<p>MathildaMae- your child with a 170 LSAT will have a very bright future in law. I wouldn’t worry about the cost of law school. No matter what, the cost of law school at a lower-ranked top 10 school vs. a higher ranked one will be high, with or without a scholarship, and no matter what, your child will have job options with high-paying law firms.</p>
<p>Go to the best-ranked law school possible and take the highest-paying job possible (a $160k job in NYC or a similar job in DC or a cheaper city, at a similar salary) will most likely be available for your child. Doing that for a few years will pay for the tuition.</p>
<p>When I was applying to law schools, I got a scholarship to Duke. My parents wanted me to turn it down and go to Columbia, and I ended up going to Harvard. People from all of those schools get into high-paying large law firm jobs, but I wouldn’t take any risks by attending a less-well-ranked school than the best your child gets into, given how horrible the legal market is these days.</p>