Not everyone gets into law because it’s a lucrative career. Most want to see justice done or help make reforms to the system, but a lot of times throughout law school and even the first few years of a career, it can seem like the financial burden of earning a law degree isn’t worth the time and money.
Good news: A recent study has found that a law degree is one of the few graduate degrees that provides a positive return on investment. The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity studied 14,000 graduate programs and concluded that most professional degrees in law and medicine generate a lifetime financial return of more than $500,000.
“Law school, despite its hefty price tag and three-year commitment, is usually a good bet: 93 percent of law programs have positive returns and 24 percent have an ROI above $1 million,” said Preston Cooper, a research fellow at FREOPP who authored the study.
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Harvard Law Review is continuing to drive diversity efforts by naming Priscila Coronado as its newest president in February, marking the first time a Latina has held such a position in 135 years.
Coronado is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and told Reuters that her experiences growing up as a Mexican American were integral to her personal growth.
“[I want to] work hard to show how being a Latina is an important part of who I am,” she said.
President Barack Obama was the first Black president of the journal back in 1990, three current Supreme Court members were editors, and just last year, Hassaan Shahawy was chosen as the journal’s first Muslim president. Shahawy spoke very highly of Coronado, calling her a “rigorous scholar and passionate advocate.”
Coronado, whose legal interests include education law and disability rights, was born in Downey, Calif., and is the first college student in her family.
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What’s better than getting into a good law school? If you ask Ashley Caldwell, a master of legal studies student at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, she might say winning a gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Caldwell and her two teammates, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld, took home the gold in the mixed aerials freestyle skiing event, which was a new addition to the games this year. Caldwell, who has participated in three other Olympics, also placed fourth overall in the women’s aerials event. Though she just missed out on an individual medal, she displayed true sportsmanship by hugging and celebrating with competitor Xu Mengtao of China, who won the gold.
The team earned a score of 338.4 in the event, just beating out the more experienced teams.
“I’ve been on a hunt for a gold medal for a long time now and have been pushing myself incredibly hard to do jumps I’ve never done before,” said Caldwell. “This is a dream come true.”
