Cost of legal education Somewhere along the line, money will rear its ugly head. The applicant, unless they are well fixed, must look at the total cost for three years of study. This estimate should include tuition, room and board, fees and expenses, insurance, travel to and from the law school while classes are in session, as well as travel to and from home for vacations and during the summer breaks, etc. This is very important since the strength of the faculty determines the strength of the law school. The bulletin of the law school will list the faculty along with their professional activities, publications, etc.
Lawyers judge law schools on different and perhaps more practical standards than academicians.
Things like contacts made in law school, which will be helpful in the future, success in passing the bar, placement, their own experiences with graduates of the law school, etc., influence their opinions. In any event, their opinions should be sought along with the opinions of people in academe. After three years of intense study and the expenditure of much money, the graduate law student is ready for the world of work. In selecting a law school, the student should be aware of the institution's history of placing graduates in jobs. The obvious advantage in larger law schools are a greater number of course offerings and diversified interests within the faculty, while in small law schools there is probably greater contact with the faculty and the other law students.