Law School Decision - It’s official!
Yesterday I bit the bullet and mailed in my $300 seat deposit. Phew. I also ordered a MacBook. Checked out the potential professors on RateMyProfessor.com and ordered some Law-in-a-Flash cards for contracts and torts. I can’t believe there’s only about 6 weeks left until classes start.
Chapin has a new job. It’s his first week, but so far it looks like he’ll be home every day - just not sure when. Looks like he may have to leave at the crack of dawn (3 or 4 a.m.), so we’re considering adjusting our schedules so that we go to sleep when Pumpkinhead goes down at 8:30 and then wake at 3 with Chapin to have breakfast together. The idea is that I will then study before Pumpkinhead wakes up around 6:45 and we have to get ready for school/work. It takes about 45 minutes to get to my job from home during rush hour (20 minutes on the weekends), an hour if you add in daycare dropoff. Right now we’re just trying to find workable solutions to the whole study time/family time conundrum.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:07 am
Wow! It’s going to be an adjustment I’m sure. I so admire you for doing this. If I’d had children before I started law school I don’t know that I would have had the stamina to do it. I’m really rooting for you!
March 11th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
ok So I am reading your blogs and feel ultra inspired! I am a mom of 3 I work full time and have wavered on the idea of going to law school and I am ready. I also just bought a MAC Book Pro :- ) I signed up for the LSAT in June (waitlist). In your experience, would you recommend the kaplan (or similar) courses to prepare for the test or just get the books and study? I managed to get my grad degree (UMUC) on line, but I know that is different from preparing for law school.
Thank you!
March 17th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Sorry for the ultra-delayed response! I just went to the used bookstore and picked up last year’s Kaplan books for self-study. That worked for me. If you’re aiming for a Top 10 school, you might try a course. Otherwise, I think they are a waste of money.