• Issues,  Legal Practice,  Work Life Balance

    Quarterly Report: Student Loan Repayment Plans

    We’re back again with another post on money!  While we celebrate everyone graduating from college and law school, another sore topic is paying back loans.  Today our “in-house” accountant gives us some info on payment plans, and other important financial info to keep in mind before our grace period ends and we suddenly find ourselves unable to reduce or pay back our debt. More likely than not, you’ll be graduating from law school with student loans from law school and possibly even from your undergrad program. And if you’re like most people, you’ve probably thought about what happens after graduation, but instead decide that you’ll deal with the loans when…

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  • 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…