Law school deans lied to US News

Law school deans may go to jail for submitting false data to U.S. News. I'm OK with that, LOL. U.S. News was aware that some of the information they published was inaccurate, according to this report.

In case you're thinking about law school

TaxProf: Law school is not worth it for most graduate. My advice: Be a plumber or an electrician.

Federal loans, law students, and law schools

Federal loans for law students are justified as “providing access” to a legal career for the middle class and poor.  That’s one side.  When you examine how the funding operates, however, it becomes apparent that federal loans are an irresistible (and life-sustaining) drug for revenue addicted law schools.When a student applies for a federal loan, the law school processes the application.  Loans are granted by the government without any evaluation of the likelihood of repayment.  Accordingly, a student at Thomas Jefferson Law School is treated exactly the same as a student at Harvard Law School, without regard to the fact that the former is far less likely to repay the loan.

Ann Athouse, a blogging law prof at the University of Wisconsin, has an interesting post on whether it's worth it for anyone to go to law school. It certainly does not seem like a good idea to me.

The Conglomerate: "Law schools. . . responded to the worst recession in the legal market in at least two decades by letting in more law students."

If anything is clearer than the fact that we have too many lawyers already, I don't know what it is.

I've been reading about the Boston College law student who wants a full refund of his tuition over two and a half years. He didn't finish school, and probably wouldn't have gotten a job anyway.

It's been clear for years. Law school is expensive and good jobs are few and far between.