• Issues,  Law School

    Slaying Goliath II: Saving Money for Law School

    I started law school immediately after college.  This means I jumped into professional school without really understanding the nuances of loans, finances, or how to pay for my cost of living when I had only ever had small part-time retail jobs/work study.  Now that I’m years removed, there are quite a few things I would do different, but the main thing I would change is my approach to paying for law school.  Since I always knew I wanted to be a lawyer, I should have started taking the financial aspect more seriously and started planning and saving from the beginning.   Of course, hindsight is twenty/twenty so instead, all I…