<p>..if you attend any of the schools on this list:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.needaccess.org/schools.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.needaccess.org/schools.htm</a></p>
<p>They may count at other schools as well, but they do matter for any of the schools on this list. It's nice to say the "kids" should be adults, independent of parents, but unfortunately, financial aid doesn't work that way, at least at any of the schools on this list.</p>
<p>Yes, somemom, the fact that parental income matters does affect my attitude towards helping out. I fail to see how a "kid" whose parents pay half the cost of law school, while the kid borrows the rest is less "mature" than the classmate who gets aid in the form of half grants/half loans or how the "kid" who accepts a merit scholarship to go to a less selective school is more "mature" than the "kid" whose parents pay his way at Yale, Harvard, or Stanford Law--none of which give merit scholarships.</p>
<p>Again, I'm not criticizing anyone who is unable to pay for professional school or who chooses not to do so. I'm just saying that if you have the $ and value education, it's wholly appropriate to help. I'd rather do this than pay for a new car or the down payment on a house or a big fancy wedding. Different strokes for different folks.</p>