15 more law schools to be sued Forum

[Mal Reynolds]

If you are paying $$ for anything below the T14....you are getting SCREWED.

Does Mtal ever qualify his anti-law school rants like this? I thought it was any law school is a bad prospect?
Mtal why you mad bro?

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Mal v. Mtal, 666 T.L.S.3d 1 (L.S.A.F. 2011)

[Jah'rakal]

that's such bs, southwestern is a great school

[beachbum]

Sucks that this thread turned into the standard "lol, MTal" thread. (Which, FWIW, is the best argument against MTal's behavior/existence: he's such a caricature that, even when he has legitimate things to say, people don't take him seriously). Here, it seems that pending litigation against 15 schools is a pretty big deal, and could be part of a much larger trend - which hopefully leads to some sort of meaningful reform.

Granted, MTal sucks. But there's actually legitimate discussion to be had about this article, beyond simply pointing out how much MTal sucks (which he does).

[Curious1]

He's usually not wrong--people who are paying sticker at anything below the T-14 ARE probably better off working at Target.

[Patriot1208]

15 law schools are being sued. More lawsuits are surely on the way. What is your response?

My response is that you have gotten through to me and I now work at Target

Congrats, you just saved earned yourself a lifetime of jobless humiliation and soul-crushing debt poverty.

HTH

Corporate Target jobs are good gigs. I know several kids from good schools who work there and they all make 60k+ right out of school. Plus Target generally promotes from within so getting that 200k+ field manager or director level job is certainly a possibility if you are good at what you do.

[minnbills]

Corporate Target jobs are good gigs. I know several kids from good schools who work there and they all make 60k+ right out of school. Plus Target generally promotes from within so getting that 200k+ field manager or director level job is certainly a possibility if you are good at what you do.

My parents used to work target corp. jobs. I'm well aware that it's a great company. My point doesn't concern that though. I'm saying that going to work as a cashier or some other store job is not necessarily a better outcome than what will happen by going to law school.

[TheFutureLawyer]

Mal v. Mtal, 666 T.L.S.3d 1 (L.S.A.F. 2011)

does the LSAF stand for Law Students Are Fucked?

It depends on what your definition of "is" is.

I lol'd. Politics used to be funny haha, now it's just funny in a sad sort of way.

[jenesaislaw]

Thanks. They've blocked my server.

Assure you we didn't block your server. I don't know what the deal is, though. I can only recreate this problem from the OP's link. (The same) Direct links are working elsewhere, e.g. on the ABA Journal, Above the Law, Tax Prof, Instapundit, etc.

[Patriot1208]

Corporate Target jobs are good gigs. I know several kids from good schools who work there and they all make 60k+ right out of school. Plus Target generally promotes from within so getting that 200k+ field manager or director level job is certainly a possibility if you are good at what you do.

My parents used to work target corp. jobs. I'm well aware that it's a great company. My point doesn't concern that though. I'm saying that going to work as a cashier or some other store job is not necessarily a better outcome than what will happen by going to law school.

I think for the most part Mtal encourages getting degree required jobs, not cashier type gigs.

[I.P. Daly]

1/3rd of NYU's graduating class is unemployed. How will they pay back 200k in debt?

Can you cite a source for this?

Also,

These complaints will follow previous complaints filed against New York Law School, Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan, and Thomas Jefferson School of Law in California.

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[23402385985]

Mal v. Mtal, 666 T.L.S.3d 1 (L.S.A.F. 2011)

does the LSAF stand for Law Students Are Fucked?

It depends on what your definition of "is" is.

I lol'd. Politics used to be funny haha, now it's just funny in a sad sort of way.

I was refering to "Law School Admission Forum", but I like yours better.

[JamMasterJ]

Congrats, you just saved earned yourself a lifetime of jobless humiliation and soul-crushing debt poverty.

HTH

Tell that to the Target Store manager who makes over 100k plus benefits, matching 401k, PTO, etc.

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why are you still here?

[RPK34]

You're exaggerating when you say it has to be t-14 or nothing. All those schools are in the bottom, nowhere near T-20 or T-30.

1/3rd of NYU's graduating class is unemployed. How will they pay back 200k in debt?

Source?

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1/3rd of NYU's graduating class is unemployed. How will they pay back 200k in debt?

[MrPapagiorgio]

Sucks that this thread turned into the standard "lol, MTal" thread. (Which, FWIW, is the best argument against MTal's behavior/existence: he's such a caricature that, even when he has legitimate things to say, people don't take him seriously). Here, it seems that pending litigation against 15 schools is a pretty big deal, and could be part of a much larger trend - which hopefully leads to some sort of meaningful reform.

Granted, MTal sucks. But there's actually legitimate discussion to be had about this article, beyond simply pointing out how much MTal sucks (which he does).

Agreed. If we can move past the MTal crap and look at the issue, it's rather interesting and seems to be an increasing trend. However, only time will tell if the complaints against law schools will hold any weight.

[23402385985]

Sucks that this thread turned into the standard "lol, MTal" thread. (Which, FWIW, is the best argument against MTal's behavior/existence: he's such a caricature that, even when he has legitimate things to say, people don't take him seriously). Here, it seems that pending litigation against 15 schools is a pretty big deal, and could be part of a much larger trend - which hopefully leads to some sort of meaningful reform.

Granted, MTal sucks. But there's actually legitimate discussion to be had about this article, beyond simply pointing out how much MTal sucks (which he does).

Agreed. If we can move past the MTal crap and look at the issue, it's rather interesting and seems to be an increasing trend. However, only time will tell if the complaints against law schools will hold any weight.

Well, when a school is charging over 40K per year and fucks everyone in the ass after graduation, I think everyone will start suing. I do think that this will be an increasing trend as well.

[lawbanshee]

Dear God, the rates for doc review jobs (which, of course, is the only "employment" available for the grads of most gutter schools like NYLS, Brooklyn, 'Bozo, et al, just keep plunging of late:

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If you have 4+ years of specialized mortgage/foreclosure experience, you can get a whopping $33 an hour:

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Go ahead and bash these jobs in usual TLS fashion, i.e. "only the anchorman from Cooley does doc review," and "no attorney would work for that rate since the degree is versatile, they could work in business, blah blah.

Reaility sucks, kids. But me thinks you're all gonna have to learn that the hard way.

[clintonius]

I assume that there will be No T-14 schools in the crosshairs of class action suits.

1/3rd of NYU's graduating class is unemployed. How will they pay back 200k in debt?

I would be uncomfortable giving out exact statistics, but recent numbers provided to us by the school indicate that 1/3 is not a gross overestimate.

[Kendi]

Given the big profits, it is easy to understand why law schools are abundant. 3.0 GPA 150 LSAT, you are in (just bring money).

On the other hand, trying to secure entrance for a PHD in Phycology is close to impossible, due to schools imposing extreme limitations on the number of openings. I assume if schools opened their doors to Phycology students they would quadruple their revenues. So why is it that schools hold the line on recruiting phycology students and open the floodgates to law students? Is there a remedy to this imbalance?

[lawbanshee]

We have 4 NYU kids on the doc review gig I'm doing right now (at least 4 in my room- might be more in the upstairs rooms). 2 got rescinded offers in the bloodbath and 2 others laid off.

BTW we are making a whopping $30 an hour here for 40 to 60 hours a week, flat rate. And of course no health bennies or 401K or anything a normal professional job would have.

Tons and tons of 'Bozo and Brooklyn grads here, Fordham has decent representation too. Also NYLS and the other bottom feeding 4th tier places like Pace.

The NYU'ers on this gig are the ones who turned me on to this website. I'll have to admit that after a 1/2 hour or so of checking out the scene here, I've literally never laughed so hard in my life. I think the Flat Earth Society has a stronger grip on reality than most people here.

[CanadianWolf]

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MTal knows how to time the options market.

[I.P. Daly]

We have 4 NYU kids on the doc review gig I'm doing right now (at least 4 in my room- might be more in the upstairs rooms). 2 got rescinded offers in the bloodbath and 2 others laid off.

BTW we are making a whopping $30 an hour here for 40 to 60 hours a week, flat rate. And of course no health bennies or 401K or anything a normal professional job would have.

Tons and tons of 'Bozo and Brooklyn grads here, Fordham has decent representation too. Also NYLS and the other bottom feeding 4th tier places like Pace.

The NYU'ers on this gig are the ones who turned me on to this website. I'll have to admit that after a 1/2 hour or so of checking out the scene here, I've literally never laughed so hard in my life. I think the Flat Earth Society has a stronger grip on reality than most people here.

I'm not here to justify that law school is a good or bad investment. However, there's absolutely no way to verify what you are and MTal claiming. You could be making shit up. Back up your statements with facts.

1/3 of the NYU class is unemployed, with other NYU grads doing doc review? That sounds like nonsense to me.

Without providing any evidence to justify your claims, you sound like bitter trolls.

[Kendi]

1/3 of the NYU class is unemployed, with other NYU grads doing doc review? That sounds like nonsense to me.

Without providing any evidence to justify your claims, you sound like bitter trolls.

You might be right, but what do you think happens to NYU (or any T-6 / T-14) grads ranked at the bottom of their class?

[murray18]

Dear prepared, well read, logical law school applicants,

DONT GO TO LAW SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU'LL BE POOR AND UNEMPLOYED AND DIE!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,
Internet Freak Out Guy

PS: The government flew the planes into the World Trade Center, caused Katrina, and you'll die.