tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post6881838825278106955..comments2024-03-28T07:16:35.912-06:00Comments on Outside the Law School Scam: Oh my! Bell tolls for Broke Law Schools as Spring melts Special Snowflakes AwayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-61668439087067557732013-04-24T08:04:23.063-06:002013-04-24T08:04:23.063-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759104939195116400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-84061874874079962602013-04-22T20:49:10.568-06:002013-04-22T20:49:10.568-06:00Right. Remember that in '08 a whole bunch of ...Right. Remember that in '08 a whole bunch of financial institutions *SHOULD* have gone under with the normal rules of capitalism. Lehman and CIT actually did. Everyone else got merged or bailed out.<br /><br />There aren't going to be 75-100 law schools closing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-84692686773856704702013-04-22T17:48:05.054-06:002013-04-22T17:48:05.054-06:00It's not just a "quirk." Before they...It's not just a "quirk." Before they triggered the first atomic explosion, some people actually warned that the chain reaction would destroy the entire planet. It didn't, but some people apparently believe that the same thing will happen to the law schools. <br /><br />It kind of reminds me of the potential "financial Armageddon" we keep hearing about every time Obama doesn't get his way on the budget. An entire economy destroyed - forever and always - by some terrible miracle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-18701407081464424622013-04-22T13:19:53.432-06:002013-04-22T13:19:53.432-06:00One quirk of this situation is the fact that each ...One quirk of this situation is the fact that each law school closure makes it easier for the other law schools to survive, by reducing the competition for students. Sort of like pushing a passenger out of a lifeboat. Each school thus has an incentive to try to hang on until some other school goes under.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-66754475594336210492013-04-22T13:04:52.197-06:002013-04-22T13:04:52.197-06:00I saw an employment listing seeking a candidate wi...I saw an employment listing seeking a candidate with a Master's degree in Criminal Justice. It also clearly stated, No JD's. So much for versatility. We all know that a JD isn't versatile but to not even be considered illustrates it. I am assuming there will be more of this "JD Exclusion" in the future, especially with more un/underemployment in the legal profession. Many law schools will have no choice but to close because a JD will be common knowledge as a liability instead of an asset which it should be. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-11583292762961481602013-04-22T09:38:34.159-06:002013-04-22T09:38:34.159-06:00The minor problem with that is that academic freed...The minor problem with that is that academic freedom is (I believe) a standard in ABA accreditation. If the ABA isn't satisfied that the lawprofs are being coddled enough, it may threaten the accreditation of the law school in order to secure the loot for its resident Yale grads.<br /><br />Of course, the university would just close the darned thing at that point, but no one ever said this profession ran on rationality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-25595254996092688712013-04-22T08:39:04.077-06:002013-04-22T08:39:04.077-06:00Law school closures will come I hope, but I think ...Law school closures will come I hope, but I think that there will be big faculty pay cuts first-- seniority rights, egos, and whatnot be damned. The cuts will be voluntary-- or, rather, "voluntary."<br /><br />It will go down like this: The University President will send a delegate to a law school committee. Like an Emperor explaining to a vassal king that the king no longer matters to the Empire and lives only by sufferance. And the University delegate will say: "We would you law faculty to take a substantial voluntary across-the-board pay cut. If you refuse, we will close this law school down and you can try to make a living writing articles about intersectionality or by practicing environmental law."<br /><br />And law professors, those arrogant souls only recently inclined to scream to high heaven when their Universities threatened to mess with their summer research stipends (below), let alone their salaries, will whimper and agree. <br /><br />http://molawyersmedia.com/blog/2012/06/11/furious-response-saves-slu-research-stipends/<br /><br />dybbuk123https://www.blogger.com/profile/08142974443119061724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-40344746973448337882013-04-22T06:52:08.742-06:002013-04-22T06:52:08.742-06:00The pigs know that the scam cannot last forever. ...The pigs know that the scam cannot last forever. It has persisted for so long, due to the perception that "legal education" leads to comfortable careers. The fraud also needs willing victims, in the form of ambitious college grads. However, when it becomes clear that law school is a gamble for MOST students, even many of the willfully ignorant will start to catch onto the scam.<br /><br />The law school swine are simply trying to keep the game going for as long as possible. The cockroaches simply hope to extend their bloated, unjustified salaries until they can hit retirement age. Again, they do not give one damn about the students, recent graduates or taxpayers. The "professors" do not have any skin in the game. The schools - and banksters - bear none of the risk. <br /><br />Lastly, these academic thieves CLEARLY have no principles or integrity. They are actively engaged in defrauding and bankrupting an entire generation, for their own personal benefit. Of course, these bitches and hags also have the gall to refer to their roles as "performing a public service." Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.com