Smile
 
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Congratulations!
 
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Serious question. At 30 years old, is she been a professional student?

Good luck to her. I wanted to go to law school.



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We can only hope that she is old enough to want to lawyer for the right cause. We can dream can't we?



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I was 30 when admitted to Yale Med School. Their generosity made it possible for me to have free tuition, and for my wife, with boys 3 and 1, not to have to work. The rest was loans and their tuition postponement program. I wasn’t a professional student, I had been working. Because we were financially independent of our parents, we had no income if I wasn’t working. Amazingly it worked out better for us economically than if I had gone to UC Davis, another possibility.


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The bad news is she’s becoming a lawyer.

Not all lawyers are bad. But you already know that.

Congratulations to her!

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I was 30 when admitted to Yale Med School.

Ha! You and I are late bloomers, doc. Smile


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Serious question. At 30 years old, is she been a professional student?

Good luck to her. I wanted to go to law school.


No, out in the work force since she was 18. Graduated VCU at 21, with no meaningful school debt (what there was, is since paid).





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Congratulations for her, you and your family.

Can't change the system unless good people participate in it.


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Not just ‘A’ lawyer, she will be YOUR lawyer !
Huge difference.
 
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No kidding. I wish I had a decent lawyer in the family.



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Congratulations!

Suggest she try to clerk for a Fed district judge or SC judge if possible.

Also, after clerking, join the Federalist Society and participate.
 
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Congrats. Wishing her all the best. Many, many areas of law to carve out a career.


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Some lawyers are nice !

Congratulations to her, and you !




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A gentle word of advice from another Esq. Day one, week one she will be intimidated, full of self-doubt and most assuredly thinking this is the worst decision she could have ever made.

My first night I was assigned 408 pages to read, I knew right then it was a mind F, nobody could read that in 2 days

Of the 120 kids I entered 1L with 100 Graduated. 18 quit and 2 failed out. Everyone, and I mean everyone who meaningfully tried, and stayed, passed.

Month 1 is psychological hazing done by true professionals. Recognize that it is a game, play along as you need to, but find the resolve to keep going forward.

For the sotas (Student Over Traditional Age) this was especially true. They had the highest drop rate. I wish I had known this going in, it would have made the first semester much more tolerable. By second semester you get a groove and start to understand what the teachers want and expect.

Congrats, it's a worthy profession and having a little life experience before law school is a really good thing.


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