Scholarship dollars, by the way, are negotiable. Before you agree to attend a law school, think carefully about how much they want you. If you don’t like the scholarship on offer, or if you don’t get an offer, ask. These days, with law schools searching for students with high LSAT and GPA scores—to improve their rankings, or sometimes to just maintain their rankings in these times of dwindling quality applicants—the student can be in control, at least somewhat. But that is an important “somewhat” worth potentially tens of thousands of dollars for you. The fact that you are the one with the tuition money gives you the bargaining power over the law school, not vice versa. But as with all negotiations, once you’ve agreed, then your negotiating leverage is gone. Until then, if they need you more than you need them, ask for more money. Make your education cheaper. You have nothing to lose, and much to gain.