My friends and I used to joke that we were “law school loan rich.” Living in Manhattan and attending a private law school, this was our reality.In our early 20s and all from places other than New …
Dedication and Discipline: Becoming a Marine Corps JAG
“Well, have you ever thought about going to law school?”, she said. I thought she was kidding, but no, my mother was completely serious.This conversation with my mother occurred around the time I …
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Pay Back JD Student Loans in Under 5 Years: A How-To Guide
The bimodal distribution for lawyer salaries has been well documented. If you pick a random newly minted lawyer, there’s a high chance that her salary could be $80,000 or $190,000, but she probably …
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Lawyers Graduate with More Student Debt and Less Income Than Expected
Recent law school graduates are in a financial pinch as tuition is rising but the opportunities to earn 6-figures are shrinking. Most attorneys thought they’d graduate with an average law school debt …
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Lawyers With Student Loans Are Worse Off Than Doctors
A recent piece by Jordan Rothman in Above the Law suggested that lawyers with student loans have an easier time with the debt than physicians do. I respect his analysis, but for your benefit (and …
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The Only Student Loans I Don’t Regret
(Today's guest post comes from Liz Stapleton. She's a recovering attorney and freelance writer and has an awesome site called Less Debt More Wine. In 2014, Liz paid off all of her credit card debt …
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