There’s no guarantee that spending tens of thousands – or even hundreds of thousands – of dollars on higher education will pay off with a job in your preferred field. But instead of leaving graduates buried under piles of student loan debt and wondering why they wanted to practice law in the first place, one New York law school is putting its money where its mouth is, offering to repay portions of graduates’ tuition if they can’t find employment. [More]
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For USPS, 'Do Not Bend' Means 'Fold Law School Diploma In Half'
By 8.24.11
Even on days when the only thing in my mailbox is a renewal notice for a magazine I never subscribed to in the first place, the United States Postal service is a fantastic value for the money. But then, I didn’t have the same experience as Tony, where his forwarding order was ignored, and a very, very expensive piece of paper smushed into a small mailbox. [More]
Law School Applications Drop To Lowest Level Since 2001
By 3.18.11
It used to be that getting a real estate license was the fallback career change du jour, then after the housing market collapsed it seemed everyone was going to law school. [More]
Unemployed Law Student Will Hand Back Degree For Tuition Refund
By 10.25.10
An out of work Boston College law student wrote an open letter to his college’s dean with an unusual proposition. [More]
Buy A Georgetown Law Degree On Craigslist
By 3.1.10
Mom and Dad always wanted you to be a lawyer but who wants to dump all that money down the tubes and read those boring books? Well, no longer! Some burnout is selling his law degree from a fancy university on Craigslist! [More]
Wells Fargo Forces You To Pay Off Loans Costliest Way Possible
By 8.26.08
According to reader Caleb, Wells Fargo seems to have recently crippled their loan repayment system in a way that makes it impossible for borrowers to pay off loans the way they want to. That is, unless you prefer to let your highest-interest loans ride for as long as possible while you pay off your lower-interest loans…
