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[quote=Anonymous]I am a successful lawyer and I don't recommend parents pay for law school for a few reasons. First, there is a lot of merit aid in law school for applicants with good stats. Second, there are lucrative law jobs for successful law grads. Third, many people who go to law school end up miserable--it turns out that they hate being a lawyer.

Given all that, I think it's important for people interested in law school to think carefully about what they are doing, whether they are suited to it, and whether it's something they actually want to do with their lives. Having "skin in the game" is important. And I also think the ability to get into a good law school, get merit aid, and the ability to decide how much prestige you are willing to pay for are all  obstacles that somebody who wants to be a lawyer should be able to overcome. If you can't get into a good law school, pay for it with loans or scholarships, or figure out how much risk you are willing to take on, I'm not sure law is really the right career for you.[/quote]

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