There was no hate and I thanked him for his useful advice. I was simply pointing out that, while claiming to address the OP's question, he was not.
People on these forums get so snippy if they (or others) are informed that they posted inconsistent, redundant, or irrelevant things without reading the whole thread first (and not acknowledging they didn't read the whole thread). It's only 26 posts at this point, for crying out loud!
We're prospective, current, and former law students; if you're going to state "I was addressing the OP" as your excuse for thinking you are answering a question without actually reading a question, then at least make sure that is the question the OP was asking, too. Do you plan to take law exams, represent future clients, or write that publishable article on a topic without researching said topic first, or are you just going to glance over the subject headings and cite shit willy-nilly?

EDIT: If you don't want to read the whole thread, then that's fine. But don't get pissy and say you hope someone is giving shitty advice just because someone clarifies the original question when a poster didn't state he or she hadn't read the whole thing and seemed confused.

didn't read the thread. i got a smart phone for law school. it's helpful and all but totally unnecessary. now that i'm getting paid $15 an hour for the summer, i wonder why i have a $70 per month K for 1.3 more years.

You are absolutely correct and also seem to be good at math. I did not advise her to use AT&T. I would choose a prepaid Verizon plan as they are the best in my opinion and you can pay $50 a month for unlimited talk text and web on a basic phone. You can't beat that.

Exactly what kind of lawyer do you intend on being?

Thanks, the unnecessary part is what I was wondering about. Seems illogical for the cost, even if I'm not having to pay it, I know my mother would appreciate taking my data plan off our family plan.

qfp

Edit: and fine, I'll answer the OP, too. I love my smartphone. Sure, it costs a bit, but having internet and email access all the time is incredibly useful to me.

Every little bit counts I suppose, but in the face of 6 figures of debt I don't think most people will be too worried about their cell phone bill.

All I know at this point is that I don't want to do litigation. I am way too soft-spoken and unassertive. I would like to make around 60K/year eventually.