<p>The ABA should require schools to report employment in a more transparent and thorough manner. But is that actually going to deter these students from enrolling? I doubt it. In my experience, students make up their minds to go to law school, then look for data to justify that assumption. Most entering 1Ls at run-of-the-mill law schools already imagine themselves to be among the lucky few who will get big-firm jobs, even when they have enough information to calculate that 90% of the class won’t be in the top 10%. If the reporting requirements change, kids will keep lining up to get into law school just like they do now. The only thing that will change that is if it becomes harder to get loans for lower-ranked schools.</p>
<p>“If I was seeking legal advice, I’d think twice about going to someone stupid enough to choose a law school based on a glossy marketing campaign - or to believe any school’s representations about future earnings potential.”</p>
<p>Then you’d be thinking twice about most graduates of Harvard and Yale.</p>