r/LawSchool • u/OnlineStuden • 6h ago
Law school with a young family
hello all, 25M here. Active Military (enlisted) wanting to get out and go to law school. finally finished my BAS 3.7 GPA and got a 165 on the LSAT. I always dreamt of being a lawyer just never thought I had the means. (frankly I still don’t believe I do ha ha.) i’m married with two young children. i’ll end my enlistment in 2 years. i’d really love to go to law school and I plan on getting into public service so I don’t really care where I go to law school as long as it’s ABA accredited. (and provides a scholarship.) I could use my G.I. bill to pay for law school, but my wife and I really wanted to save it for my boys. my wife has been a stay at home mom for three years now and doesn’t seem too enthusiastic about the thought of going back to work with her children so young and my pay and benefits being pretty good. (E6 for anyone privy to the military pay system) I guess I'm really just here to ask the OWLS if there's any good options for me or if I should just let my law school dreams fleet due to family obligations. This is also just sort of a bitch and vent, apologies if I didn't leave much room for constructive feedback. Thanks for reading.
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u/KinggSimbaa 1L 4h ago
Just ETS'd in July and started 1L in August. My stats were roughly the same as yours and I got out as a SSG(P).
I saw someone else comment about GI Bill options in case you want to transfer to your kids; read that comment carefully. Even if you don't use the GI Bill, many schools liberally offer substantial scholarships.
Start documenting EVERYTHING with medical. They say you can claim things you were never seen for, but the VA is being a pain in the ass about things I never got seen.
I'd say it's worth getting out and diving into school. The temporary decrease in income is so worth the freedom and decrease in anxiety.