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Mei'd For Law As a female mature aged law student, I can say that returning or entering the life of education at the age of 37, I started from the bottom, where I successfully completed my Certificate IV in Legal Services and then proceeded to complete the Diploma of Justice. Moving forward I am now a 2nd year Law student doing my Bachelor of Laws at Victoria University.
While the typical law school student is between the ages of 23 and 26, there are many mature aged students who are over the age of 30 that are returning to school. I have found that many of the programs or courses offered, have a fairly flexible schedule that accommodates older students, they have welcomed older
While reminiscing into my childhood, I started
students and are allowing more and more
to remember a saying that I heard at one of
mature aged people like myself to pursue
our church services which stuck with me, “not
a law degree, and although the reasons
to be pushed around by the fears in your
for seeking a legal education differ, the
mind, but to be led by the dreams in your
general view is that education isn’t just for
heart”.
kids! t’s a lesson that’s guided me ever since and Growing up as an Islander girl, who is the
it’s the reason why I decided to finally pursue
eldest in the family, I was taught that my
my Law degree as a mature aged student.
number one priority was to take care of
Yes, I went backwards, as in, raising a family
the family, which meant working for an
first, and with the support and
income, as education is not important.
encouragement of my family, I pursued my
When I finished high school all I did was
education, which has also started the
work, in which I gained valuable skills that I
pathway to reaching my long-life dreams
use in everyday life. I then became a wife
and goals, to working within the Law &
and a mother.
Justice environment.
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