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Yawn, Another Law School

Post by digitalcntrl » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:03 pm

Mystal says it all:

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/08/umass-la ... -about-it/

Sounds like you will be seeing a bunch of over educated peeps at McDonald's, the local barber, etc. with a 100k debt load in a couple of years.

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by legalease9 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:31 pm

I wonder how many law schools will open before supply meets demand...

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Post by john titor » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:43 pm

supply passed demand long ago chief.

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by Patriot1208 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:44 pm

john titor wrote:supply passed demand long ago chief.
sarcasm detector broken?

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Post by john titor » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:44 pm

looks like it!

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by bk1 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:51 pm

john titor wrote:supply passed demand long ago chief.
Not supply of class seats to demand for people wanting to be students.

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by john titor » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:53 pm

you said it, brother.

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by Ragged » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:54 pm

Law is a black hole where market forces as we know them don't exist. That is all.

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Post by digitalcntrl » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:10 pm

Ragged wrote:Law is a black hole where market forces as we know them don't exist. That is all.
You can thank Fannie Mae for that. Unrestricted access to credit for education is what drives this problem.

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Post by legalease9 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:19 pm

bk187 wrote:
john titor wrote:supply passed demand long ago chief.
Not supply of class seats to demand for people wanting to be students.
Yes, this is what I meant. School/Student Supply/Demand, not job/graduate

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by zanda » Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:48 pm

yes but the 75th percentile is now up to 148!

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Post by Patriot1208 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:52 pm

zanda wrote:yes but the 75th percentile is now up to 148!
This may be the worst part, when 75 percent of your class is under the average for the test, the student body is BAD.

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Post by digitalcntrl » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:07 pm

Patriot1208 wrote:
zanda wrote:yes but the 75th percentile is now up to 148!
This may be the worst part, when 75 percent of your class is under the average for the test, the student body is BAD.
But But, they are interested in serving the PUBLIC....

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by ResolutePear » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:09 pm

digitalcntrl wrote:
Patriot1208 wrote:
zanda wrote:yes but the 75th percentile is now up to 148!
This may be the worst part, when 75 percent of your class is under the average for the test, the student body is BAD.
But But, they are interested in serving the PUBLIC....
Me too, but on the Supreme Court. Not going to happen without Ivy League or very close to it.

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by Kafka » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:51 pm

I wish Princeton opened up a law school.

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by john titor » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:53 pm

if a culinary school started a law program, people would payborrow 40 grand a year to go there and tell everyone that theyre really passionate about Food Law. shit's a mess right now.

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by MTal » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:55 pm

"...I can't BELIEVE it's a law school!"

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by wolfpack11 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:31 pm

Does anybody where the hunger-striking, self-promotional, law student went ? It is off topic, but I also saw her story.

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Post by JusticeHarlan » Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:45 pm

wolfpack11 wrote:Does anybody where the hunger-striking, self-promotional, law student went ? It is off topic, but I also saw her story.
Cooley

http://shillingmesoftly.blogspot.com/20 ... chive.html

http://sbmblog.typepad.com/sbm-blog/201 ... chool.html

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Post by GoBroncos22! » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:21 pm

JusticeHarlan wrote:
wolfpack11 wrote:Does anybody where the hunger-striking, self-promotional, law student went ? It is off topic, but I also saw her story.
Cooley

http://shillingmesoftly.blogspot.com/20 ... chive.html

http://sbmblog.typepad.com/sbm-blog/201 ... chool.html
I just threw up

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by Ragged » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:52 pm

JusticeHarlan wrote:
wolfpack11 wrote:Does anybody where the hunger-striking, self-promotional, law student went ? It is off topic, but I also saw her story.
Cooley

http://shillingmesoftly.blogspot.com/20 ... chive.html
Haha good stuff.... "12 months campaign to get into Cooley, where you can get a scholarship with an LSAT of 149" :lol: :lol:

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Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Post by 20160810 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:13 pm

That 75th %ile is :shock:

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