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In reply to the discussion: RULING ON LAW SCHOOL GRAD'S DEBT MAY SIGNAL 'SEISMIC' SHIFT IN LOAN PRACTICES [View all]jzodda
(2,124 posts)21. It's a load of crap!
I, like many law students, took the bar exam loan. It's such a small percentage of the overall student debt.
Also like most graduates I consolidated the bar exam loan with the other loans. I'm guessing that by consolidating it takes that loan out of a category that I can discharge it.
In any event that loan isn't the one that's killing me. It's the 130k federal loan that I will carry around my neck till I'm old and grey. The one that prevents me from being able to have a nicer apartment or a nicer car.
They told me when I signed up for law school that good jobs await our entire class from top to bottom. What a sucker I was.
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RULING ON LAW SCHOOL GRAD'S DEBT MAY SIGNAL 'SEISMIC' SHIFT IN LOAN PRACTICES [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Mar 2016
OP
I can't see where Citi has a leg to stand on here, frankly, but I agree this is a narrow part
Recursion
Mar 2016
#8
Blessing in disguise? I was all set for law school but was informed that
Land of Enchantment
Mar 2016
#28
They sell these law school candidates on the $130,000 start and $40,000 bonuses at
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2016
#11
Furthermore, once upon a time it was possible to work your way through school
groundloop
Mar 2016
#17
Right...they don't get to mitigate their risk BOTH with higher interest AND non-dischargability!
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2016
#13
Next financial bubble to burst: student debt credit default swaps.
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2016
#30