tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post223606466107329898..comments2023-10-30T08:41:06.178-07:00Comments on Inside the Law School Scam: Contributions to the literatureLawProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174586969709793419noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-47417313922114520442012-12-19T16:54:02.915-08:002012-12-19T16:54:02.915-08:00Reuven Avi-Noah has almost twice as many SSRN down...Reuven Avi-Noah has almost twice as many SSRN downloads as Set, and Avi-Noah's papers are all real tax papers.<br /><br />http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=208790Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-20756664138371327182012-12-19T16:12:32.033-08:002012-12-19T16:12:32.033-08:00PC's use of the term "puerile obsession&q...PC's use of the term "puerile obsession" in his last para also describes this discussion.<br /><br />(although I did like the "Neighbor" touch. That's the way they do it in Iowa, no?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-3901308927884645252012-12-19T15:11:37.406-08:002012-12-19T15:11:37.406-08:00^^^
Neighbor, you are either just plain FOS, or j...^^^ <br />Neighbor, you are either just plain FOS, or just plain lying. <br /><br />Chances <b>of</b> getting cancer: 1:13000.<br /><br />Chances <b>of</b> a woman over 45 having a miscarriage: 1:32<br /><br />Chances <b>of</b> winning the lottery: 1:55,345,682.<br /><br /><b>Nobody</b> says your chances of winning the lottery are 55,345,682 to 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-83689758009573436842012-12-19T14:46:19.046-08:002012-12-19T14:46:19.046-08:00Source?Source?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-40892908732001381052012-12-19T14:41:31.941-08:002012-12-19T14:41:31.941-08:00Dude: this is the common usage . Everyone underst...Dude: this is the common usage . Everyone understands this ratio the way to was expressed by lawproffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-20085499987091083042012-12-19T13:51:29.851-08:002012-12-19T13:51:29.851-08:00Anyone who calls it "Juris Doctorate" sh...Anyone who calls it "Juris Doctorate" should have the degree revoked. The degree is "Juris Doctor" (which means 'teacher of law').<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-84817383712191762672012-12-19T11:43:24.754-08:002012-12-19T11:43:24.754-08:00Why should one have to assume anything about the l...Why should one have to assume anything about the language? Why shouldn't it speak for itself?<br /><br />Are you the one who believes schools have 30-to-1 faculty to student ratios?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-71218241248541973362012-12-19T11:34:38.053-08:002012-12-19T11:34:38.053-08:00@11:28
"were about 200 to 1".
No one,...@11:28<br /><br />"were about 200 to 1". <br /><br />No one, other than perhaps the inhabitants of Mars, would assume that that language meant anything but very low odds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-26653089870991418572012-12-19T11:28:34.813-08:002012-12-19T11:28:34.813-08:00"even he had" = "even if he had&quo..."even he had" = "even if he had".<br /><br />I don't want the very capable wordsmiths here to suffer an aneurysm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-43634143950932889242012-12-19T11:28:28.973-08:002012-12-19T11:28:28.973-08:00And now you people don't understand plain Engl...And now you people don't understand plain English as well as plain math.<br /><br />Do you understand that the chance of something happening differs from saying the chance against something happening?<br /><br />A 200:1 chance against something happening is a very low likelihood.<br /><br />A 200:1 chance of it happening is a high likelihood.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-54949220902177475062012-12-19T11:24:24.809-08:002012-12-19T11:24:24.809-08:00@10:41, FWIW, "200 to 1" means the odds ...@10:41, FWIW, "200 to 1" means the odds are very low, not high.<br /><br />But even he had made a mistake: were you really confused what he meant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-37615421499125834802012-12-19T11:12:23.474-08:002012-12-19T11:12:23.474-08:00Geeze you lawyer types are bad at math...Geeze you lawyer types are bad at math...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-47888251655035129662012-12-19T11:11:25.498-08:002012-12-19T11:11:25.498-08:00Looks to me like it's a 200 to 1 chance AGAINS...Looks to me like it's a 200 to 1 chance AGAINST becoming a partner, not chance OF becoming partner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-64697300987863720392012-12-19T11:08:53.827-08:002012-12-19T11:08:53.827-08:00"200 to 1" is correct. Notice it uses a ..."200 to 1" is correct. Notice it uses a different word than "1 in 200."<br /><br />But hey, nothing wrong with lawyers being bad at both math and English.BL1Yhttp://www.constitutionaldaily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-62463782248756533012012-12-19T10:59:15.473-08:002012-12-19T10:59:15.473-08:00Sure, Bubba, sure.
But in any event, the opposi...Sure, Bubba, sure. <br /><br />But in any event, the opposite was true (and the opposite was meant by LP's paper - it just didn't say that).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-92196821884320359992012-12-19T10:56:48.186-08:002012-12-19T10:56:48.186-08:00Another blow to the "versatility" of a l...Another blow to the "versatility" of a law degree. I wonder how many law professors will even know of this change when they offer alternative career paths such as "Real Estate" to prospective law students...<br /><br />http://www.dre.ca.gov/files/pdf/faqs/FAQ_AB1718.pdf SD Attnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-2887537051838011242012-12-19T10:51:13.702-08:002012-12-19T10:51:13.702-08:00I expressed a decreasing number of tenure track pr...I expressed a decreasing number of tenure track professors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-56018731263539220202012-12-19T10:48:12.216-08:002012-12-19T10:48:12.216-08:00On a related but somewhat different note - presige...On a related but somewhat different note - presige -<br /><br />Word comes today that the legal job market in some norteastern cities is saturated with non-HYS T6 grads who are begging for any type of work, including temp work and doc review. These lawyers are not being placed. There are not enought jobs for them. Don't wait to sign up for Columbia or NYU, guys, this could be you.<br /><br />This is where the huge number of transfers Columbia and NYU take aggravates an already bad situation. You not only have the unemployed Columbia and NYU law grads who started at the law schools as first years. You also have a group of mostly unemployed transfers from Columbia Law and to a lesser extent NYU Law (who did not start these schools as first years) flooding the northeast job market.<br /><br />Great for the repuations of Columbia and NYU Law - producing lawge numbers of unemployed attorneys struggling for doc review after BigLaw stints. Just keep up the hefty transfer classes guys!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-32252339495105079892012-12-19T10:43:41.017-08:002012-12-19T10:43:41.017-08:00^^^ Bubba say wut? (What you've just expresse...^^^ Bubba say wut? (What you've just expressed is a decreasing tenure- to non-tenure-track ratio.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-12789383869296057032012-12-19T10:41:51.327-08:002012-12-19T10:41:51.327-08:00^^^ LOL, thanks.
It's like the post the other...^^^ LOL, thanks.<br /><br />It's like the post the other day, where LP wrote that a Cal Western's grad's chances of becoming a biglaw partner were 200 to 1, where (presumably) he meant the chances were 1 in 200...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-30550901687369727632012-12-19T10:39:49.241-08:002012-12-19T10:39:49.241-08:00You've obviously never completed a legal math ...You've obviously never completed a legal math class. The way the ratio is expressed in words is always the opposite of the way it is expressed in numbers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-85444806320507902432012-12-19T10:32:38.342-08:002012-12-19T10:32:38.342-08:00For goshsakes, would you read what you just wrote?...For goshsakes, would you <b>read</b> what you just wrote?<br /><br />30 to 1 <b>faculty</b> to student ratio? 30 teachers per student??<br /><br />You're doing it, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-12717691864403794272012-12-19T10:27:12.659-08:002012-12-19T10:27:12.659-08:00I see what you mean, but for this specific example...I see what you mean, but for this specific example it could be true that there is a growing number Adjunct professor's, and decreasing number of tenure-tract faculty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-76173349078229034052012-12-19T10:25:48.491-08:002012-12-19T10:25:48.491-08:00+ 1.+ 1.Crux of lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572986619859564280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-30254652374168426042012-12-19T10:24:49.327-08:002012-12-19T10:24:49.327-08:00When the faculty to student ratio drops, there are...When the faculty to student ratio drops, there are more professors and/or fewer students - meaning that either class sizes are smaller or that professors are teaching fewer classes. This is exactly what has happened. If the original faculty to student ratio was 30 to 1, and now the faculty to student ratio is 15 to 1, the change would be characterized as a drop in the faculty to student ratio, correct?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com