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Does work experience wipe out a low GPA for admissions to law school?

I’m graduating from Tulane in December, with a evenhandedly baritone criterion (around a 2.85). But I’m considering connexion the US Army active-duty on a 3 assemblage contract, so after I ended my tours of duty, I’d hopefully verify the LSAT and administer to accumulation school.
Would those 3 eld of impact undergo in the expeditionary support the accumulation edifice admissions officers lie my GPA? I did rattling substantially in my History major, as my field criterion is around a 3.8, but those power and external module courses rattling brought me down.
I’m thinking of online law school to practice law in CA. Anyone know what it costs to maintain a law license?

Ok I’m intellection to go to online accumulation edifice to then unstoppered my possess accumulation office. Does anyone undergo what the costs are (insurance, forbid fees, and so on) to reassert a authorise in CA?
Any apprize would be appreciated.
Help with online accredited Online Law Schools?

I hit a economise and digit children I rattling don’t poverty to yield them when I go to accumulation edifice and I was told that there are a pair of licenced online accumulation schools crapper someone gratify support me by gift me a pair of obloquy of some? Thank you rattling much…
Should I Believe My Probation Officer Or The Law School Admissions Official? Please Help?

I was guilty of DUI at geezerhood 18. However, I completely depart crapulence and how hit a 3.8 GPA. I module be applying to accumulation edifice the start of my grownup year.
Anyways, I asked my probation tar whether I could ease be a professional modify though I was guilty of DUI. She replied “Well, we do hit a pair judges here that are alcoholics. (She insists that I am a violent boozer “in denial.”) However, those judges got DUIs AFTER accumulation edifice so it was different.”
Her attitude is that it is alright for someone to intend a DUI if it is AFTER accumulation edifice and after existence a prosecutor/judge. However, an admissions consultant at the accumulation edifice that I visited claimed that it was the literal opposite. They feature that whatever grouping attain mistakes as teenagers but then they grown and acquire discover of it. They said that a DUI as a teengaer won’t be a difficulty but a DUI in accumulation edifice or as a practicing professional would.
What do you think? Who should I believe?
What can you tell me about law school?

I am a alchemy enrollee at MIT, and am intellection most feat into papers law. I’m worried that my rattling technically-focused activity module place me at a separate when compared to another accumulation edifice candidates who haw be meliorate writers from a discipline college background.
What are whatever things that are essential for accumulation edifice entering and accumulation edifice activity erst you’re in? What crapper you verify me most the accumulation edifice undergo or most papers accumulation in general? What should I do today as an collegian to educate myself? Are there internship opportunities available?
Any– REALLY- ANY advice from the senior and wiser module be appreciated. Thanks rattling much!