I like the cut of your jib, 20, the keen insight and dogged persistence you display are the very qualities that have made our country into what it is today.

"there are sill firms trickling in"

"There's a 1900 hour billiable requirement."

Ah, feels nice to be home.

"The reference I made was not to his punishment, but to the trials that lead to his punishment."

Actually, I thought that the trials WERE Sisyphus's punishment, but what do I know?

In any case, gotta love the feisty new don't take no shit Elie / Marky Mark incarnation.

WOW!

"this actually made financial sense when we took on the obligation" - 32

"IF I KNEW WHAT I KNEW NOW----I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN ANY STUDENTS LOANS OR WENT TO COLLEGE!!!" - 170

That's right, who could have imagined the economy might change? It never has before.

"You meant rescindment of course."

That's right 12, sounds much better than rescission.

Elie, where is your usual reference to the latest headline relating to Obama? C'mon, he just reaffirmed use of the military commission tribunals for Gitmo suspects!

Are you omitting it because

- it actually has something to do with the law, and that's just not the sort of thing you blog about? or

- some other reason?

Hmmmmmmmmm

"The news that Cravath is leaving the class of 2010 out of work for a year has sent monocles flying as students at top law schools learn a powerful lesson about free market capitalism. "

Yep, getting that $80K to spend a year hiking through Europe is about a powerful lesson as can be learnt.

Elie @ 54: "How comes (sic) students are expected to foot the bill for an out-of-control law school tuition situation ... ?"

How about because they ran up the bill in the first place? But I'm totally with you when it comes to how it is that I'm expected to foot the bill for the out-of-control wine prices at the restaurants I frequent.

Elie @ 71: "That assumes that people are acting rationally."

Well, no need to act "rationally" when incurring great debt is rewarded by receiving great forgiveness. But, again, I'm totally with you on how those college-educated 20-somethings are taken advantage of by the system. It's disgusting the way law school deans prey on the weakest elements of society.

You're right to feel taken advantage of, 23, having had those $50.00 rammed down your throat in return for sitting around on your fat lazy complaining ass.

It's not like you could have opted out or anything.

"It is cute that he may make threats but guess what Elie, you actually have no action against us. SCOTUS protects the idea of annonymous speech and there are protections for free speech (guess they do not teach the First Amendment at Harvard)."

That's right 45, because Elie was threatening to sue commenters. Congrats. for getting to the heart of the matter.