@Sulla1: For law offices, the DA/PD/Legal Aid often have internships advertised. Your college also likely has advisers who can help you get them. That’s how I did mine in college. For other fields I can’t really help, but I’m sure there are analogous people out there for them.
@Demosthenes49 Just a tiny point of clarification, the holy grail–Y-H-S of law schools, have far fewer debt than most people realize. By way of example, Yale has a distinct endowment for its law school, and it is in excess of a billion dollars. This supports fewer than 650 total students. Further, it has the most generous loan repayment program in the nation. Finally, they all, to a certain extent, provide aid (largely grants) on a need basis.
@boolaHI: You can look at average indebtedness [url=<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/]here[/url]. As you can see HYS still graduate a large majority of students with 6 figures of debt. LRAP is nice for those in qualifying jobs, but most still need to pay.
@Demosthenes49 What you might not be aware of, and not taken into the figures that you listed above is how YLS makes it easier for their graduates to take the job of their choice. To that end, graduates making less than $65,000 are not be expected to make contributions toward their law school loans-YLS makes those directly. Those with adjusted incomes above that level will be asked to contribute a portion toward repaying their law school loans, with YLS covering the rest.
Thus, a fair percentage listed have their loan assumed by the law school.
@boolaHI: There’s no doubt that HYS grads are in a better position to get jobs and thereby pay back their loans. That’s why you go to the top schools in the first place. Nevertheless, those 6 figures of debt remain, and you’ll be assuming that load should you switch out of your LRAP job.