Law Practice
Mar. 21, 2012
Student loan debt on the rise as law schools fight off critics
Students who graduated from private law schools last year had nearly $125,000 in education debt on average - a 17.6 percent jump from the year before - according to new figures from the American Bar Association.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Students who graduated from private law schools last year had nearly $125,000 in education debt on average - a 17.6 percent jump from the year before - according to new figures from the American Bar Association.
Meanwhile, the debt load of public law school graduates went up 10 percent to $75,728, the ABA data indicates.
The new numbers arrive at a time when law schools are under atta...
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