“Maybe the ABA could step in”
The ABA accreditation operation is run by…law school professors and deans! So don’t look for them to eliminate half – or any – of the jobs in their field. Somebody else is going to have to fix it. Media outlets educating would-be law students about the problems are actually making a dent.
“if there’s anyone who can make analytical decisions and who doesn’t need “woe is me” sympathy, it’s a lawyer.”
But they aren’t lawyers. Many of them will never pass the bar or get a legal job if they do. This is a gigantic waste of resources. 20,000+ young people annually leaving the job market for three years and saddling themselves with six figures of debt hurt a lot of economic players besides themselves.