National Jurist - October 2008 - (Page 22) Which law schools the most money Law schools across the country are digging g into their pocket books, providing students s with much-needed scholarships. Find out who’s dishing out the cash and how they are able to do it by Karen Dybis GIVE AWAY e ? rika Tyler is like a lot of law students. She has piles of debt from her undergraduate degree at Boston College, and she dreams of working in the rewarding but financially challenging area of public interest law. So choosing a law school — and figuring out how to pay for it — was one of Tyler’s major concerns. Complicating matters was her desire to be close to her two younger brothers in light of her mother’s death a few years ago. Then she received her acceptance letter to Quinnipiac College, which offered her a fulltuition scholarship. The Connecticut native jumped at the opportunity. “My scholarship has taken away some of the financial stress that graduate school can bring,” said Tyler, who hopes to pursue a career in homeless advocacy. “I would have had to work at least part time or maybe gone to school only part time 22 THE NATIONAL JURIST and work full time, which I did not want to do,” Tyler said. “My scholarship from QU has made going to law school feasible.” For law-school applicants, grants and scholarships are one way to avoid or reduce the amount of back-breaking debt they will have upon graduation. The majority of law schools offer some kind of financial awards, mostly based on a student’s academic achievements like a high undergrad grade point average or LSAT score. How does your school fair among the others? To that end, The National Jurist took a close look at which of the nation’s American Bar Association-approved law schools give away the most money to incoming students. The result is a list that identifies the Top 50 law schools in terms of grants and scholarships compared to tuition. October 2008 http://www.quinnipiac.edu
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