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[quote=Anonymous]OP - you may also want to think carefully about what you do during this  period. I think one of your earlier posts suggested that you might not work, since your husband will be working and in school.  But you've also emphasized that you have no idea what your husband plans to do when he graduates, and he unlikely has the interest in doing big law hours. You should be aware that law school salaries outside of big law are not great. If you go into big law, your starting salary is good, and then you forever have the big law name on your resume - which is helpful for future jobs and salary negotiation.  But if you jump right out of law school into a small firm, government, nonprofit, your husband will never make tons of cash. Others can correct me if i'm wrong, but i think the most you make in most government jobs is like $130k. That's forever. Inflation adjusted, of course, but 1% inflation doesn't exactly add up. So just consider whether or not you can afford to quit now and not have a career to fall back on, with that kind of expected household income....[/quote]

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