tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post4623232827549113038..comments2024-03-28T10:56:31.720-06:00Comments on Outside the Law School Scam: 2012 Law Grad: Case StudyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-43162580995210200412013-07-04T20:23:07.609-06:002013-07-04T20:23:07.609-06:00What, everybody MISSED this part:
"Before h...What, everybody MISSED this part: <br /><br />"Before his parents decided to help him out, his law school debt totaled $150,000. Though the debt now is "only" in five figures, it's still daunting. It also keeps his motivation high."<br /><br />His PARENTS slapped 100k on a loan all at once. WHAT A SUCCESS STORY OF BEING A RICH KID!! WOW. Fabulous. Need-based student aid is a f'ing joke. I see this all the time. <br /><br />Over the age of 24? It's 2009? Great! Here's your 150K loan, with in-school deferred interest, which is actually just a subsidy to wealthy people who get an interest free loan for three years, when the obligation was always being assumed by another. F this country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-65780116405098694342013-07-01T08:17:50.325-06:002013-07-01T08:17:50.325-06:00He seems like a nice young man and I do wish him w...He seems like a nice young man and I do wish him well. Like I said, he had realistic goals for a career. It would be nice if the reporter did follow up with the young attorneys she profiles a year or two down the road.<br /><br />The sad part about these giant student loan burdens is that you have to commit to a career path that leaves you indentured. Later if you realize you made a mistake and would like to go in a different direction, it is almost impossible because of the burden you are under.<br /><br />The other said part about the legal market to me is that young attorneys like this one are trying to build a career with a head wind blowing at them because of the oversupply of lawyers, decline of middle class, etc. A young person in a different career may be building a career with the wind at their back making the money and advancement easier.R A Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322841515992550220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-67131798866794860702013-07-01T08:04:36.412-06:002013-07-01T08:04:36.412-06:00Nando's blog was hacked lolNando's blog was hacked lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-89081145017861071062013-07-01T07:53:41.042-06:002013-07-01T07:53:41.042-06:00I know the partners at the firm. Good people. He...I know the partners at the firm. Good people. He can make a good comfortable living working with good people there. <br /><br />he will definitely do better than most law grads. in a few years, he will have no regrets about culinary school, assuming he does his work well. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-88831047293263609872013-07-01T05:44:00.968-06:002013-07-01T05:44:00.968-06:00CBS Evening News. Law Students struggle to find wo...CBS Evening News. Law Students struggle to find work:<br /><br />http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50150012nAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-43303499180624502062013-06-30T20:14:01.954-06:002013-06-30T20:14:01.954-06:00fuck culinary school. go to art school or beauty s...fuck culinary school. go to art school or beauty school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-63833654540494155512013-06-30T16:28:00.662-06:002013-06-30T16:28:00.662-06:00So the troll has been the Adjunct Law Prof all alo...So the troll has been the Adjunct Law Prof all along?<br /><br />What a Woman!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-54689936371106278522013-06-30T15:17:48.029-06:002013-06-30T15:17:48.029-06:00"And there are days I'm just struggling o...<i>"And there are days I'm just struggling over some innate project and that's frustrating. But for the most part, I love it.'" </i><br /><br />Please tell me it's the original article's reporter, and not the recent law grad, who doesn't know the difference between the words "innate" and "inane". <br /><br />Please....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-2634169065508494942013-06-30T15:04:24.435-06:002013-06-30T15:04:24.435-06:00I get the vibe from this story that if this young ...I get the vibe from this story that if this young attorney had a do-over he would have chosen culinary school. R A Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322841515992550220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-5959959084374544462013-06-30T14:44:11.791-06:002013-06-30T14:44:11.791-06:00^ JFC, people!
Ban the fucking roach from the si...^ JFC, people! <br /><br />Ban the fucking roach from the site already! Do you really want to go back to the days of roachpoems about farts, and YouTube roach links about poems? <br /><br />This isn't complicated! <br /><br />1. Identify the roach's IP address from its comments. <br /><br />2. Ban the roach's IP prefix. <br /><br />3. End of roach comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-65884696752533363182013-06-30T14:39:30.981-06:002013-06-30T14:39:30.981-06:00^ It's funny that you think I "tortured&q...^ It's funny that you think I "tortured" you by simply asking you to get a job and be self-sufficient. Oh, the humanity! <br /><br />The price of gold has actually been plummeting, and no one is happier about it than I. It just means that I buy a few extra oz on the first of each month. <br /><br />Would you please stop posting here? As I recall, you were expressly BANNED by the moderators. I guess their roach-filter needs a few updates. <br /><br />You should stop obsessing over your critics and get a government job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-78609301984063666562013-06-30T13:30:51.329-06:002013-06-30T13:30:51.329-06:00Everytime I see the Dwayne Johnson story about &qu...Everytime I see the Dwayne Johnson story about "in 1995, I had $7 in my pocket, by '96 I was wrestling in flea markets for $40/night" [and now I'm on Forbes Most Powerful List at #25], the only thing I can think is "he didn't have a negative $125,000 valuation to climb out of." Remember, any climb that starts on the positive side of valuation is a 20-year-head-start from a graduate-LS-start (i.e. -$125,000.00).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-65063911662295282782013-06-30T13:18:44.572-06:002013-06-30T13:18:44.572-06:00He should see if his law school has an opening for...He should see if his law school has an opening for legal writing instructor or legal community outreach officer. Pay a little more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-37471383414524396212013-06-30T13:16:33.692-06:002013-06-30T13:16:33.692-06:00This is off topic, but it is an Amazon review of B...This is off topic, but it is an Amazon review of Brian Tamanaha's book by none other than Brian Leiter.<br /><br />"I would certainly encourage a prospective law student, especially one not likely to get into one of the very top schools, to read this book."<br /><br />(Brian Leiter, University of Chicago 2012-05-10)<br />___________<br /><br /><br />Just putting this out there and I hope the Adjunct Law Professor, who skunked just about everyone around here to date, will be able to reconcile all of this in a reasonable way, and with her ready opprobrium of Leiter held in check.<br /><br />All of us are upset and tend to lash out, and as far as I go the Adjunct Lawprof and others are retrievable.<br /><br />Just sayin'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-26691977396860749442013-06-30T11:36:06.398-06:002013-06-30T11:36:06.398-06:00At least he has a desk. Seems to be able to take ...At least he has a desk. Seems to be able to take care of himself in terms of generating work, which is what you need today to be a lawyer. If this ends up with him making $35,000 a year, I guess it goes farther in Michigan's depressed economy, but not really worth the debt or three years of opportunity cost for most people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-35905728765926934352013-06-30T11:27:43.244-06:002013-06-30T11:27:43.244-06:00He can borrow more Title 4 money and go back to cu...He can borrow more Title 4 money and go back to culinary school at night and get his cooking credentials and then write his ticket as a short order cook making six figures in any law school cafeteria in the country.<br /><br />With his spare money he can invest in gold, and as the price goes up in the gold and silver market he can anonymously sit back and torture the poor people online with his poison pen :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-29545862697043032832013-06-30T10:53:56.587-06:002013-06-30T10:53:56.587-06:00Good find.
He seems to be a glutton for punishmen...Good find.<br /><br />He seems to be a glutton for punishment. There are plenty of jobs that pay $35K per year, and don't require you to work 65 hours a week. FWIW, here's what he did right:<br /><br />He was smart enough to come from a family with money. Because we all choose which income bracket we are born into, right?!?! <br /><br />In the end, this kid is actually doing better than most TTT grads these days. At least, in terms of finding an attorney position. Plus, it certainly helps when one's parents pay at least $51K of their student loans for them. Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.com