Student Loan Debt
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Law Schools, Student Loans
Elite Law School Dean Says Grads Don't Need To Worry About Debt If They're Willing To Be Poor
Are graduates of top law schools more likely to escape their debts? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.16.15
* Is Andrews Kurth facing a possible mega-malpractice judgment? If you know more, please drop us a line. [MahanyLaw]
* Elsewhere in Texas, a UT law student stands accused of leading an intimidation campaign against a professor of Israel studies. [Legal Insurrection]
* Advice from our columnist Keith Lee on how to write an excellent legal memo. [Associate’s Mind]
* Did Michigan prosecutors pressure the state’s crime lab to falsely classify the origins of THC the lab was testing? [The Intercept]
* An interview about interviews: Richard Hsu interviews Bryan A. Garner about Professor Garner’s famous series of interviews with Supreme Court justices. [Hsu Untied]
* Does your employer offer assistance with student loan repayment as an employee benefit — and should it? [Tuition.io]
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Law Schools, Student Loans
Law Grad Drowning In Debt Tries To Sell Law Degree On Craigslist
Go on, make this lawyer an offer he can't refuse.
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Student Loans
Stat Of The Week: Law School Graduate Debt Soars
Law school graduate debt spirals upward. -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Student Loans Bite Lawyer In The Ass
Lawyer tries federal case over his student loans; hilarity ensues. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 04.28.15
* Oh Texas. Judge gets in trouble for posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook, violating HER OWN RULE about posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook. [Texas Lawyer]
* Head of the Georgia state judicial ethics committee resigns after billing questions arise. [Daily Report]
* Ach nein! Orrick closes two German offices. [Am Law]
* Yup, if you graduated law school (even from a great school like Columbia) in 2010, you are well and truly screwed. [NY Times]
* Get ready for the gay marriage oral arguments with a fascinating history of codified homophobia in public service. [WaPo]
* Irony alert: Judge’s son got a DUI when he was driving recklessly in front of — yup, you guessed it — the courthouse. [Times Free Press]
* NY State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman comes out in favor of decriminalization of seven “broken windows” offenses that account for ~42% of NYPD summonses. [NY Daily News]
* RIP Harvey Miller, 82, Weil Gotshal bankruptcy partner passed away after a fight with ALS. [NYLJ]
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Student Loans
Could This Be The Law School Graduate With The Most Student Loan Debt In The World?
Oy. This person's net worth is completely negative! -
Federal Government, Health Care / Medicine, Money, Tax Law
The Secret Taxes On The Young: Health Insurance And Student Loan Interest
On this Tax Day, columnist Shannon Achimalbe looks at two payments that are not called taxes but feel like and have the effect of a tax. - Sponsored
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Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Good Grief: These Law School 'Debt Per Job' Numbers Are Ugly
For every job obtained by a graduate of these law schools, an extraordinary debt burden has been accrued. -
Law Schools, Student Loans
The Top 10 Law Schools With The Most Heavily Indebted Graduates
Which law school graduates have the most debt of all? U.S. News has a ranking for that! -
Student Loans
This Law School Wants To Stop Students From Drowning In Debt
Will more law schools adopt initiatives like this one? -
Law Schools, Student Loans
Lawyers Struggle To Live 'Mortgaged' Lives Under The Crushing Weight Of Student Loans
Will the government be forced to grant loan forgiveness to all lawyers with unbearable debt burdens? -
Law Schools, Money, Quote of the Day, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Student Loans, Unemployment
The Incredibly Harsh Stigma Of Law School Debt
What's been the worst part of having to grapple with unemployment and pay off student loans?
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Graduate Of Elite Law School Forced To Live Off Welfare Due To Terrible State Of Job Market
Which law school left this woman penniless and destitute? -
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Consolidation Options For Law School Grads
With a little foresight, law school students can select the proper loan and create a repayment plan that is best aligned to their career and lifestyle post-graduation. -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
What Would You Do If An Anonymous Donor Paid Your Law School Debt In Full?
Many recent law school graduates are charity cases, and they could use your help. -
Law Schools, Money, Rankings, Student Loans
The Law Schools With The Least-Indebted Graduates
Which law school graduates have the least debt of all? There's a ranking for that! -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Which Law School Just Cut Tuition By 15 Percent?
Will an almost $25K decrease make a difference when it comes to loan payments? It depends. -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Students Now Over $1 Trillion In Debt
Having "access" to education is not at all the same as having "affordable" education. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Sentencing Law, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 03.28.14
* Scared of an audit, were we? With the unsealing of the case against Dewey’s former finance director comes greater insight into what was really going on behind the scenes at the failed firm. [DealBook / New York Times]
* The American Bar Association is willing pay up to $15,000 to organizations that match unemployed law grads with jobs to serve the legal needs of the poor. So, how much do the poor law grads get paid? [National Law Journal]
* Tenure may be “under fire,” but law professors are fighting back — and hard — because law school deans seem unwilling to speak up on their behalf. Let’s face facts though, tenure isn’t going anywhere. [Forbes]
* It figures one of the faces of America’s $1 trillion of outstanding student loan debt is a lawyer. Hey, heavily indebted lawyers make great headlines and even better first paragraphs. [Big Story / Associated Press]
* Jordan Graham, the newlywed who pushed her husband of eight days off a cliff, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison. Protip: an annulment would’ve been a better option than second-degree murder. [CNN]