Should I attend law school?

NYULawyer
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:07:25 +0000

Well, of course a law school dean will argue that the education they offer is worth every penny. After all, they are salesmen who sell their services to potential customers. (students) The very reason they have a job at all is because they are able to recruit many misinformed students, eat their tuition money, and spit them out the other end after 3 years. There is nothing wrong with that, except it is wrong to present misleading employment statistics to sell your stuff. For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t touch any law school ranked outside top 30, even if I got a full ride to attend. What good is law school education if I just wasted 3 years of my life and no job at the end?

For years, law schools got away with blatant fudging of employment statistics to lure potential students. Nowadays, that is slowly changing due to the public outrage regarding the issue.

I’ve said it throughout this thread - law school is not the only hazardous educational investment one can make in U.S. The problem is that the level of tuition in U.S. has FAR exceeded the rate of inflation. Yet, number of entry level jobs has actually been going down over the years, as a result of increased outsourcing, contraction of economy, and increased supply of college/grad school grads.

Buyers be ware and alert. Whether it’s college education, PhD, Masters, MBA, law school, whatever, research thoroughly on ROI, risks involved, and only pursue education if you are sure you can benefit from it. Education has become so expensive in this country that it has essentially become more of a gamble on someone’s financial and career prospects.