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Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, New Jersey, Quote of the Day, Student Loans
Quote of the Day: They may take our jobs, but they'll never take... our freedom!
[S]tudents should embark upon a legal education with their eyes open; the job market is difficult, and likely to remain so. Legal education is not, as the comments of some would suggest, an entitlement program…. [T]he real value of legal education is not, and never has been, primarily economic. It’s not about money; it’s about […] -
Blogging, Food, Law Schools, Student Loans
A Sit-Down with the Law School Transparency Hunger Striker, Zenovia Evans
Ed. note: When Zenovia Evans (a.k.a. Ethan Haines) outed herself as the law school graduate going on a hunger strike for the cause of law school transparency, she revealed that she lives in Denver. Also living in Denver: Caleb Newquist, lead editor of Going Concern, Above the Law’s sister site for the accounting profession. Zenovia […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Public Interest, Southern New England School of Law/Umass, Student Loans
UMass Law School is Open: Law Dean Robert Ward and I Talk About It
UMass School of Law (fka Southern New England School of Law) is open for business. Orientation happened last week, and students started classes yesterday, at Massachusetts’s first public law school. As has been well-documented in these pages, I’m unimpressed. Put simply: there isn’t enough of a demand for new lawyers right now to justify a […]
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Bad Ideas, Blogging, Food, Law Schools, Student Loans
Hunger Striker Revealed: Scambloggers Unimpressed
A couple of weeks ago, we reported on “Ethan Haines,” a law school grad who is allegedly on a hunger strike to support the cause of law school transparency. Today, Ethan has outed herself in USA Today, as Zenovia Evans (pictured). Here’s the USA Today report about her hunger strike: One recent grad even went […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News
New Rankings List 'Best Value' Law Schools
In a time of rising tuition prices and declining job prospects, looking at the value proposition of going to law school is more important than ever. For the second year in a row, the National Jurist has named the 60 best value law schools in its preLaw magazine. From these 60 schools, it has further […] -
Blogging, Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
Scamblogs Get Some Mainstream Media Attention
It’s been ten days since I last logged on to “the internet.” Ten days since I picked up a newspaper or let the dancing visions on MSNBC poison my mind. Ten days since I’ve tapped into the 140-character pulse of the world. While I’ve had my head in the sand, it appears that the mainstream […] -
Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
Unemployed J.D. Goes on a Hunger Strike
As of this writing, Ethan Haines, writer of the UnemployedJD blog, has gone 32 hours without food. I think the kid might be joking, but Haines said he is going on a hunger strike — to convince law schools to be more transparent about the employment options of graduates, before the schools rope them into […] -
Layoffs, Malpractice, Money, Student Loans
Former DLA Piper Attorney Faces Lawsuit for Failure to Pay His Debts
Well, this is pretty much my worst nightmare. Legal Profession Blog reports on the horrible story of Olufemi Nicol: The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging that an attorney failed in bad faith to repay his student loans for a graduate business degree obtained after he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School […] - Sponsored
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Bankruptcy, Charlotte, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Student Loans
Student v. School: Charlotte School of Law Sued by Student Seeking Admissions for Bankruptcy Proceeding
I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often. A student is demanding that his law school admit to scamming him out of money in open court. Please note the UPDATE below. And why? The student isn’t trying to recover tuition dollars directly from the school. Instead, the student is involved in the arduous process of trying […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News
Law School Transparency Group Seeks Data from Law Schools
Back in April, we reported on an admirable organization called Law School Transparency. The goal of LST: “encouraging and facilitating the transparent flow of law school employment information.” Given what’s typically at stake — three years of your life, and six figures of cash (or student loans) — the decision to attend law school is […] -
Law Schools, Student Loans, U.S. News
Even U.S. News Suggests Law School Tuition Is Getting Ridiculous
Over the past few days we’ve seen an outpouring of support for the proposition that people should go to law school. It’s clear that there are many students in law school or heading to law school who believe that they’ve made the right decision (and it is the right decision, for some people). Moreover, we’ve […] -
Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Student Loans
Quote of the Day: More Positivity About Law School
The first time I looked at the grand total of what it would cost to get a law degree, I cried. And then I realized that this is what I want to do. I’ll have debt for the rest of my life, and that’s that. — Allissa Klatt, an incoming law student at Drake University […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Small Law Firms, Student Loans
In Defense of Going to Law School
When it comes to law school, “Hope springs eternal.” According to a National Law Journal article entitled Hope Drives Rise in Law School Applications, for this year’s incoming class, law school applications increased by 7% and the number of applicants by 3% — despite tough times in the legal profession and the heavy educational debt […]
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Law Schools, Student Loans
Duke Law Waitlist Proves There's No End in Sight To Lawyer Oversupply Problem
It’s become clear that many college graduates make their decision to go to law school based on apathy, a critical misunderstanding of the legal market, and shocking hubris. As we’ve said many times, the decision to go to law school has become disassociated from the expected value of going to law school. Prospective law students […] -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Trendspotting
New Tuition Trend: Will 1Ls be Willing to Subsidize 3Ls?
Last week, we set up an open thread for people to discuss the next round of tuition hikes at their law schools. Sadly, it appears that many schools are indeed raising tuition despite the soft economy for legal jobs. Once again, the cost of legal education is proving to be recession proof. But another, even […] -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Law Professors: If You're Not Part of the Solution Then You're A Huge Freaking Problem
Usually when we talk about the crushing price of legal education, we focus on law school administrations who are raising tuition even as the legal economy continues to falter. Occasionally, we look at prospective law students themselves — a group of people who are evidently too addled to act with rational self-interest. Always, the American […] -
Ann Althouse, Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Rank Stupidity, Student Loans
College Grad Exposes Everything That's Wrong With 0Ls
We spend a lot of time telling prospective law students to carefully consider the decision to go to law school. And still they come. We tell prospective law students that law school is expensive and the job market is weak. But still they come, in record numbers. What makes them come? NPR did a story […] -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Open Thread: It's Time For Another Round of Tuition Hikes
Over the past year, we’ve devoted a great deal of coverage to the value proposition of going to law school. While reasonable people disagree on just how much law school should cost (Canadian professor Robert Martin starts the bidding at $12 a year), there is a growing consensus that the cost of legal education is […] -
Canada, Law Professors, Law Schools, Student Loans
Blame Canada -- For Its Crappy Law Schools
The Canadian legal blogosphere has been buzzing this week over an article penned by last year by a retired Canadian law professor. In it, University of Western Ontario emeritus professor Robert Martin likens Canadian law faculties to “psychotic kindergartens” and offers other hilarious taunts about the quality of Canadian legal education. The Guardian highlights this […] -
Bankruptcy, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Could Law School Loans Become More Easily Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?
Last month, New York Times columnist Ron Lieber wrote an interesting piece analyzing whom to blame when students wind up in over their heads in educational debt. This past weekend, he wrote a somewhat more optimistic article, raising the possibility that student loans might become more easy to discharge in bankruptcy. The status quo in […]