<p>[Video</a> - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Law school graduate works in coffee shop](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2010/08/27/college.grad.blues.cnn.html]Video”>http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2010/08/27/college.grad.blues.cnn.html)</p>
<p>This, unfortunately is indicative of the jobs market for law students these days. It is oversaturated and is crashing. Law school has never been a worst investment than it is right now.</p>
<p>LOL, God forbid a person from a college as prestigious as Georgia State law not get a job. This is a poor attempt at a scare tactic. I think everyone is familiar with the current state of the law job market, and I doubt anyone is surprised that somebody from such a low ranked school isn’t finding a job. All this post is going to do is bring out the T-14 preachers, who are going to count this as proof that T-14 is a requirement to find a decent job. This means nothing.</p>
<p>If you listen to the article it says that she graduated in the top half of her class (ok, above median but not at the top) at a school that is currently ranked number 60. No mention as to whether or not she was on Law Review or Journal. Article does not talk about how many schools, if any came to OCI. Sounds as if she did a lot of mass mailing in hopes of finding a job.</p>
<p>The sad thing is students from Emory which is much higher ranked are having a hard time with OCI and finding jobs (1 employer at Fall 2010 OCI)</p>
<p>[Emory</a> Law School Above the Law: A Legal Tabloid - News, Gossip, and Colorful Commentary on Law Firms and the Legal Profession](<a href=“http://abovethelaw.com/emory-law-school/]Emory”>Emory University School of Law - Above the Law)</p>
<p>Wait, what? Emory law had one employer at OCI?</p>
<p>On the TLS legal employment thread Emory is now a verb</p>
<p>Holy smokes.</p>
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<p>Yup, Emory is do significantly worse than even schools ranked far behind them.</p>
<p>But yet lemmings will keep enrolling in law school because they are special and will have better success. They will all graduate in the top 10% and make law review. They will all get $160k jobs at BigLaw. They are SPECIAL.</p>
<p>“LOL, God forbid a person from a college as prestigious as Georgia State law not get a job. This is a poor attempt at a scare tactic.”</p>
<p>So then go to law school. Don’t let us scare you with our facts. I will see you in 3 years on JD Underground when your unemployed with $150,000 of non-dischargable debt.</p>
<p>This is going to sound monstrous, but I don’t have much sympathy for the coffee-shop girl. She apparently sent only 100 resumes? How good was her search? She seemed like the person who expected a law job to fall in her lap, which is not a good idea even in a good economy for someone merely in the top half at Georgia State. </p>
<p>And that’s the problem with the mentality. It’s not only T14 students who feel entitled. Law students in general enter the field because they think it’s license to print money. </p>
<p>In general, I think the predominant mindset in America is that it is better to be over-credentialed than under-credentialed, no matter what the cost. Even worse is the mistaken belief that if you have better credentials, you will necessarily obtain higher earnings. This is no longer the case.</p>
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<p>Very true.</p>