A former law student of Thomas Jefferson made headlines after suing her former school claiming she never would have attended the school if not for the employment statistics the school was advertising. Now, the law firm representing her setup a website looking for other students interested in joining the lawsuit.
ABA Journal: A recent report shows only 68% of 2010 law grads have found a job requiring bar passage an all time low.
The New York Times has a lengthy indictment of law school education and law schools. If you are considering going to law school, this is a must read article. It’s available today without registration, but the NYT usually puts their articles behind a registration wall after a short period of unrestricted visibility. If you cannot read the article without registering, I recommend you register – it’s free, because the article is worth the few key strokes of registration.
New York Times: “He spent it [$250,000] on a law degree. And from every angle, this now looks like a catastrophic investment. . . . a generation of J.D.’s face the grimmest job market in decades. . . . But improbably enough, law schools have concluded that life for newly minted grads is getting sweeter . . . . “Enron-type accounting standards have become the norm,” says William Henderson of Indiana University, one of many exasperated law professors who are asking the American Bar Association to overhaul the way law schools assess themselves. “Every time I look at this data, I feel dirty.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education: “I presented evidence that a large portion of those receiving bachelor’s degrees at American colleges and universities these days are getting jobs requiring less-than-college-level educational skills. . . . Looking at BLS data for 2008, over 10,500 persons with Ph.D. or professional degrees were employed as “cashiers” (excluding gaming); over 27,400 were retail salespersons; and well over 4,700 were hairdressers, hairstylists, or cosmetologists.”