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[quote=Anonymous]Read through these articles and then let us know if you still want to be a lawyer:

http://lawschooltransparency.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/business/dealbook/burdened-with-debt-law-school-graduates-struggle-in-job-market.html?_r=0

http://www.newsweek.com/law-schools-reform-or-go-bust-308339

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-leiter/american-law-schools_b_4508504.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Also, keep in mind that if you want to be a prosecutor or a criminal defense attorney, you will probably make $50,000 when you graduate, IF you get a job at all. If you have student loans, you will barely be able to support yourself. If you can get into a top school and get a SIGNIFICANT amount of guaranteed financial aid for all three years, or if you have wealthy parents who will foot the bill for you, go for it.  Just know that there is a very good chance you won't have a job when you graduate and pass the bar.

I'm a lawyer and we recently hired a summer law clerk for $25 an hour who graduated from law school in 2013.  He went to George Mason Law School, which is a decent law school in the DC area, and graduated in the top 10 percent of his class.  If he can't get a real job, what hope does someone at the bottom of the class have?[/quote]

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