title: Barrister on a Budget: Investing in Law School...without Breaking the Bank
author:  Jenny L. Maxey 
description: Nearly half of 2013s law graduates were unemployed or underemployed, and, as 80% of students attending law school rely on student loans to finance their education, students are graduating with massive amounts of debt. This rising problem has caused prelaw students to question: Is law school a good investment? For some it is a bad investment. For the others, you just have to be more strategic and financially responsible than those who came before you. By reading Barrister on a Budget, youre well on your way! You will now have the right questions to ask regarding your investment; learn inexpensive steps to use when making career decisions; and realize potential financial consequences in order to prevent budget-breaking surprises. All of the costs you should be aware of upfront in order to create a thorough budget are laid out, curtailing loan obligations and expenses before graduation. Barrister on a Budget is the key to helping you graduate with minimal debt and maximum opportunities!
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  Six Weeks at Heppenheim  
    
  
  
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  # Six Weeks at Heppenheim
  
  
  ### Elizabeth Gaskell
  
  
  
  
  
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  After I left Oxford, I determined to spend some months in travel before
  settling down in life. My father had left me a
  
  
  few thousands, the income arising from which would be enough to provide for
  all the necessary requirements of a
  
  
  lawyer's education; such as lodgings in a quiet part of London, fees and
  payment to the distinguished barrister with
  
  
  whom I was to read; but there would be small surplus left over for luxuries or
  amusements; and as I was rather in
  
  
  debt on leaving college, since I had forestalled my income, and the expenses
  of my travelling would have to be
  
  
  defrayed out of my capital, I determined that they should not exceed fifty
  pounds. As long as that sum would last me
  
  
  I would remai