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<p>Better to avoid the debt entirely to begin with rather than have to bear working in “big law” to pay down debts that never should have been incurred. If you are bound to go to law school, may as well go to the school that gives you the best deal as opposed to the highest ranked school. This is contrary to lots of advice out there, but why do I give it? There is no security in law, little opportunity for advancement. The great chances are that most lawyers who continue practicing, even if they started in big law, are going to end up in small firms anyway, if not outright unemployed. So why not avoid Big Law and all of the prestige garbage about going to the topped ranked schools. Get out of law school and learn how to actually practice law. That is not going to happen in Big Law but only in Small Law. In a few years you will know what you are doing and at least have the potential of making a living, maybe even a nice living. Caveat. Even the low ranked schools price themselves as if they are Harvard. None of these schools are worth it UNLESS you get a very significant guaranteed tuition discount for the entire time you are there. If that’s not possible, just try to find a reasonably priced school or maybe go part time and keep your day job. Of course, the best advice of all is to avoid law school altogether. There are good legitimate reasons there are so many “scam blogs” on the net warning about law school and life as a lawyer. Some say that the best way to ruin your life is to go to law school</p>