New Student Loan Rates For Law Students
New student loan interest rates announced. Are they lower or higher?
How Student Loan Refinancing Could Undo Federal Loan Policy
Refinancing federal student loans with a private lender may be a good deal for some, but it may play out like mortgage-backed securities did during the Great Recession.
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Startling Statistics About Law Student Debt Levels
How much has law student indebtedness increased over the past few years? A lot....
The Law School Bubble Is Bursting: Over 80% Of Law Schools Estimated To Be Operating At A Loss
Someday James Cameron will make an epic movie about law schools.
Taxpayers Should Worry When JPMorgan Gets Crowded Out Of The Student Loan Business
When private lenders are getting out of the student loan game, we should all worry that the government is still in it.
Matt Taibbi Joins The Student Loan Crisis Bandwagon: Good Seats Still Available
Another convert opens his eyes to the student loan crisis.
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Federal Government Profiting Handsomely Off Your Debt
And yet the government seems unwilling or unable to remedy the situation.
Gradenfreude: The Legal Profession Has the Luck of the Irish
A disgruntled law school graduate compares the state of the legal profession to the Fighting Irish's lackluster performance in the BCS bowl game.
How the Heck Will You Pay Your Law School Loans After You’ve Been Kicked Off Income-Based Repayment?
Happy holidays from your law school loan servicers, you've been kicked off IBR!
Gradenfreude: Loan Debt Repayment for Law Grads Is a Scam
An underemployed law grad contemplates the government's loan debt repayment schemes, and doesn't like it one bit. Is it a scam?
Context Windows In Legal AI And Why Content Still Determines Quality
Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much?
Can You Show ‘Undue Hardship’ On Your Student Loans? You May Be Surprised.
Maybe claiming undue hardship isn't as impossible as it seems, if you truly have no hope...
Lawyers & Economics: Student Debt
Welcome to the latest installment of Lawyers & Economics, our occasional video series on financial topics by Professor William Birdthistle of Chicago-Kent College of Law. Today's topic isn't going away anytime soon. If you have -- or are thinking of taking on -- student loans, keep reading....
Non-Sequiturs: 01.12.12
* Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer has a challenge for you: “I defy you to tell the difference between a naked prostitute and any other naked woman.” [Dealbreaker] * It’s not often that Cravath partners leave for other firms, but it happens. Jeffrey Smith, former head of the environmental practice at Cravath, recently decamped for Crowell & […]
Quote of the Day: Tuition Money Well Spent?
[A] law school could literally burn a huge sum of money and, as long as the flames were meant to teach something to the students — the craziness of the U.S. News algorithm, perhaps? — the school would benefit in the rankings. — New York Times journalist David Segal, responding to a reader’s question in […]
Morning Docket: 11.23.11
* The American Bar Association can’t handle law schools, yet Obama trusts them to vet potential judicial nominees. Well, seems like they’re doing a bang-up job with that, too. [New York Times] * First the New Jersey bar exam results, and now more MF Global drama. Angry investors want to know if a lawsuit will […]