• GaveUp [love/loves]
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    1 year ago

    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

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I don't wish to pigeonhole people, but public defenders whom I've met have had parents able to pay for their tuition.

      • GaveUp [love/loves]
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        1 year ago

        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

        • cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          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.