Comments on: Is Your Degree Worth It? http://www.youngtexaslawyer.com/?p=1755 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:25:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.youngtexaslawyer.com/?p=1755&cpage=1#comment-3283 Joe Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:17:24 +0000 http://www.youngtexaslawyer.com/?p=1755#comment-3283 Simply put, there are too many lawyers out there. And I think many students head to law school expecting to be making a killing as an attorney after they graduate, but that's not actually the case. Simply put, there are too many lawyers out there. And I think many students head to law school expecting to be making a killing as an attorney after they graduate, but that’s not actually the case.

]]> By: Nando http://www.youngtexaslawyer.com/?p=1755&cpage=1#comment-3281 Nando Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:46:57 +0000 http://www.youngtexaslawyer.com/?p=1755#comment-3281 I am actually an author of one of the blogs, i.e. "Third Tier Reality," cited in Sloan's article. Even Professor Herwig Schlunk of Vanderbilt University Law School concludes that law school is a bad investment for most. His paper is entitled, "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Lawyers." It is a quick and informative read. Check out the stats and figures (from the ABA itself), on this blog entry: http://temporaryattorney.blogspot.com/2010/02/carolyn-lamm-and-aba-are-looking-into.html Not quite the rosy picture provided by the law schools, in their shiny marketing brochures and DVDs, is it? I am actually an author of one of the blogs, i.e. “Third Tier Reality,” cited in Sloan’s article. Even Professor Herwig Schlunk of Vanderbilt University Law School concludes that law school is a bad investment for most. His paper is entitled, “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Lawyers.” It is a quick and informative read.

Check out the stats and figures (from the ABA itself), on this blog entry:

http://temporaryattorney.blogspot.com/2010/02/carolyn-lamm-and-aba-are-looking-into.html

Not quite the rosy picture provided by the law schools, in their shiny marketing brochures and DVDs, is it?

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