Law-school scam gets reprieve

In less than a decade, sixteen ABA-accredited law schools in the US have gone tits up. (Well, a couple of those have just lost their ABA accreditation and are still operating as California-accredited hellholes.) Hopeful fans of OTLSS may have thought that the law-school scam was in its death throes.

Alas! alack! This year is seeing 33% more applicants than the last.

Reportedly the interest in law school stems from the political climate (about as inviting as coastal Louisiana in July) and the supposition that law is relatively safe from AI-induced slaughter. Old Guy continues to recommend trade school instead. Or emigration.

The law schools, of course, are delighted to have their pick of student-loan conduits. This rising tide will lift all boats, from Yale's yacht to Cooley's coble.

When your dumb little venture of enrolling in law school turns out as badly as anyone with a brain can predict, don't come crying to Old Guy. 

In the meantime, Golden Gate is trying to rise from the ashes as a California-accredited über-über-toilet. Just what the world needs…