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What are some good side hustles for 1L?

I'd like to continue paying my UG loans while in law school, and would aim to pull in $400ish per month. Is ~20hr/wk week reasonable during 1L? I always had at least a part time job during UG, and have been working full time for over a year since graduation, so I'm used to balancing a few priorities.

I own a car, so my first thought was Uber because I could work my own hours. I also currently work as a paralegal, so maybe I could continue there? I'm just not sure how to bring it up/if my class schedule would allow for a few hours a week in the office. We have a 3L who does work part time work, and I assume he'll leave when he graduates.

Any ideas or experiences would be greatly appreciated!

mrtux45 wrote:Is ~20hr/wk week reasonable during 1L?

Not if you want to do well.

Overall, everyone's going to have different tolerance levels for workload. But your 1L grades are absolutely vital, and adding the stress and distraction of a job to the stress of acclimating to law school is not a good idea.

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Terrible idea. Work after 1L all you want, but not during if your goal is to do well at OCI

Fair enough. Thanks for the responses, I guess I'll work on putting aside extra now so I can keep the payments up through 1L

I hear strippers get paid handsomely.

zot1 wrote:I hear strippers get paid handsomely.

Handsome strippers do.

mjb447 wrote:

zot1 wrote:I hear strippers get paid handsomely.

Handsome strippers do.

I'm not so sure that's always true (source: FRIENDS).

Beer goggles though.

A. Nony Mouse wrote:Beer goggles though.

Go home; you're drunk.

zot1 wrote:

mjb447 wrote:

zot1 wrote:I hear strippers get paid handsomely.

Handsome strippers do.

I'm not so sure that's always true (source: FRIENDS).

zot1 wrote:

mjb447 wrote:

zot1 wrote:I hear strippers get paid handsomely.

Handsome strippers do.

I'm not so sure that's always true (source: FRIENDS).

I'm hesitant to even ask, but does this mean you have handsome friends who didn't get paid well stripping, or ugly friends who did?

TragicBronson wrote:

zot1 wrote:

mjb447 wrote:

zot1 wrote:I hear strippers get paid handsomely.

Handsome strippers do.

I'm not so sure that's always true (source: FRIENDS).

I'm hesitant to even ask, but does this mean you have handsome friends who didn't get paid well stripping, or ugly friends who did?

Millenials...

I'm surprised no one has said this but you could just tutor the Lsat. You can easily make like 180 a week for just 3 hours if you find one or two clients. 3 hours isn't going to make a big deal in your 1L study time imo.

nunumaster wrote:I'm surprised no one has said this but you could just tutor the Lsat. You can easily make like 180 a week for just 3 hours if you find one or two clients. 3 hours isn't going to make a big deal in your 1L study time imo.

People don't generally recommend this because most people are not in the percentile needed to be an lsat tutor.

zot1 wrote:
People don't generally recommend this because most people are not in the percentile needed to be an lsat tutor.

oh right i forgot about the plebes

nunumaster wrote:

zot1 wrote:
People don't generally recommend this because most people are not in the percentile needed to be an lsat tutor.

oh right i forgot about the plebes

Or the ones who made it without studying or paying for courses.

mrtux45 wrote:I guess I'll work on putting aside extra now so I can keep the payments up through 1L

I'm pretty sure this makes literally no sense, right? You don't have to pay loans while you are in school, so just defer them. If you want to pay ahead now, do that. Otherwise you're just paying interest between now and whenever you pay them in the future.

guybourdin wrote:

mrtux45 wrote:I guess I'll work on putting aside extra now so I can keep the payments up through 1L

I'm pretty sure this makes literally no sense, right? You don't have to pay loans while you are in school, so just defer them. If you want to pay ahead now, do that. Otherwise you're just paying interest between now and whenever you pay them in the future.

That's an option. But since I already have some savings, I figured it might be smart to keep paying rather than allow them to accrue more interest. From what I understand, interest on unsubsidized loans in deferment gets added to the principal when they go back into repayment

mrtux45 wrote:

guybourdin wrote:

mrtux45 wrote:I guess I'll work on putting aside extra now so I can keep the payments up through 1L

I'm pretty sure this makes literally no sense, right? You don't have to pay loans while you are in school, so just defer them. If you want to pay ahead now, do that. Otherwise you're just paying interest between now and whenever you pay them in the future.

That's an option. But since I already have some savings, I figured it might be smart to keep paying rather than allow them to accrue more interest. From what I understand, interest on unsubsidized loans in deferment gets added to the principal when they go back into repayment

I would just make sure to do the math first. At least, if there was some downside to defering them, you could probably have your monthly payment lowered substantially while you were in school not working, and pay as much as you want to early to avoid unnecessary interest.

guybourdin wrote:

mrtux45 wrote:

guybourdin wrote:

mrtux45 wrote:I guess I'll work on putting aside extra now so I can keep the payments up through 1L

I'm pretty sure this makes literally no sense, right? You don't have to pay loans while you are in school, so just defer them. If you want to pay ahead now, do that. Otherwise you're just paying interest between now and whenever you pay them in the future.

That's an option. But since I already have some savings, I figured it might be smart to keep paying rather than allow them to accrue more interest. From what I understand, interest on unsubsidized loans in deferment gets added to the principal when they go back into repayment

I would just make sure to do the math first. At least, if there was some downside to defering them, you could probably have your monthly payment lowered substantially while you were in school not working, and pay as much as you want to early to avoid unnecessary interest.

It depends on whether or not you can finance a term in law school and avoid taking out the loan. Once you take out the loan, you'll have to pay interest even when deferring it; grad school also would mean likely unsubsidized loans.

Anyone know if the 1L ABA policy about a max of 20 hours of work still applies?

potus wrote:

guybourdin wrote:

mrtux45 wrote:

guybourdin wrote:

mrtux45 wrote:I guess I'll work on putting aside extra now so I can keep the payments up through 1L

I'm pretty sure this makes literally no sense, right? You don't have to pay loans while you are in school, so just defer them. If you want to pay ahead now, do that. Otherwise you're just paying interest between now and whenever you pay them in the future.

That's an option. But since I already have some savings, I figured it might be smart to keep paying rather than allow them to accrue more interest. From what I understand, interest on unsubsidized loans in deferment gets added to the principal when they go back into repayment

I would just make sure to do the math first. At least, if there was some downside to defering them, you could probably have your monthly payment lowered substantially while you were in school not working, and pay as much as you want to early to avoid unnecessary interest.

It depends on whether or not you can finance a term in law school and avoid taking out the loan. Once you take out the loan, you'll have to pay interest even when deferring it; grad school also would mean likely unsubsidized loans.

Anyone know if the 1L ABA policy about a max of 20 hours of work still applies?

I believe it was removed last year or the year before, but I am not positive. You can look on ABA's website. Either way, it is a bad idea to work that much during 1L if you are going to school full time