Deciding
to
go
to
law
school
is
usually
seen
as
a
self-investment.
If
tuition
costs
are
the
only
thing
that
stand
in
your
way
to
being
the
next
Harvey
Specter,
you’d
be
foolish
to
not
pay
whatever
it
takes
to
change
the
world
(and
your
bank
account)
with
your
lawyering.
But
the
reality
is
that
deciding
to
go
to
law
school
is
a
lot
more
like
gambling.
As
understandable
as
it
is
for
everyone
to
enter
thinking
that
they’ll
graduate
top
of
their
class,
the
math
rarely
works
out
that
way.
Deciding
which
law
school
is
best
for
you
is
aided
by
some
risk
assessment:
how
big
are
the
class
sizes,
where
do
graduates
tend
to
place,
can
you
live
in
this
area
for
three
years?
Huge
classes,
poor
placement,
and
a
city
or
town
you
can’t
stand?
You’d
be
better
off
playing
blackjack.
But
one
of
the
biggest
factors
is
affordability.
Public
and
private
loans
could
lessen
the
financial
blows,
but
the
holy
grail
is
always
gambling
with
the
house’s
money:
full
ride
scholarships.
If
you’ve
been
considering
the
University
of
New
Mexico’s
law
school,
some
great
news
could
change
how
you
view
them.
KRQE
has
coverage:
New
Mexico’s
only
law
school
has
received
its
largest
donation
in
history,
to
go
towards
scholarships
to
help
more
students
get
their
degrees.
Each
year,
about
one
hundred
law
students
are
admitted
to
UNM
Law
School,
and
one
lucky
student
is
granted
a
full
tuition
scholarship
every
three
years
by
alumni
Eric
and
Dana
Marie
Knapp.
…
Thanks
to
the
Knapps’
latest
donation,
the
largest
in
UNM
Law
School
history,
the
$4.5
million
endowed
scholarship
will
help
ten
students
get
full
tuition
rides
through
law
school.
A
tenfold
increase
in
students
who
won’t
have
to
worry
about
law
school
debt
is
huge!
Assuming
prices
remain
stable
(which
is
a
big
ask
right
now),
the
donation
will
cover
the
tuition
costs
of
10
in-state
future
lawyers
over
the
course
of
30
years.
Unfettered
by
debt,
full
ride
recipients
could
take
on
public
service
jobs
and
live
comfortably,
not
to
mention
work
toward
buying
a
home
or
being
able
to
afford
having
a
family.
One
major
caveat:
the
scholarship
money
won’t
be
doled
out
until
the
Knapps
pass
away.
Congratulations
to
the
school
and
their
future
generations
of
lawyers!
UNM
Law
School
To
Receive
Largest
Donation
In
History
To
Help
More
Students
Get
Full
Rides
[KRQE]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boat
builder
who
is
learning
to
swim
and
is
interested
in
rhetoric,
Spinozists
and
humor.
Getting
back
in
to
cycling
wouldn’t
hurt
either.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.