Totally agree with jg. Who says you can’t go back and re-apply again at a better law school in 3, 5, or 10 years just in case the government job and Mizzou do not pan out?
If you decline the government job, you will miss out watching the California housing implosion from a safe and financially secure distance. In succeeding months, load up on midwestern popcorn while watching your savings and bank accounts grow in Mizzou and while blog-reading about the financial destruction of foolish and delusional San Diegans. The law degree can wait for now, methinks. That govt. job may not wait for you.