My dad loves to remind me how he paid for his education. He scrubbed toilets during college and worked as a punch card programmer to pay for law school. He is making a point about hard work, but all I can hear is how great things used to be. Like my father before me, I attended law school part-time. Like my father before me, I worked full-time and went to school at night. Unlike my father, I have a ton of debt from law school. As the price of education has skyrocketed, the effectiveness of working to pay your way through school has dropped considerably. In theory, I could be Exhibit A on why part-time law school doesn’t make sense anymore. Instead, I’d argue that it is still an excellent path with real merit. The life of a part-time law student Monday through Friday are long days at the office. Evening classes are a battle to stay awake and focus. Weekends are the only chance to catch up on sleep and get some…
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