@Hanna, they ARE lawyers in that they’ve received legal training. As someone who graduated from law school, I don’t need a pity party and none of my classmates (or other law graduates) do, either, when there are true charity cases out there. As letters in today’s New York Times state, the default rate on loans for law graduates is far lower than for college graduates in general: 7% for law graduates vs. 22% for college graduates overall. Throw the pity party for undergrads from overpriced schools that don’t add much of any benefit for a career–which is a lot of colleges.