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Dec. 15, 2014

California Lawyer - Lawyer to Lawyer: Is Your Law School Debt a Problem, and How Are You Dealing With It?

Five attorneys discuss their game plans for handling student debt.

California Lawyer - Lawyer to Lawyer: Is Your Law School Debt a Problem, and How Are You Dealing With It?
Clockwise, from top left: Emily Rubenstein of Emily Rubenstein Law; Salina L. Sierra of Cordell & Cordell; Kathryn L. Bain of Bain Mazza & Debski; Matt Edling of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy; Paul Wilkins of Law Office of Paul A. Wilkins.

Emily Rubenstein

I started my own practice right out of law school, and it can be scarier in terms of loan debt to pay off. Luckily my debt burden is not one of the most extreme cases.

One of the most important things is to have foresight going in and think of law school as an investment. Part of making a smart investment is understanding your level of personal and financial commitment and the amount of risk that goes into any investment. I tried to plan ah...

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