funding sources for Law School without six figures of loan debt

[freeloader]

If your son is interested in getting a PhD as well, there are many schools that will fund students’ JDs when pursued concurrently as part of a JD/PhD program. There are many others, but this gives you a sense:

https://www.profellow.com/fellowships/fu...ms-in-law/

I wouldn’t do a JD/PhD simply get a “free” JD, not least because it might mean extending schooling by 2-4 years and giving up those years of earnings.

When my wife was in law school, there were JAG recruiters who came around periodically. A woman she was in law school with did navy JAG. She earned her commission while she was in law school, so presumably had a military paycheck. Not sure if they military paid for her law school, though.

Don’t assume that higher ranked=less financial aid and lower ranked=More financial aid. My wife did all her law school at a T30 institution. She has friends who transferred after 1L year from lower ranked schools who paid a good bit less for their 2L and 3L years since the T30 school had much better resources, more money for scholarships.