It's becoming unrealistic for me to keep this blog going. I'll see if I can manage once a month.
First, it makes no sense to continue baying into the ether. Smart students already avoid law school. To quote Paul Campos:
These percentages are even more stark when converted into raw numbers. In 2010, just under 36,000 people with LSAT scores of 160+ applied for fall admission. This year, that number is going to be 14,000. This is a 61% decline (law school applications as a whole are down 39% over that time).
The remainder mostly shouldn't be going to law school, yet the U.S. Government is willing to lend them unlimited funds and the academy is happy to take it. I've accepted there's nothing neither I nor anyone else can do about that. Sure, there will be some random school closures, but circa 2017 the scam is alive and well. If anything, things have gotten worse; back in the day a successful applicant had a good chance of passing the bar.
The problem in focusing on law school is losing sight of the big picture. Last November a hostile government helped — the other party did itself no favor — elect the most incompetent, self-serving, corrupt candidate in history. His party, which looks to him as a means to an end, is worse. Here's a good example: GOP rep says he's fine with more people dying under Trumpcare as long as it saves money. Your new government, ladies and gentlemen. Puts law school in perspective, doesn't it?
If you haven't bothered with Twitter then I urge you in the strongest possible terms to take a look. Think of it as 2009-era scamblogging, with writers trying to reach a disbelieving public while facing a well-organized disinformation effort. You don't need to sign up. The following should get you started.
- https://twitter.com/louisemensch
- https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated
- https://twitter.com/20committee
- https://twitter.com/Broadsword_6
- https://twitter.com/Spicerlies [major law geek]
- https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson
- https://twitter.com/counterchekist
- https://twitter.com/ericgarland
- https://twitter.com/RVAwonk
- https://twitter.com/Evan_McMullin
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | May | 2016 | 1,116,900 | |
| March | 2017 | 1,118,700 | ||
| April | 2017 | 1,121,600 | ||
| May | 2017 | 1,124,800 | 7,900 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | May | 2016 | 1,120,100 | |
| March | 2017 | 1,123,300 | ||
| April | 2017 | 1,125,700 | ||
| May | 2017 | 1,127,700 | 7,600 | |
| Change from Apr-17 to May-17 | 2,000 |
Automation and outsourcing - as well as making statutes, case law, ordinances, and legal journals and commentaroes available online for a small fee or for free - has taken a huge toll. Yet, the pigs still see the "need" to charge students $42K in annual tuition. They are thieves!
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