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Simply googling "Should I go to law school?" yields a ridiculous amount of horror stories about people who are hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt with a J
by Nicholas_C 12y ago
Simply googling "Should I go to law school?" yields a ridiculous amount of horror stories about people who are hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt with a JD and working retail and/or making less than $20/hour. I would really like to see a ROI for every law school in the nation. I would suspect that most below the top 30 or so have a negative ROI.
Slate is blocked on my work internet for whatever reason.
- jurassic 12y agoThe article reports that some schools are having to give large tuition discounts to attract a decent class, and the writer predicts closures similar to dental schools in the 80s. The most interesting tidbit was that "the biggest application declines have occurred among students who scored in the middle-to-high range on the LSAT." Confirms my general feeling about people who borrow heavily and go despite the overwhelming evidence that it's a bad idea outside of the top schools.
- jessaustin 12y agoDental schools are back on the upswing, at least over the last decade (and for the foreseeable future).
- Alex3917 12y agoDon't bother Googling, just go to Law School Transparency. http://www.lawschooltransparency.com http://www.lawschooltransparency.com