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honolulu_hopeful

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"non-traditional"?

Post by honolulu_hopeful » Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:55 pm

In UG non-traditional students were older students (i.e. old enough to have graduate when by the time they started). Is this similar to LS, what is the age (ballpark)?

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Re: "non-traditional"?

Post by danitt » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:29 pm

honolulu_hopeful wrote:In UG non-traditional students were older students (i.e. old enough to have graduate when by the time they started). Is this similar to LS, what is the age (ballpark)?
I think it's if you've been out of undergrad for at least 5 years.

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Re: "non-traditional"?

Post by spleenworship » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:10 pm

Do you have any actual life experience as compared to the K-JDs? Yes? Good, you are a non-trad.

(provided you go to most schools. obv there are exceptions, see Northwestern)

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Re: "non-traditional"?

Post by DocHawkeye » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:13 pm

Is an application specifically asking for this information? Otherwise, I'm not sure why a law school would care. Probably 10% or more of my class is over 30 and more than half, I would estimate have been out of school for more than a year or two before starting law school.

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Re: "non-traditional"?

Post by honolulu_hopeful » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:25 pm

8 years Active Duty count as "real world" experience?

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