To tell ds he may be too old to go into law

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Ds1 will be 24 when his a levels are finished and would like to go into law. Wouldn't he struggle a lot more to get into this insdusty?

Is it possible to tell your grown adult son what to do, I mean you can't reasonably stop him? If you're paying for all his college fees that's a different matter I suppose.

I'm assuming he's an intelligent man with an interest in Law and has spoken his plans through with his college. In which case, it's not an ill thought out whim. He won't get onto a Law course if he's not deemed suitable.

If at 24 you are "too old" for anything then there's no hope for anyone in doing anything. I'm staggered that anyone would think 24 is too old for anything

@Wobblebumbum so not doing A Levels at 16/17 makes you an academic write off then does it?

I think it's hard for young adults to know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Maybe, at 24, he's figured it out. All the best to him.

2 of my friends went into Law post 40. One is very succesful indeed. The other is doing fine as a solid family lawyer. And one of my friends is a lease/conveyance/property lawyer - and qualified post - children.

Sorry but I have to quote Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen) here:
"Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't."

Love that song!

Tbh I'm not an expert in the law field, and hopefully this doesn't sound too rude, but are you OP? Because if you don't really have any experience/insight related to law, then you're not really the best person to advise your 24 year old son. He's old enough to do his own research surely? If you tell him he's too old to do it (which I'm sure he's not), then he'll probably just do it anyway but resent you a little bit for not being supportive?

Nothing is impossible, I'm retraining in an equally competitive area at 35.

Has he recovered from the health condition that has prevented him doing a levels sooner though? He may want to consider whether an intensely competitive field with long hours is the best/realistic for his health.

Most law graduates don't become lawyers, but it's still a good degree for other areas. He should focus on get top a level grades, getting into a Russell group uni, then go from there.

Too old at 24?! How bizarre. Of course not.

How odd that anyone would think that 24 is too old.

I think it might benefit him, more mature etc

I qualified as a solicitor when I was 32! Thank goodness my mum nwver told me I was too old!!

Although of course grades do matter if he ever has hope of getting a training contract

I'm really surprised you think it's too old. Why would you think this? Law is tough for many reasons but starting a lawdegree at 24 is no barrier.

Can you do law through OU?