As a former financial advisor, I used to tell clients that it was important to understand any investment they were…
Whether you’re pursuing private practice in bankruptcy, business, intellectual property, tax law – or another of the many possible fields – you’ll likely have money on the mind when faced with making every dollar stretch while working at a small to mid-sized firm.
With median entry-level salaries for legal services attorneys, public defenders and lawyers at public interest organizations hovering between $57,500 to $63,200, many public interest lawyers are caught in the balancing act of keeping debt-to-income ratios in a manageable range, servicing student loans and saving for the future.
If you want to pay off student loans as fast as possible and begin building your wealth by investing for retirement, the good news is that you may have the money to accomplish these goals simultaneously, with a few simple moves.
Updated and adapted for November 2023. Navigating tax-time as a law student can be … complicated. Some of the messiness…