Poke Holes in a Dean's Argument
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Poke Holes in a Dean's Argument
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/opini ... ml?hp&_r=0&
I'll start:
1. Debt, too, is a problem. The average student at a private law school graduates with $125,000 in debt.
2. But the average lawyer’s annual salary exceeds that number. The mean salary for all practicing lawyers was $130,490.
3. But, in 1998, (only) 55 percent of law graduates started in law firms. In 2011, that number was 50 percent. A 9 percent decline from a previous low during the worst economic conditions in decades hardly seems catastrophic.
So, law school's cost is not a recent, catastrophic problem, its a long-term, systemic problem, because half of the people who go to law school won't get the kind of jobs that give them a fighting chance to repay their debt.
I'll start:
1. Debt, too, is a problem. The average student at a private law school graduates with $125,000 in debt.
2. But the average lawyer’s annual salary exceeds that number. The mean salary for all practicing lawyers was $130,490.
3. But, in 1998, (only) 55 percent of law graduates started in law firms. In 2011, that number was 50 percent. A 9 percent decline from a previous low during the worst economic conditions in decades hardly seems catastrophic.
So, law school's cost is not a recent, catastrophic problem, its a long-term, systemic problem, because half of the people who go to law school won't get the kind of jobs that give them a fighting chance to repay their debt.
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Re: Poke Holes in a Dean's Argument
"I’M a law dean, and I’m proud. And I think it’s time to stop the nonsense. After two years of almost relentless attacks on law schools, a bit of perspective would be nice."
The proud law dean assumes that the prior "relentless attacks" on law schools were without perspective.
The proud law dean assumes that the prior "relentless attacks" on law schools were without perspective.
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Re: Poke Holes in a Dean's Argument
The salary number doesn't differentiate between lawlyers who started in 1975 and those who are recent grads.
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