money talk and integration

[hsindarella]

From Professor Yamada:

In the 1970s, people working at the top law firms in the US earned an average of $15,000/per year while assistant district attorneys (ada) earned an average of $10,000.

Fast track to 2006, the average salary for a starting associate at a top firm is $140,000-160,000 while an entry level ada earns $37,5000 (just increased from $

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[spamfriedrice]

i'm doing my dissertation on chinese americans and school segregation/desegregation and the trends of resegregation since ho v. sfusd

[hsindarella]

thanks for the helpful info! i'm going to email you to follow on some research i am doing.

[sukaynah]

there are ways to have some of those loans waived/deferred depending on what kind of public interest law you go into. also there are fellowships out there that will help to pay your loans if you have a compelling program/project that gets selected (ie. skadden, soros, NAPIL). let me know if i can help...
signed,
one-of-those-public-interest-lawyers-still-paying-back-my-loans (with some of it waived cause i worked with families in crisis).

[hsindarella]

glad you feel me and i didn't know that you are an attorney! what a great suprise :)
i'm definitely going to apply for post graduate fellowships. unfortunately, the LRAP at my school is barely existent.
were you able to secure a fellowship for your work w/families in crisis?

[sukaynah]

i got an echoing green fellowship... but they didn't help me with my loans. i got some of my loans cancelled because of the kind of loan it was and they had a list of cancellation provisions that i qualified for...it was the federal perkins loan. i will e-mail you with more info... hang in there, sis!