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Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 12:55:39 AM

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Anyone ever hear/read about of any firm offering to pay the tuition for someone to attend law school? I've been messaging with a sub on here who was telling me about how her dom has been offered a free ride in exchange for a five year commitment to the firm afterwards. Oh one other thing he doesn't already work for this firm so he isn't someone making the jump to lawyer.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 1:00:06 AM

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I don't know about full law school, but when my cousin was studying to become a paralegal the firm she was working for offered to pay the rest of her tuition if she committed to continue working for them for a number of years (don't remember how long). She turned them down because she did not want to live there beyond graduation.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 1:26:27 AM

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Hmm I thought I posted a reply...

Anyhow yes I've heard of some firms making that sort of offer. I would assume it because they want to retain the investment already made in their employee. However this just seems like a odd story in that some firm would make an investment in a student who hasn't even show if they can handle graduate level studies. Or done any work for them.

Oh and student, so the sub claims, scored a 162 on the LSAT and has a 4.0.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 1:48:29 AM

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There're lawyers under every bush; it's a buyer's market. Doesn't make any sense that anyone would offer a woman law school tuition in exchange for a cushy law firm associateship.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 6:49:45 AM

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Well hell's bells do not tell my firm that!! The corporation i work for does indeed pay tuition (yes, even for a woman). And anyone who has ever been an associate can tell you straight out it is not cushy. Partners, maybe; associates.... nope.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 7:44:21 AM

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I see the commitment part as the key but I wonder that part of the agreement is for those five years the person will be working well below market rates to pay for that law school. Does not mean that still would not be a good deal for someone.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 8:43:24 AM

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I have heard of it being done; my current employer will payf or em to get my degree in business and administration if i guarntee and sign a contract to work for them for no less than 2 years afterwards. Personally, I am going to let the state pay for me to go back to school [4 year degree] as far as it looks at the moment.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 2:29:40 PM

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See all the examples above are of people already employed with the firm willing to pay the tuition. Not one of example of a undergrad getting this sort of offer to attend law school

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 2:59:07 PM

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Well hell's bells do not tell my firm that!! The corporation i work for does indeed pay tuition (yes, even for a woman). And anyone who has ever been an associate can tell you straight out it is not cushy. Partners, maybe; associates.... nope.

Yeah but you already work there. The OP said this person does not. Unless he or she's sleeping with the right guy/girl or has some compromising pics, or is related to someone, I would say that's a line of bs OP. While they have cut down the law school enrollment substantially over the last decade and half due to severe criticism about flooding the market and producing less than stellar and/or competent attorneys, the market is still very saturated and competitive. Attorneys compete rather heavily for jobs at established firms, the firm would have no need to pay for someone they don't know. However, it is not uncommon for firms to pay for an existing secretary to go to paralegal school or an existing paralegal/secretary to go to law school while they continue to work there.

As angelic pointed out however, going to law school is not at all the fast track to financial success in life, and certainly just having a JD is not any indication of the depth or character of a person and their emotional success with life. Being an associate at a firm is HARD work and I would seriously ponder a relationship with anyone first entering into private practice of that type. Billable hours require you to work like a dog and it's incredibly stressfull your first few years and even then there is no guarantee of partnership, depending on the firm.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/27/2007 6:54:15 PM

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Hospitals and University hospitals pay tuition for nurses to get a 2-3 year commitment from them when they graduate. So doesn't seem so far fetched.

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RE: Law firms paying for law school? - 11/28/2007 5:35:05 AM

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