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About

The Frugal Law Student is for anyone trying to mitigate their crippling debt. Me? I’m trying to mitigate the tens of thousands of dollars I’ve taken on in student loans. Join me on my quest to avoid taking on more debt, paying off some of the debt I have, and trying to survive law school while doing it.

Who is this Frugal Law Student Character?

My name is Brett McKay and I am second year law student at the University of Tulsa College of Law. In October 2006, I was in the middle of my first semester of law school when it suddenly hit me how much debt I was piling on. I started scouring the Internet for anything to help students with their finances. Noticing a lack of resources for personal finance information for students, I decided to start The Frugal Law Student and share with others what I’ve learned about saving money and taking care of finances while in school.

The Blog

The Frugal Law Student is my attempt to explain personal finance from the perspective of a twenty-something law student. However, my articles are just as relevant to non-twenty something, non-law students.

My intent is to post a few articles each week on frugality and personal finance. In addition, I will write articles on how how to succeed in law school, how to be more productive in our lives, and how to excel in our careers.

I don’t claim to be an expert in these areas. In fact, I’m learning right along with everyone else. I’m just a guy sharing what has and has not worked for me.

New Here?

If you’re new here, then welcome! I would suggest getting your hands dirty with The Frugal Law Student, by first exploring the homepage. Next, take a look at some of my best work on The Frugal Law Student. After you’ve devoured that, dive into the archives where you’ll find hundreds of posts dating back to October 2006. When you’ve cleaned those up, head over to my links page and visit other sites that are similar to The Frugal Law Student. Make sure to subscribe to The Frugal Law Student by RSS feed or email on your way out, so you can catch the latest tip.

Contact me!

I love meeting new people, so don’t be afraid to contact me. If you have any questions or comments you can contact me through my handy dandy contact page or you can IM me on Google talk. Screename: brettmckay

You can also add me to your Facebook friends!

23 Responses to “About”

  1. Shaun A Leggott |

    Hello Brett - Will you opt-in..?
    I do have an affiliate web, but to-the-letter sending it would be spam in this instance as it`s a business web address of course.
    However, it costs little to join and involves promoting a discount card that discounts at 175.000+ outlets plus also many hotels. Huge potential I think as as target area would be students, adventurers, gap-years, backpackers..
    I`m youthfully semi-retired from our health service - though involved as a sports coach (Karate), though otherwise have time to promote these days - frugally at present too.

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  3. Raymond |

    I graduated from law school not too long ago myself. Student loans can be a crushing form of financial servitude. I hope you can consolidate the loans at a favorable rate.

  4. Alec Clews |

    So tell me why so many people want to become lawyers in the US? It sounds frightful…

  5. Rachel Zehm |

    Hey! I really like your site! Luckily, I’ve made it through quiet a few years (ok, alot :oP) without acquiring debt by living as frugally as possible, and yet still having somewhat of a life. :o) I know here in a little over a year it will have been well worth it! Thanks for all the great advice! I wish you the best with all your financial endeaveors!

  6. Haraye |

    Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing …

  7. drdraft |

    Generally I do not post on blogs, but I would like to say that I really enjoy these posts! really nice post.

  8. walbrecht |

    To start earning money with your blog, initially use Google Adsense but gradually as your traffic increases, keep adding more and more money making programs to your site.

  9. Richnotso |

    Like the site, currently a paralegal student expecting on entering 1L in 2010. As a student I am looking on developing a personal network of law related contacts that I may contribute and draw from in the following years. An idea I picked up while reading my research and writing book. (Phone-Mail)

    Currently, I am writing an appellate brief, which is apart of my course work, but is actually a case that the massachusetts SJC has taken sua sponte via an amicus brief. This is very exicting in that this case will most likely set precedent and may catch the Supreme Courts attention. It relates to GPS technology, surveillance, and the Fourth Amendment. I would very much like to discuss the development of my brief with those of you who have time. Well back to the stacks, I’m just learning the basics of Shepards, Lexis and Westlaw. I believe in finding the info in the books to be paramont first.

    Thanks for reading and hope to hear from you or your readers when you have time.

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  12. Diet Blog |

    Hey Brett. I really like your blog. I’m not a law student, but I’m certainly frugal, or at least I need to be. I’ve read a couple of your posts and they are all great. I’ll definitely be back here a lot.

  13. rsrare |

    It will certainly pay off in the long term.
    But for now, as walbrecht mentioned, you can earn money with your blog. You have a good thing going on here keep it up!

  14. Cartman |

    This is the greatest law school blog ever!

  15. Lawyer2B |

    I love this blog. There is a lot of great advice here. Please keep up the good work.

  16. Marbury Madison |

    It would be cool if you could post about alternatives to Barbri for those planning to take the bar exam.

  17. Fun Law |

    Where is all the usual used tires and teeth whitener spam? I really could use some white teeth and used tires.

  18. No. 1 Gunner |

    I was the biggest gunner in my law school section 1L year. I’d love to write a guest piece about some of my best gunner moments. Just send me an email if you’re interested.

  19. Alan |

    Do you think I should sell my used law school textbooks or keep them?

  20. Palsgraf |

    @Alan: I always insisted that it was better to keep them but as it turns out I truly NEVER look at any of them. They also fill many boxes and probably weigh more than I do. That’s something to consider if you ever plan on moving.

  21. T. Mason |

    @Alan and Palsgraf: Since this is a blog about frugality I’ll weigh in and suggest that the more frugal course of action would be to sell them. Not necessarily the better choice, but definitely the more frugal choice.

  22. Enrique |

    Mason - but if selling all of your case books means that you’ll have to spend a lot of extra money on materials when studying for the bar exam, it might be more frugal to keep them.

    I do agree with you though since I don’t know anyone who used their case books when preparing for the bar exam.

  23. Blackacre |

    There’s more to the issue of keeping your casebooks than mere money. A true legal scholar has a library. You aren’t going to be able to sell them for much anyway.

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