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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you borrowing money to live on and to pay law school tuition at American University? That law degree is not worth anywhere near its sticker price. The DC job market is absolutely saturated with unemployed and underemployed lawyers from much better schools. Not trying to be a jerk, but I'm really hoping you got a full ride   b/c otherwise: not worth it AT ALL.[/quote]

I hate to be a Killjoy, but this is true.  There are no legal jobs for AU grads.  Even us harvard types are having a hard time getting back in.  Wasn't AU the law school that recently got into trouble for "hiring" back its law grads in its admissions office to inflate the number of its claimed graduates who were "employed"?.  Or was that G.W?  Anyhow, OP, I hate to tell you this, but law is really at a dead end right now.  You would be much better off getting an entry level job with the federal government or some institution where you could work your way up through a hierarchy.  Then you would also have an income.  there are so many unemployed lawyers with $200K in school loans hanging on them.   With kids, you just need to make a more realistic choice and get a solid job in an industry with upward mobility (if you can find that).
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