Limit your club memberships

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Law school offers many opportunities to get involved. Membership in a club or organization can help law students network and learn about possible areas of law they want to practice after school. It also looks good on resumes. Additionally, clubs have the added benefit of free food.

However, joining clubs often require membership dues. It’s possible to spend over $75 on membership dues a year. $75 a year might seem like a drop in the bucket, but every little bit adds up.

If you plan on joining a club, make sure you’re committed to attending the meetings, or you’re just wasting your money. Scout out the club by attending a meeting. If you like it, join. If you think you’re not going to enjoy it, don’t.

Not only does limiting your club membership save you money, it also can save you time in your already busy schedule.

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10 Comments

1. ISPF on 28.12.2006 at 08:30 (Reply)

   Wouldnt it be better to bite the bullet and join the clubs for the networking opportunities, which will likely help you more than recover the cost later in life? Also, if you pay the membership dues, isn’t it likely you will make time in your busy schedule to attend the meetings since it is no longer free? Opportunity presents itself in unexpected venues, so I think a total of $75 per year is a small price to pay. (Unless I misunderstood you and you meant $75 per club per year, in which case, I agree, you probably should limit your memberships :).

2. The Frugal Law Student on 28.12.2006 at 08:53 (Reply)

   Hi ISPF! Thanks for stopping by. Also thanks for the link on your page. I’ll be liking your page to mine.

   You make a good point. The investment of $75 a year will probably pay for itself later in life.

   However, some clubs can get expensive. Like the moot court club. Early last semester they were encouraging 1L’s to take part in negotiation competition. I signed up thinking it would be a good way to get some experience. However, what they didn’t tell you until you got to the meeting was that you had to pay $25 to join board of Board of Advocates and then another $15 to compete! $40 just to take part in a two hour event!

   The point of my post was that people should be very careful in deciding what clubs they join.

3. ispf on 28.12.2006 at 10:35 (Reply)

   Hey, you are a law student… cant you sue them for non-disclosure or something Just kidding… yeah, a few of those unexpected costs can really throw a wrench in your budget!

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