Scholarships, financial aid and loans

Kayyyyyyy

Hi all, anybody know of any good resources that have helpful info on the different ways to get help paying for law school?

Cant Get Right

Great question. I think the first thing is to know which schools have the money and how they distribute it:

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/finaid-private-rankings
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/finaid-public-rankings

Beyond merit based scholarships, the most important resources are need based aid and federal loans which will be determined by your FAFSA. Realistically, most of our parents can't liquidate all of their assets in order to pay for our school, so sometimes this "need" based aid is a bit of a joke. I got a decent need based aid package from Penn, and they sounded REALLY surprised when they realized I'd actually qualified, lol.

The student loan industry is currently a trillion and a half dollar bubble that does not feel like it has any benevolent properties whatsoever, but fed loans are still going to be by far the best of bad options for paying for the rest.

I wish I had more for you on this subject, and if anyone else has any better ideas, I'd be all ears, lol.