*
Obligatory
“This
Is
Not
An
April
Fools’
Joke”
Disclaimer
*
Now
that
that’s
out
of
the
way,
let’s
move
on
to
something
that’s
no
laughing
matter:
student
loan
debt.
According
to
Education
Data
Initiative,
the
average
law
student
graduates
with
~$140K
in
student
loan
debt.
Damn
I
wish
I
was
closer
to
being
average.
Anyone
that’s
considered
the
FIRE
life
knows
that
there’s
an
incentive
to
paying
off
debt
early.
Over
time
the
compound
interest
can
be
a
bigger
threat
than
the
amount
you
took
out
—
the
earlier
you
get
to
paying
down
the
principal,
the
easier
it
is
to
stop
the
debt
from
snowballing
out
of
control.
Put
differently,
not
only
is
$10K
a
lot
of
money
to
give
to
a
law
school
graduate,
putting
that
directly
toward
your
student
loans
could
save
them
even
more
cash
over
time.
Great
time
to
be
a
Maurer
School
of
Law
graduate!
WishTV
has
coverage:
All
154
May
graduates
in
the
Indiana
University
Bloomington
Maurer
School
of
Law
Class
of
2026
will
receive
a
$10,000
gift
from
anonymous
donors.The
school
called
the
gifts
“unprecedented”
in
a
Wednesday
blog
post.The
gifts
totaling
nearly
$1.6
million
were
intended
to
reduce
the
burden
of
student
debt
as
graduates
prepare
to
enter
the
legal
field.
Forgive
me
for
being
presumptuous,
but
this
is
what
the
entire
graduating
class
is
feeling
right
now:
Cheers
to
your
degrees
and
lightened
debt
loads
Class
of
2026!
And
if
any
anonymous
donors
want
to
mirror
generosity
and
retroactively
do
the
same
for
WashU’s
Class
of
2021,
it
isn’t
too
late!
Anonymous
Donors
Give
$10,000
Gifts
To
154
IU
Law
School
Graduates
[WishTV]
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.