I just checked and Dickinson still charges the same tuition as before: $39,400 a year. State resident, not a resident, no difference. So Penn State Law offers all the prestige of a state university education ranked about the same as UNLV, coupled with the high tuition of a private university. Cost of attendance is estimated at over $60,000 a year and you'll graduate $200,000 in debt, into a seriously depressed and oversupplied employment market where the median starting salary seems to be settling in around $50,000 a year?

You should definitely do it, Rockford.

I used my law degree as a stepping stone to what I really wanted to accomplish, too, Rockford. I'm 46, debt free, and I enjoy a drug-fueled whore-a-thon at least twice a month. But I came out into the marketplace 18 years ago, and things are different now. I wouldn't go into the same career field in this economy.