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Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:03 pm
by digitalcntrl
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.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:31 pm
by legalease9
I wonder how many law schools will open before supply meets demand...

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:43 pm
by john titor
supply passed demand long ago chief.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:44 pm
by Patriot1208
john titor wrote:supply passed demand long ago chief.
sarcasm detector broken?

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:44 pm
by john titor
looks like it!

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:51 pm
by bk1
john titor wrote:supply passed demand long ago chief.
Not supply of class seats to demand for people wanting to be students.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:53 pm
by john titor
you said it, brother.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:54 pm
by Ragged
Law is a black hole where market forces as we know them don't exist. That is all.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:10 pm
by digitalcntrl
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.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:19 pm
by legalease9
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

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:48 pm
by zanda
yes but the 75th percentile is now up to 148!

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:52 pm
by Patriot1208
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.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:07 pm
by digitalcntrl
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....

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:09 pm
by ResolutePear
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.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:51 pm
by Kafka
I wish Princeton opened up a law school.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:53 pm
by john titor
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.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:55 pm
by MTal
"...I can't BELIEVE it's a law school!"

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:31 pm
by wolfpack11
Does anybody where the hunger-striking, self-promotional, law student went ? It is off topic, but I also saw her story.

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:45 pm
by JusticeHarlan
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

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

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

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:52 pm
by Ragged
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:

Re: Yawn, Another Law School

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:13 pm
by 20160810
That 75th %ile is :shock: