Law requires that attorneys employed by Florida state receive an annual starting salary of $39,000. In many cases, a third of that amount winds up going toward the re-payment of law school loans, which, in 2012, amounted to an average $122,200 for private law school graduates, according to the ABA.
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Florida Considers Education-Loan Relief for Lawyers
If a bill pending in the Florida House and Senate passes, the Sunshine State will pay up to $44,000 toward the law-school debt of any attorney who works as a state prosecutor or public defender for a set number of years. So the Orlando Sentinel reports.
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