Don't borrow money for school...it can hurt you and those close to you...

[dfrecore]

My first thought about the law guy - the problem with student loans for med/law school is that even if you can't pass the board/bar, you still have all that debt.

My second thought is that this guy is a doofus. He has made bad decision after bad decision, and thinks that suing the school is going to help his situation. Did he check to see what the rate is of students passing the bar from that school? That would be the first thing I looked at! I would also make passing the bar my first priority. I would put everything else on hold and do whatever it took to pass. Not passing the CA or TX bar the first time each is not unheard of, he would need to study more and put more work into passing one of them.

The fact that he can't find ANY job is indicative of his work ethic if nothing else. Who graduates from college and then can't find ANY job for NINE YEARS except minimum-wage jobs, and then can't even keep those? Nine years is a very long time to go without being able to find a decent job as a college grad and a law school grad. He has never made more than $25k in all of that time? You can make $25k working at Chik-fil-A or In-N-Out Burger, they both pay close to $12/hr. My 19-yo nephew was making more than $25k working part-time while he stayed here with us!!! He worked at the mall making $11/hr, plus worked a second job as a referee on the weekends (mornings), making $20/hr.

I live in San Diego, there are TONS of jobs here, good paying jobs, everywhere. Our economy is strong, and housing prices are on the rebound (meaning again, the economy is strong). It's easy to find a $40k/year job here, and that's pretty low, I have friends that make that working part-time. Seriously. Working for photographers, schools, etc.

There is a reason (or several or many reasons) that this guy can't get a job, and it's not because there aren't any. No possible way.