New employment stats by ABA's new rule Forum

[joetheplumber]

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We're screwed. Someone tell me to QUIT NOW.

[twiffy]

this seems to reaffirm the "t14 or bust" sentiment. more motivation to not fuck up undergrad/lsats i guess :/

[SchopenhauerFTW]

I remember reading this awhile ago. I decided to drop out that week. The actual numbers were far more convincing than anything I had read on TLS.

Then again, maybe it was just the final straw.

[SaintsTheMetal]

Is this actually new data, compared to what's on LST?

edit: nvm, seems to be exactly the same data... nothing new here

[haus]

I remember reading this awhile ago. I decided to drop out that week. The actual numbers were far more convincing than anything I had read on TLS.

Then again, maybe it was just the final straw.

So what is the alternate plan? Pursue your fame and riches in the exciting field of...?

[mr.hands]

I remember reading this awhile ago. I decided to drop out that week. The actual numbers were far more convincing than anything I had read on TLS.

Then again, maybe it was just the final straw.

So what is the alternate plan? Pursue your fame and riches in the exciting field of...?

Taxidermy

[JetsFan1990]

This has already been posted. The numbers are no different; there's just a lot of "doom and gloom" rhetoric. I have learned nothing new. Thank you, and good day, sir.

[nickb285]

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[JetsFan1990]

Something tells me the latter is more likely.

[rayiner]

This has already been posted. The numbers are no different; there's just a lot of "doom and gloom" rhetoric. I have learned nothing new. Thank you, and good day, sir.

There's just a lot of "doom and gloom" numbers. A T1 like American university with 36% employed in jobs requiring a law degree? Half of schools having ~50% employed or less after nearly a year after graduation.

[rayiner]

All the lower ranked schools are claiming it's related to bar passage. I would be curious to see what job numbers looked like six month after the bar exam, and see whether they have a point or they're just full of shit.

9 months is ~4 months after bar passage for most people. E.g. graduate in May, bar 2 months later in July, bar results 5 months after graduation in October, data taken 9 months after graduation in February.

[JetsFan1990]

This has already been posted. The numbers are no different; there's just a lot of "doom and gloom" rhetoric. I have learned nothing new. Thank you, and good day, sir.

There's just a lot of "doom and gloom" numbers. A T1 like American university with 36% employed in jobs requiring a law degree? Half of schools having ~50% employed or less after nearly a year after graduation.

True, no doubt, but these numbers are generally the same as LST's. You're right, though; I would definitely agree these numbers paint a pretty grim picture.

[SchopenhauerFTW]

I remember reading this awhile ago. I decided to drop out that week. The actual numbers were far more convincing than anything I had read on TLS.

Then again, maybe it was just the final straw.

So what is the alternate plan? Pursue your fame and riches in the exciting field of...?

Taxidermy

Taxidermy is only worth it if you can land BigFur.

[2014]

What category is missing from that chart? You would expect JD Required + JD Preferred + Any Job + Unemployed + Unknown would equal 100% but for many schools it is well off of it.

[SchopenhauerFTW]

What category is missing from that chart? You would expect JD Required + JD Preferred + Any Job + Unemployed + Unknown would equal 100% but for many schools it is well off of it.

Probably 'pursuing another degree'.

[JohnV]

What category is missing from that chart? You would expect JD Required + JD Preferred + Any Job + Unemployed + Unknown would equal 100% but for many schools it is well off of it.

Unemployed and not seeking a job? They have unemployed and seeking a job and indeterminable, but that doesn't necessarily equate to "not seeking employment".

[splitbrain]

I knew I wanted to be an actor anyway.

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[Skump]

there's just a lot of "doom and gloom" rhetoric

"Rhetoric" isn't a synonym for "reality," bro. The ugly truth is that, absent a guaranteed job, choosing to attend most of America's law schools without something close to a full scholarship (with no stips) is demonstrably fucking insane.

Worse still, these numbers basically imply that admins and teachers at a substantial portion of America's law schools occupy the same moral plane as multi-level marketing hucksters, faith healers and snake-oil salesmen. They are value destroyers - a class of bourgeoisie parasites who exploit the naivete of young Americans and the broken system of federal education funding to enrich themselves while impoverishing the broader American economy. At best, their ethical status lies just slightly above that of the average drug dealer and most certainly below that of the average prostitute.

[JetsFan1990]

there's just a lot of "doom and gloom" rhetoric

"Rhetoric" isn't a synonym for "reality," bro. The ugly truth is that, absent a guaranteed job, choosing to attend most of America's law schools without something close to a full scholarship (with no stips) is demonstrably fucking insane.

Worse still, these numbers basically imply that admins and teachers at a substantial portion of America's law schools occupy the same moral plane as multi-level marketing hucksters, faith healers and snake-oil salesmen. They are value destroyers - a class of bourgeoisie parasites who exploit the naivete of young Americans and the broken system of federal education funding to enrich themselves while impoverishing the broader American economy. At best, their ethical status lies just slightly above that of the average drug dealer and most certainly below that of the average prostitute.

I mean yeah, you're right. But .. damn, that escalated quickly lol.

[ru2486]

there's just a lot of "doom and gloom" rhetoric

"Rhetoric" isn't a synonym for "reality," bro. The ugly truth is that, absent a guaranteed job, choosing to attend most of America's law schools without something close to a full scholarship (with no stips) is demonstrably fucking insane.

Worse still, these numbers basically imply that admins and teachers at a substantial portion of America's law schools occupy the same moral plane as multi-level marketing hucksters, faith healers and snake-oil salesmen. They are value destroyers - a class of bourgeoisie parasites who exploit the naivete of young Americans and the broken system of federal education funding to enrich themselves while impoverishing the broader American economy. At best, their ethical status lies just slightly above that of the average drug dealer and most certainly below that of the average prostitute.

i only object to your use of "bourgeoisie" [noun] when you meant to use "bourgeois" [adjective]

[jeffyl00b]

Those numbers look the same as the percentages i'm figuring using the new ABA data.

They are a #%#$@ of a lot better than how many of us found jobs from undergrad at one of the two peaks of the economic crash. How is 50/50 bad exactly?