Hmm, where to begin...
1) Do not to do something just because everybody else seems to be doing it. It is a bit cliched, but I've always found that doing things because I want to do them has worked out the best, as opposed to following the crowd and trying to justify decisions based on the...
yay, my first post :)
my guess would be that it has something to do with the amount of debt that law students in the US get into just to become lawyers ... I haven't looked it up, but I'm sure you could find out just how many thousands of dollars it can cost to study at grad school over there...