70 Year Old Grandmother Graduates Law School

Some risks are worth taking.

Posted from Dahab, Egypt.

I want to throw a shout of congratulations from the Sinai peninsula in Egypt to the 70 year old grandmother who just graduated from law school.

The 70-year-old grandmother with three grown children is venturing into a new chapter in her life when most people are contemplating a rocking chair.

But, that isn’t Sandra Wilson.

“I love the law,” said Wilson, whose family are the proprietors of Wilson Funeral Home in Panama City.

Source: http://www.newsherald.com/news/70-year-old-graduates-law-school-1.156696

The grandmother was a graduate of Faulkner University School of Law, in May.  According to the article, she did not go to law school for the money, instead she wants to help children.  Folks, this is why a person should consider law school -- if you think you are going to get rich, you may be disappointed.

Wilson is taking the bar exam this summer and hopes to find a job.  I am sure she will.  In fact, if I had a firm of my own, I'd hire her.  And why not?  Talk about showing initiative!  I think that it's amazing that a person will go for their dreams, no matter what point they are in their life.

Am I too old for law school?

For the naysayers, why not go to law school at the age of 70 or beyond?  Many people don't go for their dreams because of a variety of 'what if' reasons and lay there on their death bed regretting it.  Life is too short to always sit back and not take risks.  Law school may be riskier now than it was 10 years ago (the jury is still out on that though), but that does not mean that a person who dreams of a legal career, even at 50, 60 or beyond should not go.

Again, although I am sitting on the Red Sea coast in Dahab, Egypt, I could not miss the chance to give Sandra Wilson, J.D. a shout of congratulations for her accomplishment!  Way to go Sandra!  May the future shine bright for you and all the graduates of the class of 2013!