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A year end snap-shot of the job market for U.S. law grads

Student loan debt is up and job expectations are down according to a year-end, informal snapshot of several sources.  The online ABA Journal is reporting that almost a third of all law students expect

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Going to law school? Proceed with caution

Make no mistake: A Law School Carol is no heartwarming holiday tale of redemption. The computer-animated video, which has been circulating on YouTube for several weeks, focuses on a law student named

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ABA Proposes Law Student Loan Relief

11 November 2009 The American Bar Association is lobbying the Obama administration and Congress to extend relief to recent law school graduates who went into debt to finance their legal educations but

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Options for Managing Law School Student Loan Debt

The average law student who graduated from a private university in 2008 borrowed more than $91,500 on the way to earning that degree, and in 2009 the figure was more than $100,000, according to the nonprofit

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Size of student loans prevent lawyer’s admission to NY bar

All his life, Robert Bowman wanted to be a lawyer. He overcame a troubled childhood, a tragic accident that nearly cost him a leg and a debilitating Jet Ski collision.  He put himself through community

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Student loan debt: coping with the crisis

In addition to the paucity of work out there, many Posse List members are under the crushing burden of student loans.  We have followed the reports on various proposals under the stimulus package and

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