Here is the url from the NPR site, and there is also a link to listen to the story that went out on the radio.
Do Law Schools Cook Their Employment Numbers?
NPR does a good job on this article, especially with this quote:
"A school might advertise a median salary of $160,000," ... "and not disclose that only 10 percent of a class actually responded to the salary survey."
Exactly! The fact is that the law school industry pushes those median salaries figures everywhere they can, but the fact is that for many if not most law schools, a small, sometimes a very small, fraction of grads actually report their salaries. That is the fact that will get the jury on our side. That is the smoking gun. Until we can get discovery and really get some inside info. Of course, many grads have reported on the internet that the practices of these law schools in collecting this data are crooked as hell.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
A major reason why the law school scam has been picked up by the mainstream media
The mainstream media has picked up the law school scam story. I suspect that $ has a lot to do with this. The law school scam stories are widely read. In fact, some here have pointed out from time to time that law school scam stories that have been published in the NY Times and/or other major newspapers have been quite widely read. Some of these newspapers have info detailed whether certain stories are among the most emailed stories. Comments I have seen indicate that scam stories on nytimes.com etc have indeed been widely emailed stories.
I suspect that what is happening is that readers who happen to reside in the middle upper class and the upper class zip codes are very interested in these stories. It is from these zip codes that most of the law school applicants come. And so they and their families are very interested in scam stories.
The large newspapers like nytimes.com and etc do track what zip codes where their readers reside via cookies. And stories on these sites like nytimes.com etc are tagged with descriptive tags. Tags that are widely read and emailed etc by readers in high income zip codes are of interest to the newspapers because their advertisers are very interested in getting their ads in front of readers who have money, and that means advertisers who advertise on these large newspaper sites like stories that attract attention of readers who have money.
So I suspect that what is happening here is the result of an algorithmic process: the software that is linked into these big newspaper sites is telling newspaper editors that law school scam stories are attracting the sort of readers that advertisers want. Editors want more advertising income. They can take these results to the advertisers and say "Look at how many readers we have from high income zip codes. Pay us more $$ for your advertising."
So the editors are pushing reporters to report on the scam.
I suspect that what is happening is that readers who happen to reside in the middle upper class and the upper class zip codes are very interested in these stories. It is from these zip codes that most of the law school applicants come. And so they and their families are very interested in scam stories.
The large newspapers like nytimes.com and etc do track what zip codes where their readers reside via cookies. And stories on these sites like nytimes.com etc are tagged with descriptive tags. Tags that are widely read and emailed etc by readers in high income zip codes are of interest to the newspapers because their advertisers are very interested in getting their ads in front of readers who have money, and that means advertisers who advertise on these large newspaper sites like stories that attract attention of readers who have money.
So I suspect that what is happening here is the result of an algorithmic process: the software that is linked into these big newspaper sites is telling newspaper editors that law school scam stories are attracting the sort of readers that advertisers want. Editors want more advertising income. They can take these results to the advertisers and say "Look at how many readers we have from high income zip codes. Pay us more $$ for your advertising."
So the editors are pushing reporters to report on the scam.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
We won. And we got these bastards on the run.
Oh, how times have changed.
Nice article. But there is an issue that has yet to go mainstream, and I think the exposure of this issue would go a long way towards explaining and exposing the scam.
A large percentage of grads from lower ranked law schools have parents who are either successful lawyers with their own firms or who are well-off and have other businesses. And so when these particular law school students graduate, they go to work for the family business, whether that is a successful law firm or other business. What percentage of these grads are in this position? Don't know. But at my school, I would say it was not too far from 20 percent.
Nice article. But there is an issue that has yet to go mainstream, and I think the exposure of this issue would go a long way towards explaining and exposing the scam.
A large percentage of grads from lower ranked law schools have parents who are either successful lawyers with their own firms or who are well-off and have other businesses. And so when these particular law school students graduate, they go to work for the family business, whether that is a successful law firm or other business. What percentage of these grads are in this position? Don't know. But at my school, I would say it was not too far from 20 percent.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Excellent Law School Scam Site: http://jdscam.blogspot.com/
I tried to add this site to my blogroll, but it would not take. But it is a good one.
Monday, July 25, 2011
NYTimes Giveth and the NYTimes Taketh Away. But is there $ involved?
The NY Times has an "ad-story" out that promotes the master's degree as the "new bachelor's degree." This "ad-story" is effectively an advertisement for higher education disguised as a news story. I have to wonder if the higher education lobbyists on K Street paid for this "ad-story."
And if so, the question that arises is whether the money paid for this "ad-story" was paid specifically or whether it is disguised as an advertising buy for more conventional ads for colleges, and the quid pro quo payoff for those ad buys was this ad-story.
The NY Times has however been in the forefront on exposing the law school scam. See this recent article on the law school scam. But I would imagine that exposing part of the education scam would send a message to the higher education industry: "pay us more money or we will expose your scam."
So, pay up, higher education industry--pay the mass media man with advertising dollars or else you will be exposed.
Note that in the "Get a Masters Degree Now" ad-story linked above, that there is no way for readers to leave comments. One wonders whether the higher education cartel had to pay extra for the "no comments" option.....
And if so, the question that arises is whether the money paid for this "ad-story" was paid specifically or whether it is disguised as an advertising buy for more conventional ads for colleges, and the quid pro quo payoff for those ad buys was this ad-story.
The NY Times has however been in the forefront on exposing the law school scam. See this recent article on the law school scam. But I would imagine that exposing part of the education scam would send a message to the higher education industry: "pay us more money or we will expose your scam."
So, pay up, higher education industry--pay the mass media man with advertising dollars or else you will be exposed.
Note that in the "Get a Masters Degree Now" ad-story linked above, that there is no way for readers to leave comments. One wonders whether the higher education cartel had to pay extra for the "no comments" option.....
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tell the ABA's Zack what you think of the ABA's refusal to stop the law school scam
The ABA has a story mentioning ABA's Zack and his simpering response to Senator Grassley re: the law school scam. There is a section for comments below.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Senator Grassley Slams The ABA for its Complicity in the Law School Scam. And a Telling Comment in the Wall St Journal
Senator Grassley has come down hard on the ABA for allowing law schools to lie about how well their graduates do. And now in response the ABA has output yet another mealy mouthed, platitude-ridden turd as reported in the Wall St Journal.
Beneath the story are some interesting comments. Such as this one:
That is about what I have heard from the management of the government agency where my friend works. There is a massive oversupply of attorneys.
And yet the ABA continues to generate these "let them eat cake" responses.
I say, off with their heads! Either the federal government or the state government need to step in and disempower the ABA. And where are the state bar associations in all this? The California Bar has at least done some lip service on this issue. But no other bar has uttered a peep.
Beneath the story are some interesting comments. Such as this one:
The commentator "Do not go to law school" wrote:" ....My Senator told me that for every attorney posting on USAJobs, they receive 4,000 applicants. Locally, 1200 attorneys apply for every position."
That is about what I have heard from the management of the government agency where my friend works. There is a massive oversupply of attorneys.
And yet the ABA continues to generate these "let them eat cake" responses.
I say, off with their heads! Either the federal government or the state government need to step in and disempower the ABA. And where are the state bar associations in all this? The California Bar has at least done some lip service on this issue. But no other bar has uttered a peep.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Lawsuits against schools for deceptive advertising. Where is the real smoking gun?
So, the battle against the law schools has begun.
A law firm was trying to find plaintiffs to go against a law school, and is being sued for defamation.
Many schools like Thomas Cooley run ads that get all over the nation.
And many states have some very strict laws against deceptive ads.
There are many deceptive ads run by all sorts of businesses that could well be actionable. But what are the damages if you sue for a hamburger that looked a lot better in the advertisement than what you actually get? Zilch. There are no damages and therefore no lawsuits on these deceptive ads.
But if law schools deceive people into working hard for 3 years and going into 100K of debt, well, then there are damages, real damages that make a lawsuit worthwhile.
Time to take down this educational cartel.
But it is going to be hard. You see, the REAL deceptive ads that the educational cartel runs are the "news stories" that the media runs. Why on earth is the media so hot to run all these stories that tout the salaries of college and law school grads? Because a large part of the revenue for the media is advertising purchased by these schools. The bogus employment stats that are disseminated via these advertisements masquerading as news stories is where the real damage is done. The obvious ads by the schools are not all that deceptive. And they are not all that effective, either.
Most of the ads run by schools are feel good sort of ads and stay away from making claims about employment.
The truly deceptive and truly effective ads that the schools run in the media are these fake "news stories" that discuss bogus, inflated employment and salary figures.
The media runs these ad-stories in exchange for the advertising buys by the schools. The ads that the schools actually buy are not all that effective or even deceptive. But the ad-stories are a different matter entirely.
I would imagine there has got to be some sort of quid pro quo going on. The schools buy ads and in exchange the media runs stories that are actually ads.
If somehow a law firm could get some discovery that could uncover a smoking gun link between the schools and the media regarding the running of ad-stories in exchange for buying conventional ads, THEN you could really put these bastards out of business.
Furthermore, the educational cartel even funds third party nonprofits to do the dirty work of collating and disseminating fake stats to the media.
Look at the emails between the schools and the media. That is where you might find the real smoking gun.
Look for ad-stories run in the media that mention a particular law school. Then get discovery of the emails for that school and see if there is a quid pro quo advertising buy.
A law firm was trying to find plaintiffs to go against a law school, and is being sued for defamation.
Many schools like Thomas Cooley run ads that get all over the nation.
And many states have some very strict laws against deceptive ads.
There are many deceptive ads run by all sorts of businesses that could well be actionable. But what are the damages if you sue for a hamburger that looked a lot better in the advertisement than what you actually get? Zilch. There are no damages and therefore no lawsuits on these deceptive ads.
But if law schools deceive people into working hard for 3 years and going into 100K of debt, well, then there are damages, real damages that make a lawsuit worthwhile.
Time to take down this educational cartel.
But it is going to be hard. You see, the REAL deceptive ads that the educational cartel runs are the "news stories" that the media runs. Why on earth is the media so hot to run all these stories that tout the salaries of college and law school grads? Because a large part of the revenue for the media is advertising purchased by these schools. The bogus employment stats that are disseminated via these advertisements masquerading as news stories is where the real damage is done. The obvious ads by the schools are not all that deceptive. And they are not all that effective, either.
Most of the ads run by schools are feel good sort of ads and stay away from making claims about employment.
The truly deceptive and truly effective ads that the schools run in the media are these fake "news stories" that discuss bogus, inflated employment and salary figures.
The media runs these ad-stories in exchange for the advertising buys by the schools. The ads that the schools actually buy are not all that effective or even deceptive. But the ad-stories are a different matter entirely.
I would imagine there has got to be some sort of quid pro quo going on. The schools buy ads and in exchange the media runs stories that are actually ads.
If somehow a law firm could get some discovery that could uncover a smoking gun link between the schools and the media regarding the running of ad-stories in exchange for buying conventional ads, THEN you could really put these bastards out of business.
Furthermore, the educational cartel even funds third party nonprofits to do the dirty work of collating and disseminating fake stats to the media.
Look at the emails between the schools and the media. That is where you might find the real smoking gun.
Look for ad-stories run in the media that mention a particular law school. Then get discovery of the emails for that school and see if there is a quid pro quo advertising buy.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
40% of all resumes received for paralegal positions are from law school grads or lawyers
....according to the Wisconsin Law Journal.
And when those law school websites and their lying deans tell you that 90 percent or more of all grads have jobs, now you know what sort of jobs those grads are getting--if they are lucky, that is.....
And when those law school websites and their lying deans tell you that 90 percent or more of all grads have jobs, now you know what sort of jobs those grads are getting--if they are lucky, that is.....
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Law.com site touts the effect of "unruly scambloggers," and ABA Journal publishes some very telling graphs from Prof. Henderson.
The law.com website is one of the biggest legal websites around. They have published yet another article dealing with the scamblog movement and our battle against the fraudulent employment statistics used by law schools.
And over at the ABA Journal site, Professor Henderson has weighed in with an excellent scambusting article with lots of graphical goodies showing the decline of the legal job market and how it really started before the Great Recession.
Good work on both articles.
And over at the ABA Journal site, Professor Henderson has weighed in with an excellent scambusting article with lots of graphical goodies showing the decline of the legal job market and how it really started before the Great Recession.
Good work on both articles.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
How US News and the law school cartel did an end-run around the scambloggers' use of the phrase "Third Tier Toilet."
US News & World Report used to be a news magazine. Nowadays it is primarily a propaganda organ for the higher education industry, in particular, the law school education industry cartel.
US News has recently put out some self-serving, mealy-mouthed propaganda about how the law schools need to be more forthcoming and transparent with their use of employment stats. Ya don't say?
Here is my response to that propaganda:
don't believe a word us news says.
Same for the aba and the nalp and the law schools.
these entities all work hand in hand together to fleece these naive, young kids.
the law school industry is a 3 billion a year income machine. And those at the top of this law school industry make very handsome salaries, and they will do almost anything to keep the $$ rolling in.
For example, the us news law school propaganda outlet has long ranked law schools in multiple tiers: 1st tier, 2nd tier, 3rd tier, and finally 4th.
Been that way for many years.
Well, as the number of law school grads has increased over the past few years, and as the number of lawyer jobs going overseas has increased, and as the number of law jobs here in america has decreased, it has become increasingly apparent that the job and income numbers used by the cartel were fake, and that these false employment stats were simply used to entice us to sign those student loans.
As a result an online coalition of new lawyers has formed (we call ourselves the lawyers against the law school scam), and we have spoken out against the law school education cartel.
One of the ways that we lawyers online have fought back against the cartel is to create our own buzz words and phrases to show the truth behind the 'law school scam.'
One such phrase we created was "third tier toilet." That phrase captures the truth behind the fact that most of the grads from lower ranked law schools (i.e., the law schools in the third and fourth us new tiers) are doomed, that they have wasted several years of their lives, put themselves into huge debt, and come away with nothing to show for it. Just like me.
The phrase 'third tier toilet' and its shorthand version 'TTT' caught on big online.
And how did the law school cartel (the law schools, the NALP and US News) react to our use of 'third tier toilet'?
They eliminated the tiers. Gone are the tiers. They did an end-run around our use of TTT (third tier toilet) by eliminating the third tier and all the rest of the tiers. Now US News simply has ranked and unranked schools.
Big change from many, many years of having tiers. Now the phrase 'third tier toilet' has little meaning. And that was the intent of US News.
US News works hand in hand with the rest of the law school industry to keep those 3 billion dollars of student loans rolling in.
To find out more about the law school scam, google the phrase "law school scam."
US News has recently put out some self-serving, mealy-mouthed propaganda about how the law schools need to be more forthcoming and transparent with their use of employment stats. Ya don't say?
Here is my response to that propaganda:
don't believe a word us news says.
Same for the aba and the nalp and the law schools.
these entities all work hand in hand together to fleece these naive, young kids.
the law school industry is a 3 billion a year income machine. And those at the top of this law school industry make very handsome salaries, and they will do almost anything to keep the $$ rolling in.
For example, the us news law school propaganda outlet has long ranked law schools in multiple tiers: 1st tier, 2nd tier, 3rd tier, and finally 4th.
Been that way for many years.
Well, as the number of law school grads has increased over the past few years, and as the number of lawyer jobs going overseas has increased, and as the number of law jobs here in america has decreased, it has become increasingly apparent that the job and income numbers used by the cartel were fake, and that these false employment stats were simply used to entice us to sign those student loans.
As a result an online coalition of new lawyers has formed (we call ourselves the lawyers against the law school scam), and we have spoken out against the law school education cartel.
One of the ways that we lawyers online have fought back against the cartel is to create our own buzz words and phrases to show the truth behind the 'law school scam.'
One such phrase we created was "third tier toilet." That phrase captures the truth behind the fact that most of the grads from lower ranked law schools (i.e., the law schools in the third and fourth us new tiers) are doomed, that they have wasted several years of their lives, put themselves into huge debt, and come away with nothing to show for it. Just like me.
The phrase 'third tier toilet' and its shorthand version 'TTT' caught on big online.
And how did the law school cartel (the law schools, the NALP and US News) react to our use of 'third tier toilet'?
They eliminated the tiers. Gone are the tiers. They did an end-run around our use of TTT (third tier toilet) by eliminating the third tier and all the rest of the tiers. Now US News simply has ranked and unranked schools.
Big change from many, many years of having tiers. Now the phrase 'third tier toilet' has little meaning. And that was the intent of US News.
US News works hand in hand with the rest of the law school industry to keep those 3 billion dollars of student loans rolling in.
To find out more about the law school scam, google the phrase "law school scam."
Monday, June 6, 2011
Lawyer from low-ranked law school charged with prostitution
According to this story, a district attorney has charged a young lawyer with prostitution. The DA claims she was a prostitute for $50 this past May of 2011-- after she had received her law license (November of 2010).
So how is it, if the DA is correct, that a lawyer has to prostitute herself, and for as little as 50 dollars?
Well, from the article, I can see that her law school was not a high ranked law school, and from her website, I can see that she is 25 years old, a new lawyer, and has had to go solo on her own.
The law schools promise a handsome income for almost all graduates. But they lie.
I hope this young lady beats the charges. I suspect that she was a victim of the law school scam. And maybe that DA can go find some crimes that have actual victims.
Let this be a lesson to all you law school wannabees--if you go to a lower ranked law school, you may find yourself in dire financial straits.
So how is it, if the DA is correct, that a lawyer has to prostitute herself, and for as little as 50 dollars?
Well, from the article, I can see that her law school was not a high ranked law school, and from her website, I can see that she is 25 years old, a new lawyer, and has had to go solo on her own.
The law schools promise a handsome income for almost all graduates. But they lie.
I hope this young lady beats the charges. I suspect that she was a victim of the law school scam. And maybe that DA can go find some crimes that have actual victims.
Let this be a lesson to all you law school wannabees--if you go to a lower ranked law school, you may find yourself in dire financial straits.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Oh, Sara "Let them eat cake and get over it" Stadler, the revolution is nigh
Law Professor Sara Stadler of Emory Law had her Marie Antoinette moment, when, during her address of the 2011 graduating Emory Law School class, she told the grads to "get over it" (when referring to the fact that there are few jobs for law school grads).
Queen Sara, why don't you "get over" this:
The fact is, Queen Sara, that we law school grads have had enough of getting ripped off by the law school scam. Haven't you heard? The lawsuits have begun. We are storming the Bastille of the law school cartel. It's a revolution, dearie!
Queen Sara, why don't you "get over" this:
The fact is, Queen Sara, that we law school grads have had enough of getting ripped off by the law school scam. Haven't you heard? The lawsuits have begun. We are storming the Bastille of the law school cartel. It's a revolution, dearie!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Senator Barbara Boxer continues to attack the law school industry scam. The ABA responds. And I respond to the ABA.
See here.
The ABA/Law school industry spokesperson Zack said:
"Even in these difficult times law students have not made a mistake in choosing the law as their profession."
Nonsense. Even the ABA's own stats show that there are 1.4 million working age grads of law school. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics federal govt website shows that only about 550,000 people report themselves as being employed as lawyers, and only about 210,000 report themselves as self employed lawyers. That means only about 760,000 people make a living as a lawyer. And some of those 760K people are only in it short term because they are going to either 1) go out of business or 2) their temporary jobs in the legal field will end and some of those will not be able to find other employment in the legal field.
So what is the growth rate of the legal profession and what is the replacement rate for retiring lawyers? That is how many open slots come available in the legal industry for graduating law school grads each year. There are about 45,000 new law school grads each year. That means that new law school grads constitute 5.8 percent of the legal industry --ANNUALLY. Does of the sum of replacement plus growth come anywhere near 45,000 annually?
No, it does not. In fact the BLS website shows that the growth trend for the industry over the last few years is negative. Negative growth. Even if the growth rate were 1 percent, that would only employ about 7600 new lawyers annually. But it is not 1 percent. It is less. In fact, the legal industry is shrinking.
So what about replacement of retiring lawyers? Is there enough there to employ the 45K new grads each year? No. As the EXPOSING THE LAW SCHOOL SCAM blog shows, about 2 to 3 percent of all workers retire each year. If you assume a 40 year career for most people, and 100 percent retirement (everyone retires eventually), then 40 goes into 100 2.5 times. Thus, about 2.5 percent of all lawyers will retire each year.
So what is 2.5 percent of 760,000 people? Well, that would be about 19,000 people. That is how many jobs/slots there are available for the new graduates of law school. Even if you are wildly optimistic and factor in a 0.5 percent growth rate, that is only about 19,000 plus 3,800, which is 22,800 slots available for new law school grads.
And as we know, there are 45000 new law school grads each year. That means that roughly half of all law school grads are out in cold each year. After going into huge debt. And that was using an OPTIMISTIC view of the data. Realistically, less than half of all law school graduates will find work in the "profession."
Mr Zack of the ABA thinks that's just dandy. Mr Zack, does the ABA (and you) take money from parties that profit from the law school scam?
Do you want young people to gamble 100K dollars of debt and 3 years of their lives on a 50 percent chance of failure? Better they should borrow 100,000 dollars and plunk it down on a roulette table in Las Vegas. At least that way they do not waste 3 years of their lives.
So, Mr Law School Industry Spokesman, I think you are wrong. And I think the Justice Dept should investigate the law school industry racket and its propaganda organs, the ABA and the NALP.
The ABA/Law school industry spokesperson Zack said:
"Even in these difficult times law students have not made a mistake in choosing the law as their profession."
Nonsense. Even the ABA's own stats show that there are 1.4 million working age grads of law school. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics federal govt website shows that only about 550,000 people report themselves as being employed as lawyers, and only about 210,000 report themselves as self employed lawyers. That means only about 760,000 people make a living as a lawyer. And some of those 760K people are only in it short term because they are going to either 1) go out of business or 2) their temporary jobs in the legal field will end and some of those will not be able to find other employment in the legal field.
So what is the growth rate of the legal profession and what is the replacement rate for retiring lawyers? That is how many open slots come available in the legal industry for graduating law school grads each year. There are about 45,000 new law school grads each year. That means that new law school grads constitute 5.8 percent of the legal industry --ANNUALLY. Does of the sum of replacement plus growth come anywhere near 45,000 annually?
No, it does not. In fact the BLS website shows that the growth trend for the industry over the last few years is negative. Negative growth. Even if the growth rate were 1 percent, that would only employ about 7600 new lawyers annually. But it is not 1 percent. It is less. In fact, the legal industry is shrinking.
So what about replacement of retiring lawyers? Is there enough there to employ the 45K new grads each year? No. As the EXPOSING THE LAW SCHOOL SCAM blog shows, about 2 to 3 percent of all workers retire each year. If you assume a 40 year career for most people, and 100 percent retirement (everyone retires eventually), then 40 goes into 100 2.5 times. Thus, about 2.5 percent of all lawyers will retire each year.
So what is 2.5 percent of 760,000 people? Well, that would be about 19,000 people. That is how many jobs/slots there are available for the new graduates of law school. Even if you are wildly optimistic and factor in a 0.5 percent growth rate, that is only about 19,000 plus 3,800, which is 22,800 slots available for new law school grads.
And as we know, there are 45000 new law school grads each year. That means that roughly half of all law school grads are out in cold each year. After going into huge debt. And that was using an OPTIMISTIC view of the data. Realistically, less than half of all law school graduates will find work in the "profession."
Mr Zack of the ABA thinks that's just dandy. Mr Zack, does the ABA (and you) take money from parties that profit from the law school scam?
Do you want young people to gamble 100K dollars of debt and 3 years of their lives on a 50 percent chance of failure? Better they should borrow 100,000 dollars and plunk it down on a roulette table in Las Vegas. At least that way they do not waste 3 years of their lives.
So, Mr Law School Industry Spokesman, I think you are wrong. And I think the Justice Dept should investigate the law school industry racket and its propaganda organs, the ABA and the NALP.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
law school applications dropping?
Applications to law schools drop steeply
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by Ed Stych, Staff Writer according to a news story out of Minnesota.
The article quotes some law school staffers, who say that there is a lot of national attention on jobless law school grads. Yeah, thanks to the efforts of lawyers like me who have gone online and exposed the rip-off scam that is law school and their fake employment statistics for law school grads as put out by the law school cartel.
When are the law school staffers going admit that their employment figures are fake?
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by Ed Stych, Staff Writer according to a news story out of Minnesota.
The article quotes some law school staffers, who say that there is a lot of national attention on jobless law school grads. Yeah, thanks to the efforts of lawyers like me who have gone online and exposed the rip-off scam that is law school and their fake employment statistics for law school grads as put out by the law school cartel.
When are the law school staffers going admit that their employment figures are fake?
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Is there blood in the water?
Will there be a media feeding frenzy on the law school scam?
The NY Times exposes the law school scholarship scam.
Law school prof Steven Harper savages the scam.
In Discover Magazine, the Gene Expression blog insightfully points out that "Outrage and disillusionment has percolated out far enough socially that this is a story that many people are interested in" and that law school grads are of the same social class as those who have the power to expose the scam.
Attack! Feed!
Attack! Feed!
Attack! Feed!
The NY Times exposes the law school scholarship scam.
Law school prof Steven Harper savages the scam.
In Discover Magazine, the Gene Expression blog insightfully points out that "Outrage and disillusionment has percolated out far enough socially that this is a story that many people are interested in" and that law school grads are of the same social class as those who have the power to expose the scam.
Attack! Feed!
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Has anyone noticed how quiet the NALP and other law schools shills have been lately?
Usually, about this time of year, you can count on the NALP and other entities associated with the law school industry to be putting out media propaganda about how fantastic the employment and salary figures are for last year's law school graduates. Of course, as we scambloggers have been saying and as everyone else is now discovering, the law school grad stats put out by the NALP and the industry are as phony as Monopoly money.
But where are the law schools shills this year? Where be their boasting and shillery now? Ah, but now is the winter of their discontent, made litigation-wary by this harsh spring sunlight of mainstream media scambusting. They aint saying a peep. Keeping they mouths shut, they is...
And we aint done with you yet, ya liars. You goin' down, beeyotches. The Perp Walk. The "Bubba in yer prison cell" future.
But where are the law schools shills this year? Where be their boasting and shillery now? Ah, but now is the winter of their discontent, made litigation-wary by this harsh spring sunlight of mainstream media scambusting. They aint saying a peep. Keeping they mouths shut, they is...
And we aint done with you yet, ya liars. You goin' down, beeyotches. The Perp Walk. The "Bubba in yer prison cell" future.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
US Senator calls out the lying law schools and their fake employment stats
http://abovethelaw.com/2011/03/watch-out-law-schools-united-states-senators-want-you-to-stop-lying/
You hear me, you lying law school admins? Your muthafucking day is a-coming. Like in the movie SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, that old pseudo-bible sayin' applies to YOU, law school admins:
"His judgment cometh and that right soon..."
You hear me, you lying law school admins? Your muthafucking day is a-coming. Like in the movie SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, that old pseudo-bible sayin' applies to YOU, law school admins:
"His judgment cometh and that right soon..."
The Atlantic asks about an "Anti-College Backlash"
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/03/an-anti-college-backlash/73214/
You hear me, law school bitches? Your day is coming, lying fuckers.....
You hear me, law school bitches? Your day is coming, lying fuckers.....
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Law School Liars Busted By Forbes
http://blogs.forbes.com/kurtbadenhausen/2011/03/23/law-school-graduates-do-not-make-160000/
Suck it, ya lying law school beeyotches
Suck it, ya lying law school beeyotches
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
are we scambloggers primarily responsible for stopping 2 new law schools in texas?
Looks like the long planned new law schools in texas are never gonna make it off the drawing board.
From this article, it is clear that we have 'turned' elements of the mass media. We have in part co-opted the consensus wisdom. I am betting these 2 new schools of law are dead.
And who stopped 'em? You and me, babe. We few, we proud, the scambloggers. This never would have happened had we not filled google with our truth. Our mindvirus seed of alternative, on-the-ground truth has found purchase on the rocky shores of the public mind....
From this article, it is clear that we have 'turned' elements of the mass media. We have in part co-opted the consensus wisdom. I am betting these 2 new schools of law are dead.
And who stopped 'em? You and me, babe. We few, we proud, the scambloggers. This never would have happened had we not filled google with our truth. Our mindvirus seed of alternative, on-the-ground truth has found purchase on the rocky shores of the public mind....
Sunday, January 9, 2011
NY Times asks whether law school is a losing game
Excellent NYT article here. Refers to the bogus law school employment stats as a 'wonderland' that is 'finessed' by the law schools.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Above The Law exposes new lawyers desperately rapping on youtube, hoping to make a living. And the law school shills are there, trying to downplay it
Here it is. Check out all the apologists in the comments, trying to downplay this and make it out to not be as bad as it is. Don't tell me that the law school profs and staff are not out on the internets, trying to stem the tide of law school scambusting.
They're here...
They're here...
"There are 5,057 janitors in the U.S. with Ph.D.’s, other doctorates, or professional degrees."
This article asks why so many go to college and cannot use the degree. The answer is that the higher education lobbying/propaganda organizations are funded by the colleges to put out bogus income and employment statistics. These stats have become part of the culture.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Schools offer kids the chance to borrow money to live, and their media ads acknowledge this unwritten fact
We have no decent social welfare state in this crap nation, and so few kids have jobs. So in order to get money for a place to live and food and transportation, they have to go to school and borrow money, and a lot of that $$ borrowed is for basic living expenses. In western europe, the unemployed kids have the dole. Here, we force them in to debt. This is truly a neoslave colony, one borne of a early national history that was based on indentured and chattel slavery and a cruel and autocratic national culture that grew up around slavery.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Going up tha country, go to get away...
As the scambloggers report, the law school cartel is trying to sell the idea that all these jobless new lawyers need to go to the rural areas to get work.
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
Oh, it is SO DARN EASY to get experience as a pro bono lawyer!
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