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Ohio Supreme Court Justices: Your $12/hr job isn't good enough for us!

Too Much Debt? Quit Your Job, or You Can’t Be a Lawyer

By Sloane Sharkey On January 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court issued an opinion in In re Application of Griffin denying an applicant’s admission to the bar on the sole basis that he did not have a plan to pay back $170,000 in student loans. The Court’s opinion–delivered “per curium” because no justice signed his or her name to this shameful opinion–is manifestly unjust, unfair, and out of touch. The Ohio Supreme Court should overturn this embarrassing ruling immediately.

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