[graeme]

Have you found any way of framing this that actually convinces prospective law students to change their minds?

I agree entirely. And eventually, the bubble will burst, and presumably we'll have a sane system of lawyer training. But for now, there's a lot of misery in the pipeline.

I work in LSAT prep. I've found I can tell people this, to no effect.

[JustinCEO]

I've given people basically the above points and managed to persuade them. But like I said, only if they ask. Some people don't wanna hear it cuz they think law school is their only possible life plan, so if you tell them it's a bad plan they get mad.

Also you can find out what schools they are targeting and link them to http://lawschooltransparency.com. Amazing to see the jobless rates of students at even pretty good schools.

[QuantumGood]

Have you asked them to explain as clearly as they can why they want to go? Easiest way to change someone's motivations is to speak to those motivations.