• GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    America pays public defenders like 50-60k on average lmao

    Is it even possible to pay off the average bachelors + law school tuition loan with that money

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        I mean that make sense, everybody else who wants to be a public defender probably can’t even consider it a viable option due to the finances

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          Think of it like an underpaid internship. You get experience and eventually you can build up a private defense practice while still getting referrals from the public defender office.