On Friday, we told you about the San Francisco lawyer trying to sell his degree for “$59,250 or best offer.” Sick of practicing law and being “surrounded by hobby-less a**holes whose entire life is dictated by billing by the hour and being anal dickheads,” he hoped to get rid of the piece of paper with “the amazing ability to keep you from doing what you really want to do in life, all in the name of purported prestige and financial success.” He posted his degree in Craigslist’s “For Sale” section last week. He also put it up on eBay yesterday for 99 cents.
The West Coaster did not identify the university from whence the degree came, writing instead that “it’s from one of those elitist BS institutions that accept people like George W. Bush cause their daddy donated $20 million.” Our readers quickly identified it as a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.
We reached out to this hapless Hoya to see what offers he has gotten. He’s received over 300 e-mails. He told us:
So far I’ve received an offer for $200 and at least two dozens offers to buy me drinks. Another guy offered to give me an Ipod Nano. One girl told me I’m her soul mate and that she wants to go on a date…. I got an offer from a women lawyer with “marry me” in the subject line and a comment that my post saved her from stabbing herself with a pencil in the eye. I know, wtf?
Apparently, misery attracts company.
The bidding is up to $222.50 on eBay. What could beat that?
This is the most promising offer so far:
The best offer was from a documentary filmmaker who offered to give me $50 to piss on my diploma and then set it on fire. Unless I get something better I’ll probably accept this offer.
This does not strike us a good deal. Performing a golden shower on film has got to pay more than this.
A law degree may not guarantee a steady job nor happiness, but it is a way to lure the ladies:
Another female lawyer wrote at the end of her message “So I’m guessing you’re a male…wanna date?” I’ve gotten at least two dozen emails from women like this. For some reason my posting is a major turn on or maybe women lawyers are just really desperate. If only I had known this when I was younger. One email was signed by three “fun girls” with an offer that we all meet for drinks.
So who is this guy, and why did he decide to hawk his degree on Craigslist?
I worked at a large firm in Silicon Valley and then a couple months ago I just quit cold turkey. I had been thinking about doing it for a couple years and then one day I was just like WTF, I’m done. I only put up with it for so many years because of the paycheck.
I just got so tired of billing hour after hour. It never ends. I hated working with people who had no hobbies outside work. I actually have other interests. I felt like I was going to become a really crappy person if I stayed in a law firm. I mean, honestly, people become mentally imbalanced if they work in a law firm too long.
Maybe just a few years are enough. He is considering a $50 payment to piss on a $100,000 diploma and set it on fire, after all.
I have no idea what I am going to do now other than sit on a beach drinking beer and doing nothing for a while.
The Craigslist post was just a spur of the moment thing. I was cleaning out some stuff and I came across my law diploma which I hadn’t seen in years. I started thinking, why the hell do I have this piece of shit still. It is freaking useless. So I posted it on Craigslist. I didn’t expect it to get this much attention. That said, I think my post has hit a nerve because lots of lawyers feel that the system is broken. The student loan industry is killing us. Law schools aren’t even teaching marketable skills. Lower ranked schools are selling a product that has no value. The supply of lawyers far exceeds demand. And if you do get a large law firm job, you likely will leave within 2-5 years because law firms are TTT places to work. So overall it’s a crappy situation for the vast majority of lawyers.
It’s crazy, but some people do actually enjoy Biglaw work. Those folks might be interested to know that there’s a law firm in Silicon Alley that may be hiring.
Selling My Law Degree (Seriously) [eBay]
Earlier: Craigslist Post of the Day: Top-Tier Law Degree ($59,250)
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Wow, twice in one day. I feel like a loser. Better than that “so very firsty” douche, though.
Wow, twice in one day. I feel like a loser. Better than that “so very firsty” douche, though.
“Performing a golden shower on film has got to pay more than this.”
Yeah. Just ask Kim Kardashian.
Sitting on the beach drinking beer is about all a part-time evening degree from GULC qualifies you to do. Congratulations to this person for finally coming to that realization.
Our Georgetown grad apparently values his JD at substantially more than Yale grad Thomas, J. values his.
“Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree…”.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103×316310
He should charge $59,000 a non-refundable shipping fee.
Georgetown will replace a diploma for $40. He could probably negotiate a discount if he bought in bulk. http://www.law.georgetown.edu/Registrar/sservices/duplicatediplomas.htm
So, all he has to do is get in the market of pissing on/burning degrees and he can turn a $10 profit each time. If he drank two gallons of water a day– fairly easy if you put your mind to it– he could be clearing 40K no problem.
I applaud him, but make one modest suggestion: light the degree on fire and then piss on it. (not the other way around).
11’s right, and it’s good he pointed it out: a GULC grad never would have figured that one out on their own.
That guy better get really drunk beforehand if he expects to be able to light his diploma on fire after he pisses on it.
He should charge a $59,000 nonrefundable shipping fee.
Seems like a good guy. Wish I knew him.
Demoralized 4th Year
Am really sick and tired of working and considering quitting cold turkey too.
My concern is how would future employers view my gap? I do plan to work again after maybe a one-year break and wonder to what extent this gap will hurt me.
Thoughts?
18: Depends. “Finding yourself”, “I wanted to fuck around and get blitzed on the beach each day” or “I always wanted to be a Dead Head and follow a great jam band” probably wouldn’t work too well.
But perhaps “I had to attend to some personal matters involving the well-being of my family and me” would fly. Everyone knows shit happens and most respect that on its face.
Odd Blood.
Looks like it finally got pulled from ebay. Thank gog. What a scam. Everyone knows a law degree isn’t worth shipping.
CHECK YOU GOLDEN SHOWERS!!
As a proud GULC grad, I’d like to recommend that this guy stop whining. I too slogged away in Biglaw for four years, and now have a fantastic job as a civil rights attorney. Maybe instead of selling/burning/
urinating on his law degree, the guy should figure out how to actually use it to make a positive difference in the world. Biglaw isn’t your only option. And no, I wasn’t a trust fund baby who had the option of choosing any low paying job I wanted out of law school. I borrowed the whole amount. And now I do just fine. Life is what you make of it. Same goes for your law degree.
the item is no longer for sale–curious. I wonder if he sold it or if G-Town threatened him with some bull$hit lawsuit
the item is no longer for sale–curious. I wonder if he sold it or if G-Town threatened him with some bull$hit lawsuit
As a proud GULC grad, I’d like to recommend that this guy stop whining. I too slogged away in Biglaw for four years, and now have a fantastic job as a civil rights attorney. Maybe instead of selling/burning/
urinating on his law degree, the guy should figure out how to actually use it to make a positive difference in the world. Biglaw isn’t your only option. And no, I wasn’t a trust fund baby who had the option of choosing any low paying job I wanted out of law school. I borrowed the whole amount. And now I do just fine. Life is what you make of it. Same goes for your law degree.
the item is no longer for sale–curious. I wonder if he sold it or if G-Town threatened him with some bull$hiat lawsuit
How much to film him GULCing all over that diploma?
Silicon Alley? Is that a porn star?
30:
One of the people the seller described in his listing.
18 – Why the HELL would you want to go back?
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/clt/1619105487.html
A rival degree!!
36: that’s awesome. The free market lives!
He quit “cold turkey”? As opposed to…what? Working a little less each week? Way to mix metaphors.
Quit a firm in Silicon Valley cold turkey? My guess would be he’s a refugee from McDermott Will & Emery.
Quit a firm in Silicon Valley cold turkey? My guess would be he’s a refugee from McDermott Will & Emery.
26, wow you are the man. I’d pat you on the back if you hadn’t taken care of that so amply on your own.
Loser.
I think Wake Forest offered $30,000 for it, but then took it back.
39/40: good guess. Personally, I’d go with Wilson Sonsini. I think his language implies that the firm is SV-based, but I could be reading it wrong.