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Sir,I am an active duty soldier and am looking at going to law school. The catch is I am too old for Green to Gold and ROTC. What options are there? I know the Army has a program that allows Active Duty Officers to go to Law School but I have not heard anything about Enlisted personnel. Thanks for your help.

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I am not aware of any program to allow soldiers to go to law school while on active duty.  In my honest opinion, I recommend that when you ETS, join the guard, go to school.  You would utilize tuition benefits in the Guard, which can pay for all or most of tuition, depending on state.  That along with the generous GI bill benefits now offered, you can afford to go to school full time and work part time, even if you have a family.

That's all I could recommend, otherwise, I doubt you would ever have enough time while on active duty to accomplish becoming a lawyer due to the demanding regiment of school and the demands of the Army.

Good luck

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I am a National Guard recruiter , been doing it for seven years and am a subject matter expert on qualifications for National Guard and I keep up to date on Regular Army regs and programs. I was in the Navy for 4 years and have 13 years in the Guard. I will not sugar coat my answers to you. They are usually short and to the point. If you need more in depth, ask me. Because each situation is different, alot of times you need to actually talk to a recruiter and let them evaluate your situation in person, by looking at your documents, issues etc. If I suggest this, it would be in your best interest to do so. Finally...thank you for your interest in serving this great nation of ours. Very few people can actually make the cut to serve let alone choose to do so. So thank you for wanting to and hopefully you will get a chance. Whatever branch you choose, thank you and good luck.

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