tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post5882205236470326746..comments2023-10-30T08:41:06.178-07:00Comments on Inside the Law School Scam: Should law school acceptance letters include warning labels?LawProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174586969709793419noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-69632341870308967182012-07-26T17:00:42.326-07:002012-07-26T17:00:42.326-07:00I am an LLS graduate with loans approaching $200k ...I am an LLS graduate with loans approaching $200k because I am unable to find work (am under employed as "of counsel" with two firms and looking). I have a son whose mother hates be because she thinks because I went to LLS, I should make tons of money. My financial life is a complete reck. Professor Seto was simply the most impressive professor I have ever met. I think he is simply making an economic point about the value of law school educations generally and helping us see that the market will make some correction. That correction will be minimal, however, and when it does correct, my resume will not get me in the door at most firms because I have not been able to find suitable work during the important first few years out of school.<br /><br />One serious problem LLS has is that it does not eliminate the bottom of its classes after first year. It should eliminate the bottom 25% and warn those in the bottom 50% about what their job prospects are before they borrow enough money to ruin their lives.<br /><br />Does anyone know of a good website to help us figure out how to get jobs. I go on craigslist in the surrounding counties and symplicity, but have never received an offer for full time employment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-17081388266243205122012-05-15T06:51:51.049-07:002012-05-15T06:51:51.049-07:00FYI.
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/speeches/prep...FYI.<br /><br />http://www.consumerfinance.gov/speeches/prepared-remarks-by-richard-cordray-director-at-the-michigan-state-university-college-of-law-commencement/<br /><br />Oh the irony . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-29909409384290811142012-05-14T16:47:08.341-07:002012-05-14T16:47:08.341-07:00Next Post Please!Next Post Please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-26277149812028692022012-05-14T14:59:33.567-07:002012-05-14T14:59:33.567-07:00Blackberry typos are not indicative of an inabilit...Blackberry typos are not indicative of an inability to spell.<br /><br />Thank you bringing attention to a salient point. That is sarcasm, 7:30.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-61402452698984282232012-05-14T07:30:28.938-07:002012-05-14T07:30:28.938-07:00@6:13
Could that be because of your spelling probl...@6:13<br />Could that be because of your spelling problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-67566439126962222362012-05-14T06:13:20.095-07:002012-05-14T06:13:20.095-07:00In 1996 the application I rewuested for a Ph.d pro...In 1996 the application I rewuested for a Ph.d program in Philosophy DID come with a warning about employment prosepct....<br /><br />I decided to go to law school....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-10695013248910520892012-05-13T19:29:56.016-07:002012-05-13T19:29:56.016-07:004:40PM, R U the missing University of Michigan stu...4:40PM, R U the missing University of Michigan student?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-61519006548579384762012-05-13T16:40:47.686-07:002012-05-13T16:40:47.686-07:00Hear this one.
stfu your stories are not interest...Hear this one.<br /><br />stfu your stories are not interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-22710617066279615962012-05-13T16:29:26.419-07:002012-05-13T16:29:26.419-07:00Hear this one.
Parents have 3 kids & they cho...Hear this one.<br /><br />Parents have 3 kids & they choose their career paths.<br /><br />Son #1 becomes a fine Medical Doctor as his parents ordered him to. <br />Son #2 was supposed to go to Law school. Attended for a year. Dropped off the face of the earth and resurfaced as a male Nurse in Iraq.<br /><br />When you ask the parents how their #2 son is doing? they claim he is Overseas doing "Medicine"<br /><br />Their last child wanted to go to Law School but "they" sent her to Medical School and she hates it..<br />She wants to be an Attorney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-8312164059897531442012-05-13T16:13:53.752-07:002012-05-13T16:13:53.752-07:00Hear this story...
Parents go to their son's ...Hear this story...<br /><br />Parents go to their son's University for his graduation. They discover that their son's name is not in the program. Son NEVER turned up at the auditorium.<br /><br />They go to his off campus home and friends said he was there the night before.<br /><br />Parents call the police who get in touch with the University.<br /><br />The University tell the parents that their son has not been to classes for over a year.<br /><br />Son wanted to drop Pre-law and not go on to Law School but parents would not hear of it...<br /><br />(Everyone has an Attorney or Law Student in their family and BY-GOLLY they were going to have one too)<br /><br />From what I understand he had very good grades...<br /><br />I believe they are still looking for him...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-72549558743478197622012-05-13T13:57:41.259-07:002012-05-13T13:57:41.259-07:00She would probably blame McDonalds for making too ...She would probably blame McDonalds for making too much delicious food, because you know Americans have no free will. Put a student loan application in front of them and whisper a few lies about jobs, and they MUST sign it. Put a delicious smelling Big Mac in front of them and they MUST eat it. It's all other people's fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-2680828148330417962012-05-13T13:41:32.473-07:002012-05-13T13:41:32.473-07:00The girl in that NY Times article clearly has mone...The girl in that NY Times article clearly has money for food. Oh, but when it comes time to pay back the taxpayers who funded her vacation called higher education all of a sudden she's sooo saaad and helpless. <br /><br />Eat less and pay back your debt. If you're fat you have no basis to complain about student loan repayment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-89653245790052070802012-05-13T12:38:53.784-07:002012-05-13T12:38:53.784-07:00nyt finally doing some decent reporting
http://ww...nyt finally doing some decent reporting<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/business/student-loans-weighing-down-a-generation-with-heavy-debt.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=businessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-53614866030498111322012-05-12T21:35:30.813-07:002012-05-12T21:35:30.813-07:00What did 9:17 say 9:26?What did 9:17 say 9:26?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-44182191336666239082012-05-12T21:35:01.630-07:002012-05-12T21:35:01.630-07:00It doesn't matter what you think.It doesn't matter what you think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-18925513943119504512012-05-12T21:29:39.015-07:002012-05-12T21:29:39.015-07:00@ 9:16pm
which college program in particular do ...@ 9:16pm<br /><br /> which college program in particular do you think comprises a larger per capita loss for the government under Obama's loan forgiveness rules?Joe Blackhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Dont-Go-to-Law-School/239348152800236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-36235460619055679482012-05-12T21:26:57.591-07:002012-05-12T21:26:57.591-07:009:17:
Go fuck your mother you son of a bitch. I ...9:17:<br /><br />Go fuck your mother you son of a bitch. I will meet you anytime or anywhere, just name the place you rat fuck pissant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-21092965718971032392012-05-12T21:16:18.960-07:002012-05-12T21:16:18.960-07:00lol @ "the largest loans being forgiven are f...lol @ "the largest loans being forgiven are from the law school scam"<br /><br />You can't do math. There are far far greater costs. Not even close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-9699922073439439312012-05-12T21:09:22.050-07:002012-05-12T21:09:22.050-07:00what do you think the government is going to do wh...what do you think the government is going to do when they realize that the largest loans being forgiven are from the law school scam?Joe Blackhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Dont-Go-to-Law-School/239348152800236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-73191582750996266702012-05-12T20:56:50.285-07:002012-05-12T20:56:50.285-07:007:03:
Correct. I sit at home, 100K in debt (afte...7:03:<br /><br />Correct. I sit at home, 100K in debt (after paying for years at 6% interest on capitalized interest), no job whatsoever, a pregnant wife who has to work and I can do nothing about it. These assholes make hand over fist in bank and continue to perpetuate the FRAUD that law school is a valuable use of time and resources. The vast majority of professors and admins try to blame the graduate when you confront them with the truth.<br /><br />Don't really care how much he cares about his job or how good he is at it. The real issue is the act of being in the class in the first place. It is a waste of time when you consider the debt, time, and the fact that the people who leave will be fucked for life.<br /><br />Seto can go straight to hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-73482442112078606522012-05-12T19:03:35.039-07:002012-05-12T19:03:35.039-07:00"However in all fairness I say we judge him o..."However in all fairness I say we judge him on his entire record."<br /><br />Lots of people are decent, great at their jobs, and super-caring (a good deal of unemployed attorneys would fall into that class, and a subset of that group would be qualified and thrilled to teach Seto's classes). Yet the overwhelming majority of those people are NOT actively promoting a ruinous fraud and pretending like they have no skin in the game. So even judging him "on his entire record," he looks like crud.Calvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-91822352331732121032012-05-12T18:10:43.302-07:002012-05-12T18:10:43.302-07:00What could possibly be DJM's axe?!What could possibly be DJM's axe?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-42847569166969850072012-05-12T18:09:34.177-07:002012-05-12T18:09:34.177-07:00Seto is actually a decent guy. His tax courses are...Seto is actually a decent guy. His tax courses are extremely well planned and organized. it is clear that he is extraordinarily conscientious and thoughtful about that aspect of his job. He is also always available to students who want to ask questions. <br /><br />That being said I have no idea why he damages his reputation out by taking up the self interested and risible argument that borrowing money to attend Loyola is no less than a terrible decision made by naive and duped people.<br /><br />However in all fairness I say we judge him on his entire record.former studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-21253644717353356302012-05-12T14:51:02.324-07:002012-05-12T14:51:02.324-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164886390834386622.post-84528437356870492392012-05-12T12:54:13.142-07:002012-05-12T12:54:13.142-07:00Look, everyone in the world has a axe to grind--DJ...Look, everyone in the world has a axe to grind--DJM, too. I think he meant that he has less interest in this because he is nearer the end than the beginning. He is no more self serving than usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com