This Lawyer's Law School Loans Have Ballooned To Insane, Unpayable Amounts
Think your law school debt is crazy now? This could be you in the future.
You’re looking at your education, and you’re not focusing on the money. All the while, you’re being told, “Don’t worry about it. Whatever you borrowed will go away quickly.” They’ll tack this thing to my coffin at this point
— Attorney Rick Tallini, commenting on his outstanding student loan balance of more than $300,000. When Tallini graduated from law school in the 1990s, he owed $55,000 in federal student loans. He says staff from his law school told him he’d be able to pay off that debt in about two years — which didn’t happen.
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