Many people pay for law school with student loans. This could easily be $150k+, depending on the law school. Unfortunately, this can spell trouble if you do not

Many people pay for law school with student loans. This could easily be $150k+, depending on the law school. Unfortunately, this can spell trouble if you do not finish law school and thus can't get a high paying job. Still more unfortunate, even if you do finish law school, you may end up with long hours and doing uninteresting work simply to pay off the loans. The interesting legal work that many people go to law school to do (eg at non-profits or with the government) rarely pays enough to allow one to support themselves and pay off significant loans.