The Danger Of For-Profit Law Schools

Exploring the for-profit legal education industry with an anthropologist who embedded himself within it.

After years of giving them a pass, the ABA is cracking down on flagging for-profit law schools that consistently produce few graduates with legal jobs while raking in huge bucks. But how did these schools manage to make it this far? Social anthropologist Dr. Riaz Tejani spent three years working at a for-profit law school and has compiled his research in LawMart: Justice, Access, And For-Profit Law Schools (affiliate link). He joins Joe Patrice and Elie Mystal this week to talk about his work.

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