It’s a phenomenon we’ve documented repeatedly in the past — there now are more law school applicants than at any point since the recession. But what is causing this influx of wannabe lawyers?
Some have suggested it’s because the legal industry may have finally leveled out after the disastrous mortgage-backed securities debacle, while a sort of a prevailing wisdom in legal academia says that the country’s slip towards fascism under Donald Trump has encouraged more people to become educated about the law. But the satirical news source you’ve known and loved since college, The Onion, knows the truth:
Law School Applications Increase Upon Realization That Any Fucking Idiot Can Be Lawyer https://t.co/dgOlfleI3O pic.twitter.com/Kad6aMNN4h
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 20, 2018

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This may officially get marked down as attributable to the law school Trump Bump, but now you know the truth.
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