tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post4513645118623316795..comments2024-03-28T07:16:35.912-06:00Comments on Outside the Law School Scam: Counterpoint #4: Reasons you SHOULD go to law school (World's Worst Advice)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-28389057502159959802013-08-15T16:54:35.911-06:002013-08-15T16:54:35.911-06:00"Law school teaches you how to think." ..."Law school teaches you how to think." Unfortunately, once you finally learn how to use your brain, you realize you are $150K in non-dischargeable debt and have been swindled.Recovering Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216005842425651479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-58593547023543016352013-08-13T07:07:35.027-06:002013-08-13T07:07:35.027-06:00@12:27
Nothing wrong with the publishing business...@12:27<br /><br />Nothing wrong with the publishing business. The problem is that professors require you to buy super expensive hard bound casebooks written by their friends (or in some cases themselves), even though you could just as easily print off the cases for free. It's just more self-dealing by "academics."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-85048486779720678732013-08-12T17:26:06.487-06:002013-08-12T17:26:06.487-06:00"So? Is there something wrong with the book p..."So? Is there something wrong with the book publishing business?"<br /><br />No, there's something wrong with professors who use $200.00 textbooks to discuss basic, well-known black letter law that hasn't had a significant change in 40 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-59735431431684996962013-08-12T16:50:17.188-06:002013-08-12T16:50:17.188-06:00"Law school will make you sophisticated; a Ju..."Law school will make you sophisticated; a Judge himself declared this so. Just by choosing to go to a law school, you will find it hard to claim anything other than worldly sophistication in several states."<br /><br />Ha. Excellent.Hunter Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-9135068001791403002013-08-12T16:27:41.853-06:002013-08-12T16:27:41.853-06:00No, there isn't.
But we all understand, Knorp...No, there isn't.<br /><br />But we all understand, Knorps/18th/WCTLS/Infinity, that you think there is nothing wrong with Law School and its ancillary industries. We get it. Really. We do. <br /><br />Good for you, but it still is not a good idea for many, many, many folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-9556726734140460392013-08-12T13:27:45.672-06:002013-08-12T13:27:45.672-06:00So? Is there something wrong with the book publis...So? Is there something wrong with the book publishing business?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-61810140757119731972013-08-12T11:19:21.076-06:002013-08-12T11:19:21.076-06:00Engineering school. A female engineer I know tell...Engineering school. A female engineer I know tells me of how the polytechnic college she attended used to bus in women from a nearby women's college for dances in a desperate effort to achieve some rough approximation of gender balance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-60931331743051542462013-08-12T10:48:31.063-06:002013-08-12T10:48:31.063-06:00Also, you can pay several hundred dollars a semest...Also, you can pay several hundred dollars a semester for terrific "casebooks" that are just compilations of publicly available court opinions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-2900580805502713742013-08-12T09:05:40.344-06:002013-08-12T09:05:40.344-06:00Plus, if you are an average looking female, where ...Plus, if you are an average looking female, where else can you go to school where you will be considered "hot"?!Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-53327452089586020112013-08-12T08:55:19.350-06:002013-08-12T08:55:19.350-06:00You can pay a lot less for a degree that "tea...You can pay a lot less for a degree that "teaches you how to think", that is for sure. <br /><br />High-quality law school applicants who are determined to go to grad school should seriously think about economics. The degree is STEM-y enough that employers like it, and involves that very-valuable "thinking" and "research" training. <br /><br />A MS in economics isn't going to be cheap, but it's probably 50% the cost of law school and won't be the employer-repellant that a JD generally is.<br /><br />For most I'd recommend on-the-job training (if you can get it) and starting a career after the BS, rather than grad school. But if you really really want those thinkin' skills, there are so many choices other than a JD. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com