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DO NOT- REPEAT-DO NOT- GO TO LAW SCHOOL

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

MLK DAY: Is it time for a new dream when little children will be measured not by the color or their skin (or the money their parents have in the bank) but by the content of their character? The NY Times has all the dirty, depressing details on law students these days. The title of the post links to the article. Basically it boils down to this- Law school is a big swindle. Schools are large money making machines that manipulate impressionable young people into taking out a quarter million dollar of school loans by fudging statistics about the pot-o-gold at the end of the rainbow. Going to a law school that says 94% of its graduates last year have a job? The good news: they are telling the truth. The bad news: that 94% includes grads working at Burger King, folding clothes, baby sitting, or working six week- part time document review jobs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on January 14, 2011 (boomark / email).