How to Pay for Law School
Find out how to pay for law school and how a high LSAT score can help you secure law school scholarships so you're not paying sticker price!
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Is Law School Worth It?
Debating whether or not you should go to law school? We dig into some case studies to see if law school is really worth the cost.
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Student Loan Forgiveness
When I was applying to law school, I ended up having to make some difficult decisions (as we all do). Basically, my options boiled down to School A with some financial assistance, School B with more assistance, or School C…
Does Raising Tuition Increase Enrollments for Law Schools?
No prospective law student likes how expensive law school is. A lot of people take on tons and tons of debt to go to school. Then, when they graduate, the pressure is on those lawyers to chart a career path…
Good News/Bad News with the Current Legal Job Market
All potential law students should keep themselves apprised of the ever-changing status of the legal job market. After all, the vast majority of students do not begin law school with a job waiting for them on the other side. Recently,…
Student Loan Servicer Navient Gets Smacked By The Feds
On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed suit in federal district court against Evil Corp. — er, Navient — the largest student loan servicer in the nation. Before we get into all that evil, a little background: Navient…
Big Brother, Spare a Dime?
Going to law school is very risky. The Law School Transparency movement has helped a lot of people make the right decision. Most law school aspirants are looking at $250,000 to $320,000 in debt and a 30% or more chance…
How to Nail Down a Lawyer Job Before Loans Come Due
The ABA recently released statistics showing which law schools have the highest percentage of unemployed recent graduates. Now, ideally, you’ll score well on the LSAT and have more secure options available to you than any of those schools (I’m not…
Law School: Too Long?
Law school is really expensive. After three years of law school you’ll likely have a mountain of debt—which means about $3,500 in monthly loan payments for 10 years. Take a very popular refrain you’ll hear from employers, “Law school doesn’t…
Caveat Scolasticus, or, in English, Student Beware
We told you a few weeks ago about the student that was suing her law school for allegedly misrepresenting employment data. She lost. My property professor is fond of saying that only deviants litigate, since pretty much everyone else figures…