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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a UCLA law grad from 30 years ago.  It was top 14 then, it is apparently number 15 now.  I paid peanuts for that degree and it was completely worth it.  But tuition is significant now, even instate.

A legal education is incredibly useful and I wish it were an undergraduate option here the way it is in other countries.  As a long time very senior fed I have found the biggest law school snobs in the federal government to be in general counsel offices, and sometimes in the offices of agency heads.

Most of the truly stellar attorneys I have worked with (and I have been lucky enough to have worked with a who’s who of lawyers in my niche area) are from top law schools, with a few notable exceptions who worked extremely hard and were very self motivated post law school.  Some subject areas have specialty schools outside the top 30 even and students that do well in those a programs can do very well in those areas. 
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I cannot agree more that minimizing debt is key and the ranking of the program meaning so much more than undergrad. [/b] [/quote]

But the high ranked law schools are a lot more expensive, meaning your debt would be much larger. [/quote]

Go to USN and read the top 30 and their tuition rates.  University of FL, UNC Chapel Hill, University of GA, George Mason are significantly less than many, tuition between 19-30K/year instead of 56-70K/year.  Do what it takes to be in state, maybe go part time so you minimize your debt by working while in law school.  UCLA and Berkeley are on the lower end of ridiculously high and if you have to borrow the sticker price that may be too much for many.  Look at niche programs where it is a reasonably priced state law school or there are merit scholarships available.

I loved law school and I have had a very rewarding career and frankly a big part of it was dumb luck.

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