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by anigbrowl 5641 days ago
Technically true, but many (most?) law schools have indeed, marketed themselves to students using statistics about post-graduation employment. Of course, the reality is that they count any employment, and in some cases have inflated statistics by hiring recent graduates for positions within the school itself, which last only for 6 weeks but happen to include the period ending 3 months after graduation (which is what's measured in the US News & World Report rankings). It's a perfect storm of too many government subsidies (qua student loans), expanding market (bad economy? maybe stay in school), and regulatory capture.

That said, this guy doesn't seem cut out for the trade in the first place, although it's possible that that I'm wrong and this is actually a shrewd exercise in personal branding.