Well this guy was an idiot. I am sorry to say, but you should never take 250k out in student loans. He must have obtained private financing he studied abroad both summers I believe and never tried to find a job while in school. He took out a 15,000 bar loan, which is unnecessary and lived way beyond his means for 3 years. Whether you go to Boston or Buffalo it will be pretty easy to keep your debt under 150k if you live at all within your means.
People blame the job market always, but that is just life. I have posted on other threads where MBA's complained, M.D's complain, people with bachelor degree's etc complain about not finding a job. I have somehow found pretty solid job while a student that pay me granted it is not the same as a full time associate position, but I imagine when it comes time I will be able to figure that out. Plenty of people that graduated last year from GGU found jobs and plenty did not. There are people that complain no matter what the situation is and there are people that get it done. If you go to an ABA school and pass the bar you can become a successful attorney. Certainly debt and prestige of a school is something to consider. If you have the option to go to Harvard over GGU go to Harvard. In regards to your dilemma about Buffalo and Boston it really comes down to location. If you want to live in Buffalo or in the surrounding area then there is no better place to go than Buffalo. If you want to live in Boston well then Boston is probably the better choice. Boston is one of those fringe schools it might be considered elite by some people, but I don't know if it is worth the extravagant amount of money. According to lawschooltransparency it does look like Boston has significantly better employment numbers than Buffalo.
Tuition for a resident at Buffalo is 17,000 max cost of living grant is 15,000 per year. So you are looking at 32,000 x 3= 96,000 k maximum at SUNY Buffalo.
40k a year is tuition at Boston and 17,000 per year max cost of living. 57,000 x3 = 161,000 is the most you will pay. Remember if you are borrowing there is 8% interest I believe accruing annually so you will be paying somewhere in the neighborhood of of 11,000 a year in interest while in school. It will be in the neighborhood of 8k a year considering you get no scholarship money Buffalo. The financial numbers of law school are astronomical and that is why in my opinion it is always best to get out with as little debt as possible unless you go to a TOP school. Boston is a fringe top school particularly considering it is competing with Harvard and the endless amounts of top schools in Boston. In Buffalo there will be no competition I imagine Buffalo grads do well in Buffalo. There is no right answer, but really be wary of the amount of money you are paying to go to a school that a private unregulated magazine that both the ABA and AALS adamantly discourage tells you to go. Particularly when the school you are paying for is not even that highly ranked 63rd best impresses nobody. I am not sure where Boston is on the spectrum I would imagine it is in the low tier 1 high tier 2 range and ask yourself is it worth 80k a year(plus interest) more to go the 39th best school opposed to the 73rd.