Educational debt and law student failure to enter public service careers: Bringing empirical data to bear

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 677-708

  McGill, Christa ^a  

^a American Bar Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 33747874390     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2006.00026.x     Document Type: Review

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