January 26, 2007
Debt Keeps Many Law Graduates From Taking Government Jobs
The average law-school graduate owes between $50,000 and $80,000 in student loans and cannot make ends meet working in the government and public-interest sectors, where the median starting salary for lawyers is just over $40,000.
That's according to a new report by Equal Justice Works. "High debt and low salaries affect recruitment and retention in the government and nonprofit work force and threaten to strike a debilitating blow to the future of full-time public service," warns the
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