Bill Weller gave up his co-ownership of nine radio stations on the West Coast and leisure time on the golf course. Now he's sitting in law school classes at Stetson University in Florida with students often half his age, 53.

"I went from having virtually no time pressure to a situation where I now have to make a choice between sleeping or studying," Weller said.

Taking on the grind of law school, or even medical school, might seem like the last thing you'd expect from baby boomers, especially when some of their peers are more inclined to wonder about retirement. But boomers like Weller, feeling bored or unfulfilled in their work, are putting parts of their lives on hold and going back to school to pursue a new profession in middle age.

Weller said he had settled into a routine that wasn't helping him serve his community in the way he wanted.

"You can just imagine guys sitting around at a golf club telling those old war stories and I found myself doing that all too often," Weller said, referring to banter with friends about business ventures. "I realized that I don't want to be doing that for the rest of my life."

Calling himself a "young 53-year-old," Weller said he still had years ahead of him to consider other career paths.

"People in my position can serve on boards and do volunteer work, and I've done plenty of that, but I just felt that I could be effective for a longer period of time by gaining the skill and professional expertise from law school," Weller said.

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