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I'm going to have to partially disagree with some of you on this one... He's a fully grown adult, and the mindset he held on academics back when he dropped out of highschool compared to the mindset he has now at the age of 26 is very different. I think the main point OP is trying to get at is that he is sick of working graveyard shifts and is striving for better standards of living and a good education. If becoming a lawyer is the goal/destination he is setting for himself, then that is a decision he is making for himself at the age of 26. Often times, people will go into university/college without a goal/destination in mind, and this is what usually bars them from going out to experience more out of their university/college life because they will tend to think that university/college is what will secure them a job, which in reality, is not true.

I'm sure something triggered his decision to become a lawyer, or he wouldn't have chosen this as his desired career in the first place. In fact, my cousin, who studied food and nutrition for 4 years decided to make a polar change to become a lawyer because she found it was what interested her. Back when she was studying food and nutrition, she had no idea what direction she was going. She graduated from law school a year ago, and is now an entry level attorney. If law is what you want to do, then by all means go for it. Do your research and homework and nothing is impossible.