Bill Reid on starting law school at 40.

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • Bill Reid on what motivated him to begin law school at age 40 and how he persevered to earn his degree while working full time.

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  • @gunnyjwells1977
    @gunnyjwells1977 Год назад +142

    44 years old. I served 16 years in the Marine Corps. Taught high school for 6 years. Starting Law school next fall. Thanks for the inspiration.

    • @pep590
      @pep590 Год назад +3

      Great job! I sure hope all goes well for you, my fellow military brother!

    • @MsVoiceOfReason
      @MsVoiceOfReason Год назад +5

      I am 46 and been a paralegal for 20 yrs, strongly considering returning to school and studying for my law degree

    • @gunnyjwells1977
      @gunnyjwells1977 Год назад +4

      @@MsVoiceOfReason DO IT! You'll have a lot to offer with the knowledge you already have.

    • @SavageWorkouts
      @SavageWorkouts 11 месяцев назад +1

      Semper fi. I'm a former Marine 1L at 41 as well. Get some!!

    • @gunnyjwells1977
      @gunnyjwells1977 11 месяцев назад

      @@SavageWorkouts Yuttttt!!!!!! Get some! Semper Fi!

  • @Trucho001
    @Trucho001 6 месяцев назад +36

    I’m 56 and today I received my first letter of admission.
    Will start law school this Fall and, God willing, will graduate at 59.

    • @jjktng
      @jjktng 2 месяца назад +1

      Keep going . Good luck

    • @tyal-q9x
      @tyal-q9x Месяц назад +1

      Congratulations.

  • @jcnlaw
    @jcnlaw Год назад +65

    I had a retired surgeon in my (night) law school class. He was 70 years old and always wanted a law degree. Smart. Humble. Hard working. Inspiring.

  • @islip376
    @islip376 4 года назад +131

    Inspiring, I’m 44 and applying next year.

    • @IamYim
      @IamYim 4 года назад +12

      Wow! I’m 44 and applying next year as well. I’m scheduled to take the LSAT in October. Best wishes!

    • @starrebornalpha
      @starrebornalpha 4 года назад +1

      @@IamYim So how'd it go?

    • @DanieSangs
      @DanieSangs 3 года назад +4

      @keshapresley have you taken your LSAT yet? I'm seriously considering law school, too.

    • @DanieSangs
      @DanieSangs 3 года назад

      @@IamYim how did you do on your lsat?

    • @islip376
      @islip376 3 года назад +1

      @@DanieSangs yes I took the online one. Unfortunately it’s not the same as in person which has a disadvantage in my opinion.

  • @jjgalletta66
    @jjgalletta66 2 года назад +32

    If you really want to go to Law School…DO IT!!! I don’t care how old you are. If you can do it, DO IT!!!

  • @davidswann6154
    @davidswann6154 3 года назад +76

    I love this guy.I just turned 60 and I will also likely go to law school and graduate close to my 70th birthday. I am completing my 3rd masters degree now.

    • @wearebosspeople2216
      @wearebosspeople2216  3 года назад +2

      He is an inspiration.

    • @islip376
      @islip376 2 года назад +2

      Any suggestions on lsat prep? It’s kicking my Butt

  • @djtangles
    @djtangles 3 года назад +54

    I LOVE THIS! I am 36 and just decided I am going to start studying for the LSAT

    • @randomvideos_658
      @randomvideos_658 3 года назад +4

      That's awesome ! I am also 36, taking the LSAT in October and starting next fall 😁

    • @Promentalist
      @Promentalist 3 года назад +2

      Me too! I’m 35 and starting to studying now. Figure I’ll be around 40 when I graduate. Best of luck to you!

    • @kennypitts4829
      @kennypitts4829 6 месяцев назад

      Still at it?

  • @FairBeautyEssentials
    @FairBeautyEssentials 10 месяцев назад +16

    😊I’m 44 starting Law school too!!! It’s always my dream to be an attorney and everyday the desire to pursue keeps cooking inside me, literally. That means it’s time for me to give birth to my dream of becoming an attorney... I forever kept feeling like I am too old and too late for law school. But this video made me feel so much better. So I thank you for showing us this!!! Hugs🤗

    • @buckeye-pe6df
      @buckeye-pe6df 5 месяцев назад

      😂 Have you done any research into the legal profession. There are no jobs. Good luck paying off $150,000 working as a Beresta.

  • @joeparks3748
    @joeparks3748 3 года назад +57

    I’m 44 year old disabled veteran and father and want to apply to law school this year. This is inspiring!

  • @OracleofDelphiTarot
    @OracleofDelphiTarot 2 года назад +27

    One of the coolest guys I met was at a previous office I worked it. He graduated law school at 60. He decided to go back at 54. That always stayed with me as I am considering the field.

  • @Pants3
    @Pants3 3 года назад +26

    I'm 40 and starting this fall.

  • @hyojinlee
    @hyojinlee 3 года назад +30

    Very inspiring. I'm 38 and starting this year :)

  • @stevensanders2761
    @stevensanders2761 3 года назад +28

    I am 50 and a 1L with reservation this very inspirational and encouraging

    • @islip376
      @islip376 2 года назад +1

      How’s it going so far? Is there a diversity of age there? Also how did you prepare for the lsat ?

  • @yotalifepr
    @yotalifepr 3 года назад +49

    I will be 35 this year, finish my bachelor in December 2021. Took LSAT this past Saturday, hopefully I pass it and will be able start Law School next year.

    • @MsBdoll87
      @MsBdoll87 3 года назад +1

      How’d you do?

    • @yotalifepr
      @yotalifepr 3 года назад +4

      @@MsBdoll87 i think i got enough to get in. Thanks for asking.

    • @MsBdoll87
      @MsBdoll87 3 года назад +1

      @@yotalifepr you're welcome. i pray you do! Best of wishes to you!

    • @ValiantVisions314
      @ValiantVisions314 3 года назад +5

      Bro, congratulations. I'm 38. I'll graduate nursing school in January 2022. I am about to start studying for the LSAT.

    • @DaringDanielletravels
      @DaringDanielletravels 2 года назад

      Woohoo!!!! I’m rooting for you

  • @Charlesthetraveler
    @Charlesthetraveler Месяц назад +4

    Seeing this in 2024. I am 40 and will be and beginning my journey to start law school in 2026. Thank you for this and wish me luck!

  • @Promentalist
    @Promentalist 3 года назад +21

    This video and thread makes me feel so much better about being an older adult at 35 and wanting to pursue a law degree. I feel so much better. Thank you!

  • @jntshinga2164
    @jntshinga2164 Год назад +9

    This has inspired me...I'm turning 43 this year and I'm applying to start 2024. I believe it's possible for me🙏🏾😍🌟.

    • @danmcarthur8077
      @danmcarthur8077 17 дней назад

      Did you do it??? I’m 38 and just enrolled in an lsat prep course

  • @roxannekinnally4208
    @roxannekinnally4208 3 года назад +11

    I am.55 years old and studying for my.law entrance exam takin it next year

    • @bassstudent4life
      @bassstudent4life 2 года назад

      Good for you. How is it going? You will still be in your 50s after graduating.

    • @kan77r94
      @kan77r94 2 года назад

      Go for it

  • @elvisocc588
    @elvisocc588 Год назад +5

    I am 56 and thinking about going back to Law School

  • @rosamoreno4794
    @rosamoreno4794 3 года назад +9

    I started Grad school in 01/2021 at age 43 for a Masters degree in Legal Studies and now I am 44 yrs old. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I got my undergrad at age 43. I am paying cash for school but could not afford a JD.

  • @trishmittelstadt2920
    @trishmittelstadt2920 2 года назад +12

    I’m 42 and graduate in 3 weeks!

    • @Ladyjojo83
      @Ladyjojo83 2 года назад

      Congratulations!! I'm 38 and have a great job but no degree. this past weekend, my mom reminded me of a time when I was young, that I was going to be a lawyer. I put it off and every thought about becoming one until she reminded me.

    • @rparchment26
      @rparchment26 2 года назад

      Did you have a problem finding work because of your age?

    • @trishmittelstadt6502
      @trishmittelstadt6502 2 года назад

      @@rparchment26 yes, I am still looking for a job. But unsure if it’s my age, the fact that I am going to a different city than where I went to law school, or something else. For reference I went to a top 20 school and have a good gpa.

    • @rparchment26
      @rparchment26 2 года назад +1

      @@trishmittelstadt6502 thank you for the update. Good luck job hunting. I’m sure you will land something soon.

    • @trishmittelstadt2920
      @trishmittelstadt2920 Год назад

      @Z Malek I did. I am working as a deputy DA.

  • @pickupyocross4llowjesus285
    @pickupyocross4llowjesus285 Год назад +5

    I'm fixing my matric certificate and going back to school and study law. I'm so inspired by this I'm turning 35 this year, by the time I'm 37 I'll be in law school

  • @DaringDanielletravels
    @DaringDanielletravels 2 года назад +8

    Wow! I love that this exists. I’m studying for the LSAT and hoping to be admitted Fall 2022

    • @islip376
      @islip376 2 года назад

      How are you preparing for the lsat ?

    • @DaringDanielletravels
      @DaringDanielletravels 2 года назад

      @@islip376 I’m doing self study at the moment and certainly open to suggestions. I’ve been utilizing free content I’ve found on RUclips to help me become familiar with the questions and learn how to set up each question type.

  • @kamilahwhitfield2886
    @kamilahwhitfield2886 6 часов назад

    So inspiring my daughter was just sentenced to 10 years in the department of corrections we had a public defender. I have always been interested in the law I work as a legal secretary but this incident in my life has revealed to me I need to go to law school. I feel like I failed my daughter because I did not know enough about the law and I did not fight hard enough for her.

  • @alona724
    @alona724 Год назад +4

    I wish this was longer. Very inspirational

  • @ItzMeNitaBoo
    @ItzMeNitaBoo Год назад +5

    I have been talking with my husband about me starting law school to become a judge. I've been procrastinating because of my age(43) I'm a wife an mother of 11 children. Im a chef now. This video and all the comments are so inspiring. Anyone in Colorado or Utah? Can someone direct me in the way to get started? Good luck @everyone

  • @citrinehills7131
    @citrinehills7131 Год назад +2

    I'm 45 and If I start I will be 46 yrs this year. which means I will graduate at 50 or 51 yrs.

  • @jaco5187
    @jaco5187 3 года назад +8

    How likely are you to get a good job after law school at age 48?

    • @joyandpeacefullaughter5307
      @joyandpeacefullaughter5307 3 года назад

      He already had his business.

    • @islip376
      @islip376 2 года назад +7

      When you are an attorney you can work for yourself.

    • @jaco5187
      @jaco5187 2 года назад +3

      @@islip376 Yes, but in law school, they teach you...the law, not the business of law. That's another whole education curriculum.

    • @islip376
      @islip376 Год назад +4

      @Z Malek not easy doesn’t equal impossible. Get some self esteem and confidence.

  • @firozmallick1307
    @firozmallick1307 Год назад +2

    Hey! All you beautiful people out there, you're doing great. Keep movin and you'll definitely reach where you want to be. I'm 30 and I'm in my 1st year of Graduation of my business administration. Just keep in mind that the 'Sky is never the limit'.
    I get tired of “under 40” lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts.

  • @bebois2529
    @bebois2529 3 года назад +4

    Thank you for I am starting to go back into law in my late 30s so encouraging

  • @alexandraoneill4485
    @alexandraoneill4485 3 года назад +5

    Thanks for the inspiration!!

  • @Jcantu562
    @Jcantu562 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for sharing. I'm currently 39 and thinking about going to law school. I do have two young babies (18 months and the other is due in July 2024). I don't want to be an absentee father but I feel there is a pull to law school.

  • @iFrankie.
    @iFrankie. 6 месяцев назад

    I’ll be 30 when graduate from law school.
    Applying this year and be in next year.

  • @ECO473
    @ECO473 9 месяцев назад +1

    I know the feeling. I was a practicing accountant for ten years when I started law school. I was 31 when I started and 34 when I finished. I had all kinds of fun in law school, and it was one of the best things I've been blessed to do.

  • @wambuiwanyutu
    @wambuiwanyutu 2 года назад +1

    Am 33 years old of age am working to save for my education later on and i want to study Undergraduate in law first.

  • @neojohn9335
    @neojohn9335 6 месяцев назад

    you are a great help of inspiration, wow! thank you so much

  • @Marchelette
    @Marchelette 4 месяца назад

    I’m 39 and thinking 🤔 about going to law school 🏫.

  • @playgamepark
    @playgamepark Год назад +1

    RUclips recommended this when I was thinking about going into law school... Google... is getting too good at this

  • @roamlikekane
    @roamlikekane 2 года назад +1

    What kind of interview was that? So short. Is there more? I'm sure he'd have a lot more to say.

  • @brettbaker9062
    @brettbaker9062 Год назад +1

    im 32 but he has the same mind set as me on my career

  • @TravelingBibliophile
    @TravelingBibliophile 3 года назад +3

    He is inspiring.

  • @trawsoza2926
    @trawsoza2926 3 года назад +2

    This is very inspiring

  • @KUqdah
    @KUqdah Год назад

    Just found this video...these commemts keep me inspired & motivated, as I will be a non-traditional student, hopefully Fall 2024....taking LSAT in September..... fingers & eyes crossed!
    Good luck to everyone!

  • @volsnationn
    @volsnationn 2 года назад

    Im 39 and about to apply. I have an MBA. Wife and I work from home in SC, both making over 100k each.
    Im stable and happy but need a challenge. Going for it! Wanted to go JAG when i commissioned in the Army in 2010 but passed the opportunity for free Law School in NJ. Nevsr stopped thinking about it, also im a PM for a Law Firm and understand litigation and mass tort\class actiom. Im all about this

  • @ktv_online
    @ktv_online 2 года назад

    I'm 36 am applying next year

  • @AGPLAW
    @AGPLAW 2 года назад

    Thanks for inspiring to be a lawyer❤️

  • @mystique5168
    @mystique5168 Год назад

    39 and started my BCom degree

  • @VoiceForTheSilenced
    @VoiceForTheSilenced 9 месяцев назад

    This gives me hope!!!

  • @ngagenokia
    @ngagenokia 3 года назад

    you age out at 40 and over

  • @mubashirtareen8641
    @mubashirtareen8641 2 года назад

    Dear brothers and sisters, I need to know about the eligibility criteria for UK law school. I do not belong to UK. Is LSAT necessary? And I am M. A in international relations with 3 years of teaching experience and can be considered a nonlaw graduate. Should I do GDL or a proper LLB course? Will GDL not make me eligible to practice.?

    • @KUqdah
      @KUqdah Год назад +1

      I would suggest you talk to a Counselor at a law school or schools in the U.K. to ensure you receive correct information....good luck...😊

  • @TheHenriproduction
    @TheHenriproduction 3 года назад

    Wow very inpiring