<p>Point taken, although I don’t remember there being any commercial student loans available when I was in school.</p>
<p>The small firm I worked for did plaintiffs’ personal injury cases. It wasn’t glamorous, but it gave me practical experience in selling my services, marketing the firms I worked for, and plenty of opportunity to draft pleadings, memos of points and authorities for law and motion practice. I tried cases, conducted arbitrations, did discovery, and handled mediations. My colleagues who spent their time at big firms may have made more money initially, but I wouldn’t dream of trading my experiences for theirs. My time at small firms allowed me to get my foot in far enough to keep the doors I wanted to enter from closing, and gave me the chutzpah to push my way through.</p>