Law Student Debt Preventing Public Service Careers
Legal education debt, which tops $84,000 for the average new lawyer, prevents 66 percent of law students from taking public interest jobs, according to a new joint study by Equal Justice Works, the National Association for Law Placement and the Partnership for Public Service. The Washington-based groups promote public interest work.
"The bottom line is America's law school graduates are drowning in debt and shut out of public service at a time when the federal government is facing losses of over half its work force due to retirements, " said Max Stier, president and chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service."
"More than 94 percent of law students reported borrowing money to attend law school, where median tuition is nearly $23,000 a year."
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