The New York Times published a timely piece today called "Skipping Law School. Abraham Lincoln Did It. Why Not the Valoises?" Read it here. Especially in view of how expensive it is to attend law school, I think New Yorkers should look seriously at the option of spending one year in law school and working under supervision in a law office to qualify for the bar exam, rather than spending three years piling up debt in a law school. Some other states offer a
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