No Jobs for You Forum

[romothesavior]

OP may be a flame, or he may be a real lawyer with a propensity for embellishment or exaggeration, but his overall point is pretty credited. Trying to counter this argument by using a few people with jobs from T2s as indicative of T2 employment prospects is not wise.

[Grizz]

Replace Tier 1 with T25 (whereabouts) or best school in the state/region and your post is generally credited. Minimizing debt is also credited.

[DaveBear07]

All in all, what's most important here is the OP's Seinfeld reference.

[TheBigMediocre]

People still live in Detroit?

[Grizz]

People still live in Detroit?

It looks something like this

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[krj02004]

My guess is that his girlfriend left him for partner in the firm.... that explains his bitterness. And he's angry because he's stuck in Michigan, no one has money for a lawyer, and now he can't make his billable hours quota.

[zeth006]

My guess is that his girlfriend left him for partner in the firm.... that explains his bitterness. And he's angry because he's stuck in Michigan, no one has money for a lawyer, and now he can't make his billable hours quota.

I know people going to school in MI. Every single person has one acronym for it: GTFO.

[romothesavior]

My guess is that his girlfriend left him for partner in the firm.... that explains his bitterness. And he's angry because he's stuck in Michigan, no one has money for a lawyer, and now he can't make his billable hours quota.

I know people going to school in MI. Every single person has one acronym for it: GTFO.

But it looks so nice in the commercials...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oHe6GRo ... re=related

[Matthies]

No dumbs*t, I have a job. Read the post. Since it appears your reading comprehension skills are lacking, you should avoid the law. But then again, you can be one of those retard lawyers I get sanctions from.

You have been out of law school for three years and you got sanctions, with an S? WTF dood why you getting sanctioned? Rule 11 shit? Unethical shit? Dumb shit?

[bk1]

Avoid schools below T50? What about all these dudes and dudettes I know who hail from the likes of Loyola and USD and have jobs? Are you telling me that there's no way they could've gotten those positions in tax law and trusts/estates?

This guy may be an idiot who is merely rehashing stuff we already know, but this is stupid too. What about the half of the class at Loyola who were jobless at graduation?

[Matthies]

Avoid schools below T50? What about all these dudes and dudettes I know who hail from the likes of Loyola and USD and have jobs? Are you telling me that there's no way they could've gotten those positions in tax law and trusts/estates?

This guy may be an idiot who is merely rehashing stuff we already know, but this is stupid too. What about the half of the class at Loyola who were jobless at graduation?

What about them? I mean whose gaurnteed a job? law school = JD it does not allways = legal job. Anyone can go to law school, not anyone can actually get a job or be good at the law, t14 just means you can suck a bit more for longer till your out. Law school is a school, people need to realize that's all it is, its not a job placemnt agency and start treating thier job search as such. Very few employers hire grads before they pas the bar, those that tend to, tend to be larger firms that don't recuit as much at lower rbanked schools.

[maxm2764]

My firm, in MI, won't touch a Cooley or U of D grad.

This is where I stopped reading.

[shutterbug]

If you want any chance at a job, avoid anything below a T50. An obvious exception to this would be if you got a free ride.

No lawyer, not even the Cooley grads you make fun of, would ever write a sentence so freakin' moronic in its logic. Flame or fool? BOTH.

[romothesavior]

If you want any chance at a job, avoid anything below a T50. An obvious exception to this would be if you got a free ride.

No lawyer, not even the Cooley grads you make fun of, would ever write a sentence so freakin' moronic in its logic. Flame or fool? BOTH.

O rly?

Cause I had a lawyer tell me he was worried for me with 2/3 scholly at WUSTL. Guess that biglaw partner was a flame.

[Matthies]

If you want any chance at a job, avoid anything below a T50. An obvious exception to this would be if you got a free ride.

No lawyer, not even the Cooley grads you make fun of, would ever write a sentence so freakin' moronic in its logic. Flame or fool? BOTH.

O rly?

Cause I had a lawyer tell me he was worried for me with 2/3 scholly at WUSTL. Guess that biglaw partner was a flame.

He's scared you were gunning for his job

[Pearalegal]

If you want any chance at a job, avoid anything below a T50. An obvious exception to this would be if you got a free ride.

No lawyer, not even the Cooley grads you make fun of, would ever write a sentence so freakin' moronic in its logic. Flame or fool? BOTH.

O rly?

Cause I had a lawyer tell me he was worried for me with 2/3 scholly at WUSTL. Guess that biglaw partner was a flame.

I think the problem in the logic is found in the fact that OP said that a school below 50 is to be avoided due to the job opportunities, but then says it can be reconsidered with a full scholarship. Problem is that the scholarship doesn't change the fact that in the OP's opinion, there is no chance at a job regardless.

[romothesavior]

If you want any chance at a job, avoid anything below a T50. An obvious exception to this would be if you got a free ride.

No lawyer, not even the Cooley grads you make fun of, would ever write a sentence so freakin' moronic in its logic. Flame or fool? BOTH.

O rly?

Cause I had a lawyer tell me he was worried for me with 2/3 scholly at WUSTL. Guess that biglaw partner was a flame.

He's scared you were gunning for his job

He had reason to be.

[Matthies]

He had reason to be.

Seriously if you can't make it work with 2/3 scholly at WUSTL when you want to stay there in 3 years I will personally fly out there and toss you off that silver half Mcdonlads monstriosity thing by the river myself.

[zeth006]

Avoid schools below T50? What about all these dudes and dudettes I know who hail from the likes of Loyola and USD and have jobs? Are you telling me that there's no way they could've gotten those positions in tax law and trusts/estates?

This guy may be an idiot who is merely rehashing stuff we already know, but this is stupid too. What about the half of the class at Loyola who were jobless at graduation?

He'll sound like he's just rehashing the same, tired "The legal field is fucked, therefore no one should go to law school" rhetoric if you just do what any good elementary school student does, which is just read the title and run off to play in the sandbox. Read his entire soap box and you'll find it's not just a rehash.

Here. Let me help you with the main point:

I think the problem in the logic is found in the fact that OP said that a school below 50 is to be avoided due to the job opportunities, but then says it can be reconsidered with a full scholarship. Problem is that the scholarship doesn't change the fact that in the OP's opinion, there is no chance at a job regardless.

What's stupider is deeming someone else's comment to be stupid without having taken it along with the OP's entire post in context.

Newsflash: Few of us have been living in caves. We all know about the recession and the job prospects. Contribute something new before you decide to run off at the mouth again.

[Pearalegal]

I think the problem in the logic is found in the fact that OP said that a school below 50 is to be avoided due to the job opportunities, but then says it can be reconsidered with a full scholarship. Problem is that the scholarship doesn't change the fact that in the OP's opinion, there is no chance at a job regardless.

What's stupider is deeming someone else's comment to be stupid without having taken it along with the OP's entire post in context.

Newsflash: Few of us have been living in caves. We all know about the recession and the job prospects. Contribute something new before you decide to run off at the mouth again.

What the hell did I do? I was just clarifying the comment.

[bk1]

What about them? I mean whose gaurnteed a job? law school = JD it does not allways = legal job. Anyone can go to law school, not anyone can actually get a job or be good at the law, t14 just means you can suck a bit more for longer till your out. Law school is a school, people need to realize that's all it is, its not a job placemnt agency and start treating thier job search as such. Very few employers hire grads before they pas the bar, those that tend to, tend to be larger firms that don't recuit as much at lower rbanked schools.

You completely missed my point. I was merely stating that arguing from anecdote is pointless because plenty of them can be pulled for any sort of argument you want to make.

[maxm2764]

I like this thread.

[zeth006]

My guess is that his girlfriend left him for partner in the firm.... that explains his bitterness. And he's angry because he's stuck in Michigan, no one has money for a lawyer, and now he can't make his billable hours quota.

I know people going to school in MI. Every single person has one acronym for it: GTFO.

But it looks so nice in the commercials...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oHe6GRo ... re=related

Blech. The problem with TV shows like "The OC" is they present viewers with an idyllic image of what exactly Southern California is like. When I run into people from the midwest who learn I'm from Orange County, their response is either to ask "Is it like in The OC?" or to sigh and say, "I'm jealous." Others who've never seen a single episode are quicker to take jabs at our budget woes and unemployment rates. It doesn't help that some figures in our government half-joked that one solution to our problems would be having California secede.


That said, Detroit's problems are many. I pity the fool who had a choice of living/working elsewhere but got lured by that commercial. Good or bad, half of their marijuana grower/seller business classes are occupied by former D2.5 auto workers.

[bk1]

Avoid schools below T50? What about all these dudes and dudettes I know who hail from the likes of Loyola and USD and have jobs? Are you telling me that there's no way they could've gotten those positions in tax law and trusts/estates?

This guy may be an idiot who is merely rehashing stuff we already know, but this is stupid too. What about the half of the class at Loyola who were jobless at graduation?

He'll sound like he's just rehashing the same, tired "The legal field is fucked, therefore no one should go to law school" rhetoric if you just do what any good elementary school student does, which is just read the title and run off to play in the sandbox. Read his entire soap box and you'll find it's not just a rehash.

Here. Let me help you with the main point:

I think the problem in the logic is found in the fact that OP said that a school below 50 is to be avoided due to the job opportunities, but then says it can be reconsidered with a full scholarship. Problem is that the scholarship doesn't change the fact that in the OP's opinion, there is no chance at a job regardless.

What's stupider is deeming someone else's comment to be stupid without having taken it along with the OP's entire post in context.

Newsflash: Few of us have been living in caves. We all know about the recession and the job prospects. Contribute something new before you decide to run off at the mouth again.

OP's Argument: Don't go to shit schools because you won't get hired.

Your Argument: I know some people who go to lower ranked schools and got jobs.

Am I missing something? Just because your friends exist doesn't disprove his point. Like this: "I know somebody who won the lottery. Therefore you should go out and buy a lotto ticket." It's poor logic.

[Matthies]

What about them? I mean whose gaurnteed a job? law school = JD it does not allways = legal job. Anyone can go to law school, not anyone can actually get a job or be good at the law, t14 just means you can suck a bit more for longer till your out. Law school is a school, people need to realize that's all it is, its not a job placemnt agency and start treating thier job search as such. Very few employers hire grads before they pas the bar, those that tend to, tend to be larger firms that don't recuit as much at lower rbanked schools.

You completely missed my point. I was merely stating that arguing from anecdote is pointless because plenty of them can be pulled for any sort of argument you want to make.

But that is the point, he pointed to actual people he knows who were sucessful from specific schools, I can point to plenty of people i don't know, that I just assume are out there, that were not sucessful, that's much, much easier to just say well what about the "othres". But I don't know anything about THEM. I do know about the pople I know who are lawyers and I went to school with and the ones I know who have jobs are the ones who did not think like the above, and a few that I won't even have lunch with anymore becuase when we do, usually inbetween thier weekly ski trips, they tell me how the school has failed them since they don't have a job, but they are too busy not having a job to go with me to meet some lawyers who might have work for them (I really whish I was making that up, I'm not, some of my classmates don't have jobs becuase, well, they suck at finding them on thier own, or even with help).