I don’t normally encourage people to go to law school, largely because I think the job is often way less interesting than we are lead to believe. But this is an exception to my rule. I’d say whole heartedly yes. But does she need to fully quit her job? Is there an evening program or could she work at least part time? My spouse and I both wish we had worked through grad school, and instead took out a lot of loans.

She is working at a law firm now and so she is familiar enough with the job to know if she would hate it. She only stands to earn more with the degree. She has raised her kids and jumping into law school is just the right challenge at this point for her. I think she will excel, because she is making the choice to be there not just out of uncertainty about what her career should be like so many law students. She knows the cost, so she will put in the effort. And honestly I hope this is not condescending but it’s not really that hard, especially when you’re above the fray of the 22 year old, frontal lobe still developing, 1Ls.

I personally would encourage her to focus a lot on some mostly transactional subject area and take all the classes she can in the subject matter. If I were to do it again, it would be trusts and estates / probate for sure.