11/01/05
Law School Debt and You
There is an interesting article written by Sarah Kellogg on the financial burdens of a Law School degree (click here to go to article). While perhaps thankfully she doesn’t get into too many gritty details about how MUCH recent grads pay in students loans a month, she gives some hefty ballpark figures. A rather informative article was written by Mary Guiden (link to the article) about this topic as well. It is certainly something to reflect upon.
Will this effect what type of law you specialize in and what career path you choose? Well, yes, tuition for Law School is quite drastic. The returns however are on par with the investment, but to be honest this is highly dependent on what field of law you choose to pursue. However, even if your dream job is in Public Service, fret not. There are some governmental programs that may alleviate your debt if you’re working for Uncle Sam. We’ll talk more about this later. Read the articles for starters. It’s one of the components of your application that oftentimes is not factored in enough. Goodness this moves right into the topic of specializations, law school, financial packages, and other important topics. We’ll get to that in time.
