THIRD TIER REALITY

http://www.law.ua.edu/admissions/tuition-financial-aid/

Tuition: In-state law students – attending on a full-time basis – will be charged $20,770 in tuition, for the 2013-2014 school year. Non-resident, full-time law students will be bent over a coffee table, at a cost of $34,840– for 2013-2014. It’s nice to see a public toilet taking such an intere$t in their pupils, huh?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings

Ranking: According to US “News” & World Report, the University of Alabama Sewer of Law is the 21st most prestigious law school in the entire nation. It even shares this designation with George Washington University, which MUST make it a great in$titution, right?!?! You might think that is impressive, but keep in mind that this is definitely a regional school– at best. Try landing a decent attorney position outside of the South, with a degree from this commode.

http://www.law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012-ABA-Placement-Summary.pdf

Employment Placement Data: Let’s take a look at the Employment Summary report for the Alabama JD Class of 2012. Under Employment Status, you will note that the school claims a 94% “placement rate” within nine months of graduation, i.e. 158/168. Then again, the school did not know the job status for four members of this cohort. When JDs get jobs, they typically cannot wait to report that information. If we use the entire class, then the placement rate falls to 91.9 percent, i.e. 158/172. You will also see that the public toilet hired three members of the Class of 2012 in law school or university funded positions. Those posts are listed as full-time, long term.

Scroll down to the section labeled Employment Type. A total of 80 graduates ended up working in private law firms. This number includes the following: 12 desperate solos; 34 people working in firms of 2-10 lawyers; and 12 more employed by offices of 11-25 attorneys. In stark contrast, only damn member of this class found work in a firm of more than 500 lawyers. Do you still like YOUR odds, lemming?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+8

Average Law Student Indebtedness:US “News” lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the University of Alabama JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $67,611. In fact, 79 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such toxic debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

Alabama’s Long-Time Law Dean Leaves…for InfiLaw:

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2013/07/does-your-conscience-bother-you

Paul Campos authored a Lawyers, Guns & Money blog entry entitled “Does your conscience bother you?” - back on July 6, 2013. Check out the segment below:

“[I]t ought to tell us something when the University of Alabama announced last week that Kenneth Randall, who had been dean of the university’s law school for 20 years, was “retiring” effective immediately, to enter what the university’s president characterized demurely as “the private sector.”

“The private sector” turns out to be . . . well let’s allow ex-Dean Randall to speak for himself:

We all are still working on the margins of traditional education with distance ed; it is high time to create economies of scale industry-wide; to bring law to non-lawyers; to create hybrid models of brick-and-mortar and technology-based programs; to train lawyers to deliver legal services in the new technology-based ways clients demand; and to train law students for jobs that don’t require a bar license. We need inclusive education, that breaks down geographical and other boundaries.

The InfiLaw System offered a special opportunity, supporting me to lead a new venture, InfiLaw Ventures, both to create new content, and to deliver existing content in ways that expand markets and serve student learners who otherwise might be left out of education….We will joint venture with schools nationally and internationally. I’ve been involved in traditional legal education. But the ABA rules on distance education need updating. We need the accreditors and educators and innovators coming together to meet the new realities of legal education.” [Emphasis mine]

It's obvious that Kenneth Randall is leaving for browner pastures - unless the pigs at InfiLaw are tossing more green in his direction. As Elie Mystal pointed out, under Randall, the public commode went from 38th greatest - in 2010 - to the 21st most phenomenal law school in the United States. The rat had also been dean for 20 years. According to his old school bio, the academic thief holds four law degrees! I’m sure that the InfiLaw excrement piles will see their ranking soar.

Do You Enjoy Toilet Water?:

http://www.alabar.org/public/thinking-of-law-school.cfm

This past Spring, the Alabama State Bar published a report labeled “Thinking Of Going To Law School?” Head down to the subheading Early Hires - 0-3 Months:

“For those who found employment within 3 months after admission, the largest group (43.3%) found it in the private practice setting of firms having 1 to 5 lawyers. This result is not surprising, since we know that approximately two-thirds of Alabama lawyers practice in the 1 to 5 lawyer setting.” [Emphasis mine]

Those who took more than one year to find a job ended up working in such firms at an even higher rate. The employment statistics from the University of Alabama SOL Class of 2012 reflect this reality, as well. Have fun fighting established law firms - and locally known attorneys - for family law and DUI cases. Make sure to have some decent start up money, if you take this TTT route.

Conclusion: You may think that an additional $70K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt is a small price to pay for a chance to be admitted to this garbage “profession.” However, keep in mind that the USN&WR figure cited above does not include interest that accrues while you are enrolled in this advanced Humanities program. Do you think that you can make good money as a small town lawyer, in a boutique firm, in an area already overrun with such attorneys? If you have a decent job, with a chance for advancement, be smart - and stick to that position.

More Porky Pies from Don LeDuc:

The Lansing State Journal published Matthew Miller’s piece, “Cooley Law School weathering decline in enrollment,” on August 18, 2013. Take a look at this opening:

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20130818/NEWS01/308180062/Cooley-Law-School-weathering-decline-enrollment?nclick_check=1

“From the outside, what was happening at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in the fall of 2010 looked like another chapter in the school’s explosive growth.

Enrollment topped 4,000 students, spread across four campuses in Michigan. The newest, in Ann Arbor, had opened the year before. And, though it’s a nonprofit, Cooley was pulling in money. It began that fiscal year with $90 million in net assets and closed it with $111 million.

In retrospect, it was a high-water mark. Students had flocked to law schools after the economic meltdown of 2008. Cooley’s leaders didn’t pass on the opportunity.

Enrollment has fallen sharply since. Cooley had 3,219 students last fall, even after the opening of a fifth campus near Tampa, Fla. Don LeDuc, Cooley’s president and dean, said the entering class this fall will be “significantly smaller” than the previous year. As for the money, he calls it a nest egg. “Our model has basically been the grasshopper and the ants from your fables,” LeDuc said. “We set aside a fair amount of money to weather what we thought the storm would be. Our only concern is how long this lasts.”[Emphasis mine]

For $ome rea$on, Cockroach Don LeDuc did not mention his concern for his students or their job prospects. He must have forgot to do so, right?!?! Later on, the author wrote:

“Cooley hasn’t cut faculty positions like some other schools, but it has allowed vacancies to remain unfilled, LeDuc said.

This fall, it will raise tuition by 9 percent for first-year students, bringing the cost of the first 30 credits to $43,500, and by 8 percent for everyone else.

It hasn’t lowered its admission standards, LeDuc said. The median LSAT score of its entering class slipped from 146 two years ago to 145 last year, but that reflects a reduction in the number of higher-scoring applicants rather than a drop in the school’s minimum requirements for admission, he said. But LeDuc doesn’t see a drop in minimum requirements as out of the question.

“Sooner or later you’ve got to make a choice,” he said, “because you need enough revenue to cover what your expenses are.” [Emphasis mine]

Bitch, you have no admi$$ion$ standards. Hell, your median LSAT score for your entering class is 145!!

Pathetic 2013 LSAT and UGPA 25th-75th Percentile Figures:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/third-fourth-tier.html

According to the Top Law Schools listing above, an LSAT score of 142 would place an applicant in the 25th percentile for the 2013 class entering at TTTThoma$ M. Cooley Law Sewer! A 151 on the LSAT would put you at the 75th percentile for this rat-hole. It’s nice to see that an ABA-accredited dung heap has such stringent admi$$ion$ “standards,” huh?!?!

Based on this same listing, a UGPA of 2.57 was good enough for the 25th percentile at TTTT Cooley. Keep in mind that these grades include people who majored in Political “Science,” Psychology, English Literature, American History, etc. - at various college$ and univer$itie$. An undergraduate GPA of 3.36 would set you firmly in the 75th percentile at this pile of excrement.

A Four Year College Degree Not Necessary for Admission to Cooley!:

http://www.cooley.edu/prospective/bachelors.html

Check out this filth, from the fourth tier trash pit:

“Applying Without a Bachelor's Degree

Please note: Some state bars require a bachelor's degree; however, the State Bar of Michigan does not.Please check the educational requirements of the bar in the state in which you plan to practice law.

Most Cooley students have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Yet, under court rules adopted by the Michigan Supreme Court, an applicant may also attend if the student has completed at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours either toward an undergraduate degree from an accredited school or from an accredited junior or community college.

Cooley Law School welcomes inquiries from individuals with associate's degrees or 60 to 90 credits at a four-year institution.” [Emphasis mine]

At what point will these hags start accepting students armed with nothing more than a high school diploma or GED?!?! Their mothers must be very proud. You would think that a supposed “institution of higher learning” would be embarrassed to post this garbage.

Pig LeDuc’s Compensation as Cooley Dean:

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/381/988/2011-381988915-086a2bd1-9.pdf

According to the 2011 Form 990 for Thomas M. Cooley Law School, i.e Employer ID No. 38-1988915, Don LeDuc raked in $605,507 in TOTAL COMPENSATION for the tax year ending August 31, 2011. At those sums, the Michigan mustached dung beetle will do and say/hiss anything to keep the gravy train of federally-backed student loans rolling along.

Conclusion: The pigs, rats and cockroaches at this diploma mill DO NOT GIVE ONE DAMN ABOUT YOU, the student. In their eyes, YOU are simply a bag of money. They need asses in seats, preferably those attached to people with small brains. Remember, the admi$$ion$ “standards” at this place essentially amount to an open enrollment policy - since anyone who really wants to go to law school can gain admission to this putrid dump. Yet, LeDuc has not ruled out decreasing minimum requirements. If the ABA cared about its own reputation, then the dolts would strip this pile of waste of its accreditation.

Update on the Supposed Lone Scammer, Paul Pless:

On August 30, 2013, OTLSS posted an epic entry labeled “Update re: Paul Pless and Illinois Law.” Take a look at the segment below:

http://outsidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/2013/08/update-re-paul-pless-and-illinois-law.html

“Pless is a realtor, as we all know, but on one site, he gives away a little too much information – one word too much, in fact. On his Trulia profile, he posts the following as his interests, and gives away a little piece of information that connects all the dots:

Interests: When not helping clients buy or sell their home I enjoy spending time with my family. My wife, Stacey Tutt, is a Professor and very active in the community as a Board Member of United Way. We have a wonderful daughter and 300 pounds of dog in the energetic Duke and Ramsey.

Married to a professor? Hmmm. I looked up Professor Stacey Tutt. Guess where she works. Yup, Stacey Tutt is a professor at Illinois University College of Law, the very same place that ruined her husband’s career. That alone is odd.

But look at those dates. She was hired in June 2011, right before the school went public with the stats scandal. Right at the time where Pless would have been in the dean’s office trying to work out a solution. The dean is worried sick because he knows he told Pless to fudge the stats. Pless is crying, perhaps, because how will he look after his baby daughter with no job and a wife who makes around $55K (as per the current vacancy for a managing attorney, her prior job at Prairie State Legal Services, which is hardly going to compensate for the loss of Pless's $130K salary at the law school)? The family relied on Paul's healthy salary, and a drop from a combined income of almost $200K to just over $50K would have been devastating.

So the dean – or Pless – has a great idea.” [Emphasis mine]

Then again, the timing and circumstances could simply be a series of incredible coincidences, right?!?! According to the Salary Guide provided by the Daily Illini, Stacey L. Tutt “earned” $90,500 as an assistant clinical “professor” - in 2012. Thanks to the anonymous OTLSS commenter from 8:35 am, for that info.

Commenter dybbuk23 posted this reply at 4:46 am:

“This has appeared nowhere in the media. However, the University Ethics report, issued on Nov. 7, 2011 (prepared by Jones Day and Duff & Phelps under the direction of the University) mentions this fishy decision in a single footnote (below) (p. 104, n. 43).

http://www.law.illinois.edu/content/aba/Nov7-UofI-FinalReport.pdf

"Pless’s wife was hired by COL as a clinical instructor beginning in the current academic year. (There are no COL policies prohibiting the hiring of the spouses of employees—Pless’s wife had previously worked in COL’s placement office; she has never been employed in the Admissions Office.) Smith and other COL administrators and faculty members considered this hiring during the preceding academic year (2009-2010). At times, certain COL personnel viewed the prospect of hiring Pless’s wife favorably based, in part, on Pless’s position and performance at COL. For his part, Smith expressed to faculty and administrators that the decision whether to hire Pless’s wife would be made without regard to Pless or any desire to retain Pless. The investigation has not revealed any irregularities with respect to this hiring."

This is oddly-worded footnote that does not refer to Pless's wife by name. Moreover, Stacey Tutt is not listed as one of the 23 University employees interviewed during the inquiry. (p. 16)” [Emphasis mine]

For $ome rea$on, this report - funded by this public univer$ity - omitted this “trivial” data. Could this merely be another one of those supposed “oversights” that benefits the school?! If you buy the school’s explanation, then you need to be placed on a window sill and watered twice a week.

Richard Herman, Former UI Chancellor and Currently Overpaid Faculty Member:

This public sewage pit is no stranger to corruption. Check out this Chicago Tribune article, entitled “University of Illinois admissions: Chancellor says 'we have to fix' system.” Reporters Jodi S. Cohen, Stacy St. Clair and Tara Malone wrote the piece, which was published on July 7, 2009. Look at this excerpt:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-u-of-i-clout-college-07-jul07,0,370456.story

“The University of Illinois' favoritism toward students backed by powerful sponsors must come to an end, the principal enforcer of the campus' secret admissions system testified Monday.

Chancellor Richard Herman took responsibility for the special treatment given to students with political connections but weak academic credentials. He also acknowledged trying to mitigate damage to the law school by seeking jobs for graduates and thereby improving the school's job-placement rate.” [Emphasis mine]

Jodi S. Cohen’s follow-up piece, “After scandal, U. of I.'s former chancellor isn't teaching but still makes $212,000,” appeared in the May 6, 2013 edition of the Tribune. Look at this opening:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-06/news/ct-met-u-of-i-herman-20130506_1_john-prussing-richard-herman-ultimate-decision-maker

“Richard Herman doesn't have to do much teaching as part of his $212,000faculty job at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

When he resigned as chancellor after a high-profile admissions scandal, he made a deal to teach just two classes a year in the College of Education, where a professor typically teaches four.” [Emphasis mine]

Two paragraphs later, Cohen stated:

“Herman is one of several top U. of I. officials who resigned under pressure in recent years and subsequently moved into high-paying faculty positions.”

Yes, Pig Richard Herman was certainly punished for his unscrupulous actions. [Read: This bastard was richly rewarded for taking the blame and keeping his mouth shut.]

Conclusion: The University of Illinois overall - and the Commode of Law in particular - is a moral cesspool. A nest of cockroaches has more integrity than these $elf-intere$ted bitches and hags. In the final analysis, “higher education” is designed to provide academic thieves with high paid salaries for little to no actual “work.” YOU, the student, are a mere means to an end. The law school pigs don’t care if you end up owing $190K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - while working as a JD barista or doc review monkey. Hell, they do not give a damn if you end up in a dumpster or in a food pantry line. The swine only look out for themselves.

http://www.law.uga.edu/tuition-expenses

Tuition: Georgia residents attending this law school on a full-time basis will be charged $16,506 in tuition – for the 2013-2014 school year. Full-time, out-of-state students will be slapped with a big-ass tuition bill of $34,176– for 2013-2014. Don’t forget that these suckers will also pay $2,234 in fees for the current academic year. Yes, these academics are truly serving the public, huh?!

http://www.law.uga.edu/cost-attendance

Estimated, Total Cost of Attendance: The pigs estimate that living expenses and books and supplies will add another $17,534 to the tab. This brings the total, published COA to $36,274 for in-state, full-time law students and $53,944 for non-resident, full-time idiots. Keep in mind that the bitches and hags at these “in$titution$ of higher learning” only count nine-month living costs.

Seeing that actual students will require twelve months of living expenses, I will pro-rate the following items: room and board; transportation; and miscellaneous. For instance, the swine claim that transportation will only amount to $1,128. Perhaps the swine hired a comedy writer to post that figure. After making these adjustments, we reach a more accurate, estimated total COA of $41,529 for Georgia residents attending law school full-time and $59,199 for out-of-state, full-time students – for the current year.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+2

Ranking: According to Pussy Bob Morse and US “News” & World Report, the Univer$ity of Georgia $chool of Law is rated as the 33rd greatest, most wonderful law school in the entire country. Hell, it only shares this distinction with the College of William and Mary and the University of Wisconsin. Then again, Ohio State University Moritz Sewer of Law Cockroach Alan Michaels recently told a local NPR affiliate that his 36th ranked toilet is “elite.” In that case, UGA’s law school must defy description.

http://law.uga.edu/placement-statistics

Published Employment Statistics: Take a look at the commode’s Employment Summary for 2012 Graduates. Based off this chart, a total of 194 members of this cohort were employed – whether in “bar passage required” positions, “JD Advantage” jobs, professional or non-professional posts, full-time, part-time, short term or long term. There were 229 total grads. Of that figure, four people did not provide their employment status to the school. Being kind to this public trash pit – knowing that JDs who choose not to contact the school typically do not have jobs – the “placement” rate was 86.2 percent, i.e. 194/225.

Three graduates from the Class of 2012 were placed in law school or university funded positions. Two of these posts were part-time. Isn’t it nice to see the law schools looking out for their students?!?! After all, these ABA-accredited diploma mills would not do so for ulterior reasons, right?!

Scroll down to Employment Type for this class. This data purports to show that a total of 104 graduates found jobs in private law firms. Four desperate souls started solo practices, while 31 ended up in firms of 2-10 attorneys. Another 12 grads went to work for firms with 11-25 lawyers. Two sole practitioners listed their work as part-time, as did five of the lawyers employed in 2-10 man firms. To be fair, 30 grads reported that they were working in Biglaw.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+7

Average Law Student Indebtedness:USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the University of Georgia JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $80,775. Furthermore, 74 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such foul debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

Conclusion: The University of Georgia Sewer of Law is a trap school, as defined by Paul Campos inhis February 13, 2012 entry. First of all, attending this toilet is expensive. Secondly, the Atlanta area may be viewed by lemmings as a desirable place to live. Lastly, it features superficially attractive employment and salary statistics. In this specific case, income expectations would be based on the number of grads who landed Biglaw. However, only 13.1% of the Class of 2012 landed those positions, i.e. 30/229. Plus, associates are often out on their ass within 3-5 years, if they do not rake in big dollar clients.

In the final analysis, you will not be served well by incurring an additional $85K-$120K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for a “legal education.” Catherine Rampell, in herJune 27, 2011 New York Times Economix piece, “The Lawyer Surplus, State by State,” reported that Georgia had the 15th most glutted job market in the U.S. Look at the following numbers for the state: 779 Annual Estimated Openings for 2010-2015; 1,217 Bar Exam Passers in 2009; and a Surplus of 438 attorneys. You simply do not need to take on suffocating amounts of student debt, so that the greedy pig “law professors” and administrators can maintain their cushy lifestyles – for their minimal amount of “work.” Those jackals get paid up front, in full – while YOU, the student and recent graduate, are left holding the bag.

http://www.law.ufl.edu/student-affairs/current-students/fees-expenses

Tuition: Florida residents attending this toilet on a full-time basis will “only” be charged $22,181.10 in tuition for the 2013-2014 school year. Full-time, out-of-state law students will have their ass penetrated to the tune of $41,545.80 in tuition – for 2013-2014. It’s great to see a state school putting its students’ interests first, right?!?! Hell, these “professors” and administrators take their “public service” seriously.

Total Cost of Attendance: The dump site estimates that the following items will add another $15,600 to the tab: books/supplies; clothing/maintenance; cell phone/computer; food; personal; room; transportation; and a student orientation fee of $150 for first year victims. This would make the total COA $37,781.10 for full-time, in-state students and $57,145.80 for non-residents attending full-time - for the current academic year. Some of these figures are suspiciously low. For instance, personal costs are listed as $270 and housing is set at $6,590.

Then again, ABA-accredited diploma mills base these figures on a nine-month school year. Seeing that actual students will require expense over the entire year, we need to prorate the applicable areas over twelve months. After doing so, these costs amount to $20,390. We now reach a more accurate total COA of $42,751.10 for Florida residents enrolled full-time and $62,961.80 for full-time, out-of-state students - for 2013-2014. Who doesn't have that type of money lying around?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+2

Ranking: At these rates, this school must have an incredible reputation among academics and lawyers. According to US “News” & World Report, the Univer$ity of Florida Levin Commode of Law is listed as the 46th greatest, most fantastic and amazing law school in the United States. Yes, who wouldn’t want to spend such huge sums of borrowed money for the opportunity to attend this prestigious in$titution?!?!

http://www.law.ufl.edu/_pdf/career/employers/2012-summary-report-redacted.pdf

Employment “Placement” and Starting Salary Statistics: Take a look at the filthy swamp’s Class of 2012 Summary Report, which was submitted to the NALP dolts. There were 333 total graduates, from this cohort. Of that amount, 19 were pursuing another degree, three had a start date after the nine-month deadline, 29 poor souls were unemployed and seeking – while another 12 were out of work but not looking for a job.

A total of 63 grads from this class were not employed. Six people did not provide their job status to the school. Based on these numbers, the commode had a “placement” rate of 80.73%, i.e. (327-63)/327. Of course, the "career services" sewer rats included the 19 fools enrolled in another degree program as part of their formula. The school has a published “Total Employed or Degree” figure of 86.5 percent, i.e. 283/327.

Stay on the first page of this PDF for a moment longer. Notice the following: of the 196 grads employed in positions that require bar passage, only 129 of them furnished their income to the school. For $ome rea$on, 67 of the lucky law graduates did not supply that information. The median salary for the other 129 JDs is listed as $57,000, whereas the mean figure is $65,522.

Furthermore, a total of 49 members of this class ended up in “JD Advantage” jobs, which represents 15% of those who reported their employment status. However, only 10 of these grads bothered to provide their income to the public dumpster. Does anyone have an idea as to why so few of these JDs furnished their data?!?! Law graduates who make decent or stellar salaries want to brag about their paychecks, while those earning small sums would rather hide in a corner. This is how attorneys measure their self-worth.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+7

Average Law Student Indebtedness:US “News” lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the University of Florida Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $72,974. Fully 80 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such toxic debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/databases/salaries/university-of-florida-2009?dept=law

Faculty and Administrator Salary – from 2009: Let's see how well the academic thieves are doing, in comparison to their broke-ass, debt-strapped students. This is the latest available information, from the Collegiate Times Salary Database, for the cockroaches at the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin Commode of Law. Remember that this source does not include bonuses and other compensation.

Robert Jerry II, who resembles a mole and is still the dean at this dung heap, made $256,051 in 2009 - as dean and “professor.” William Page, in his role as something called “Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar, raked in $255,647 for the same year. “Dean emeritus” Jon Mills rolled around in $240,520 for his “work.” Lastly, Martin McMahon Jr.“earned” $223,069 in 2009 – as “Stephen C. O’Connell professor of law.”

It should be CLEAR to you that these dung beetles are in academia for the easy “work” and big checks.This is in stark contrast to UF law grads who take on significant sums of student debt for MUCH lower pay. I am sure that these bitches will lecture you for being “greedy” – if you are interested in making a positive return on your investment. Yet, it is okay for these dinosaurs and gluttonous Boomers to expect or demand excessive compensation for their minimal output.

Conclusion: The University of Florida Levin College of Law has a reputation slightly above crocodile piss. You DO NOT NEED to incur an additional $75K-$130K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for a chance to sit for the bar exam or to practice law. It speaks volumes that so many of the employed graduates from the latest class chose not to furnish their salary data to the school. After all, these men and women made the effort of contacting the ABA-accredited cesspool – in order to report that they had jobs. Yet, they did not feel secure enough to provide their starting salaries. Keep in mind that U.S. law school pigs do not confirm the incomes that survey respondents give them. Yes, the swine simply accept the answers on faith.

The law school cockroaches do not give one damn about you, the student or recent graduate. These bastards and hags are paid up front, in full – while you are left holding a big-ass bag of student debt. If you cannot grasp that basic reality, then go ahead and enroll. Some people, i.e. idiots, need to learn things by personal experience. When your moronic decision leads to financial ruin, don’t complain that nobody warned you, Lemming.

http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/prospectives/finaid/tuition.htm

Tuition: Virginia residents attending this school on a full-time basis will pay $47,900 in tuition - for the 2013-2014 school year. Out-of-state, full-time law students will be hammered with a tuition bill of $52,900 - for 2013-2014. Hell, these filthy pigs are charging medical school rates. Who has that type of money to spend for a single year of “legal education”?!?!

Estimated Total Cost of Attendance: This same page lists living expenses as $16,300. Health insurance is listed as $2,574; books and supplies will run $1,800; and loan fees will amount to $206. As such, the “non-profit” corporation/in$titution of “higher education” published total 2013-2014 COA figures of $68,780 for full-time, in-state students - and $73,780 for full-time, nonresident students.

Keep in mind that ABA-accredited diploma mills only take nine-month living costs into account, when publishing these figures. Seeing that actual students will require 12 months of food and lodging, we need to adjust this number. After pro-rating these expenses, that amount is $21,733. Look at these more accurate, total COA estimates: for in-state, full time students is $74,213, whereas out-of-state, full-timers will face total costs of $79,213.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings

Ranking: According to US “News” & World Report, the Univer$ity of Virginia $chool of Law is rated as the 7th best law school in the country. It shares this distinction with the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.

http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/aba/2012employment.pdf

Published Employment Placement Statistics: Based on the school’s ABA Employment Summary Report, there were 364 members of the UVA Law Class of 2012. Only two graduates did not supply their job status to the school. The published “placement” rate is 98.6 percent, i.e. 357/362. However, on page one of this PDF, you will notice thatthe school hired 55 of this cohort’s grads in law school or university-funded positions!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+3

Average Law Student Indebtedness:USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the University of Virginia JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $122,721. Fully 85 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such toxic debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/databases/salaries/university-of-virginia-2010?dept=law

Faculty and Administrator Pay: Let’s see how well the pigs are doing, in comparison to their debt-strapped students. For this information, we rely on the Salary Database from Collegiate Times. The figures below are from 2010, the latest available date. Remember that these numbers do not include bonuses or other compensation:

Paul G. Mahoney“earned” $450,000 as dean of the law $chool. George Rutherglen, supposedly a “distinguished law professor,” made $334,300. War criminal extraordinaire Henry Kissinger doppelganger John Jeffries, Jr. raked in $316,000 - as something called “David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law.” Lastly, Richard Bonnie received $312,000 in annual salary - for teaching courses pertaining to “mental health and drug law,” the death penalty and “aging and the law.”

Unemployed UVA Law Students' Epic Protest:

http://abovethelaw.com/2011/03/law-students-at-a-top-school-protest-continued-unemployment/

On March 29, 2011, Elie Mystal posted a great entry “labeled Law Students at a Top School Protest Continued Unemployment.” Take a look at this excerpt:

“We know that the threat of unemployment is very real to all law school students. Sure, the higher-ranked schools might do a better job of getting their students jobs, at least in percentage terms; but even top schools have students who want to work but cannot find jobs.

Students at one top-ten law school are sick of suffering in silence. They want everybody, especially admitted students, to know that going to an elite law school doesn’t guarantee you a good job.

Given the state of the legal economy and the cost of law school tuition, it’s a wonder that this kind of thing doesn’t happen more often….

Unemployed students at UVA Law School are protesting, blaming the law school administration for their wretched fate. Tipsters report that a number of UVA 3Ls have been menacing the 0Ls at UVA admitted students’ weekend. The disgruntled current students were wearing these t-shirts when they met the prospective students:

VIRGINIA LAW
$40,000 a year
And NO JOB.” [Emphasis mine]

Yes, lemming, attending this overpriced public toilet does not mean that you are going to land decent employment. Don't forget the incredible amounts of additional student debt incurred by recent graduates of this dumpster.

Conclusion: This school is gouging its students. These cockroaches do not have the immense costs of medical equipment and technological advances associated with medical and dental schools. Law school pigs merely have Internet connection of course, the biggest expense is faculty pay and compensation. However, why should any academic ass-hat rake in $200K for dusting off old notes and reviewing archaic, parsed cases?

This is a school for rich kids. If you are not wealthy, then you will need to excel academically here and land Biglaw. Since there is basically no job security in that area, you better make sure to pay off your student loans as fast as possible. Otherwise, you will struggle mightily to pay off your additional $130K-$175K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - taken on for a law degree with a fancy name.

http://law.fiu.edu/prospective-students/admissions-financial-aid/tuition-and-fees/

Tuition: Florida residents attending this trash pit on a full-time basis will be charged $20,199 in tuition – for the 2013-2014 school year. Out-of-state, full-time law students will be hit with a big-ass tuition bill of $34,443– for the current academic year. Student fees will add $399 to the figures above.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+5

Ranking: At those prices, you would expect this school to have a somewhat decent reputation, correct? According to US “News” & World Report, Florida InTTTernaTTTional Univer$iTTTy Commode of Law is rated as the 105th most prestigious and amazing law school in the entire nation. In fact, FIU shares this distinct honor with the following three toilets: Mercer University, TTTexas TTTech, and Wayne State University. Their mothers must be exceptionally proud.

http://law.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/EmploymentSummary-2013-1-fiu.pdf

Published Employment Statistics: Let’s review the Employment Summary for 2012 Graduates for this school. There were a total of 184 JDs in this cohort. Of that overall figure, 160 were employed within nine months of graduation. Three members of this class did not report their job status to the commode. Relying on this data, the “placement” rate was 88.4 percent, i.e. 160/181. Four grads were placed in law school or university funded positions.

Scroll down to the subheading Employment Type. A total of 99 graduates from this class ended up working in private law firms. Thirteen desperate souls opened up solo practices. Another 54 landed in firms of 2-10 attorneys – including five in part-time, long term positions and three working in part-time, short term posts. Another 15 were hired by firms of 11-25 lawyers, with one in a full-time, shot term job. Yes, those are tremendous outcomes, right?!?!

By the way, one damn person – among a group of 184 grads - found employment in a firm with more than 500 attorneys. This means that 0.54% of this trash heap’s Class of 2012 landed in such firms. Are you the top one half percent, delusional ass-hat?!?! Do you like those odds, Lemming?! Hell, that single JD likely had connections or wealth before he went to law school.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+6

Average Law Student Indebtedness:US “News” lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the Florida InTTTernaTTTional Univer$iTTTy Commode of Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $94,937. Fully 88 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such toxic debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/programs.php?state=fl

Plethora of Florida Law Schools: According to this list, there are 10 ABA-accredited diploma mills in the state. However, TLS did not include the following commodes: TTTThoma$ M. Cooley Law $ewer’s campus in Tampa Bay and Ave Maria Law Sewer. Yes, there are 12 ABA-accredited diploma mills located in Florida.

In good news, Florida International “University” has the fourth best law school in the state. UF Levin is ranked 46th, FSU is listed as 48th, and the University of Miami is rated 76th. Stetson is home to the 109th greatest law school in the country. The remaining seven Florida law schools are in the fourth tier: Ave Maria, Barry University, FAMU, Florida Coastal, Nova Southeastern, St. Thomas University, and TTTThoma$ M. Cooley.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/the-lawyer-surplus-state-by-state/?_r=0

Florida’s Glutted Legal Market: On June 27, 2011, Catherine Rampell’s piece, “The Lawyer Surplus, State by State,” appeared in the New York Times Economix blog. The data was compiled by Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. Take a look at the following numbers for Florida:

“2010-2015 Estimated Annual Openings: 2,027
2009 Bar Exam Passers: 2,782
Surplus: 755”

Do you still view enrolling in a Florida third tier cesspool as a wise financial decision? If so, then you likely need to read paint can warning labels, in order to make sure that you don‘t drink the contents, Idiot.

Conclusion: Do not even consider attending this third tier commode. Based on data from EMSI, the state of Florida has the EIGHT MOST GLUTTED LAWYER JOB MARKET in the country. There are also 12 ABA-accredited diploma mills located in the state. Simply put, a JD from the FIU Commode of Law does not lead to decent job prospects.

This school is a sweltering dung pit. You will not be served well by incurring an additional $100K-$135K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for a TTTT law degree. Try to repay your immense student loans, purchase a home and start a family on a $40K annual salary, dumbass. Again, the law school pigs do not have the slightest concern about YOUR future. You are a mere means to an end, i.e. large sums of federally-backed student loan money. The academic parasites get paid up front, in full - while YOU are stuck with the bill for the next 20-30 years.

The Swine’s Decision Regarding Class Certification in Alaburda vs. TJ$L:

http://www.sandiego.courts.ca.gov/v3tr/ViewRulings.aspx?CaseNo=37-2011-00091898-CU-FR-CTL&SelDates=09/20/2013&EventId=1226406

Joel Pressman issued the following middle finger/tripe, on September 20, 2013 at 10:30 am:

“Given the individualized nature of the relief in this case, it is difficult to determine whether any class representative would have “typical” claims.

Thomas Jefferson’s Motion for Protective Order appears moot in light of the [c]ourt’s ruling on class certification.”

At this point, no one should be surprised with such a “ruling.” Politicians in black robes commonly referred to as "judges" view themselves as gatekeepers of the “profession.” They don’t want to see successful lawsuits against ABA-accredited toilets – even against lowly FOURTH TIER DUNG PITS such as TTTThoma$ Jeffer$on Sewer of Law. Permitting these cases to reach discovery – or worse, a jury – would potentially reveal the level of in$titional rot involved in “legal education.”

Pressman Changes Course from Earlier:

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/Dec/08/suit-against-thomas-jefferson-law-school-goes-forw/

On December 8, 2012, San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Greg Moran covered Pressman’s denial of TJ$L’s motion for summary judgment in his piece entitled “Suit against Thomas Jefferson law school goes forward.” For $ome rea$on, this was not front page news on the Wall Street Journal. Look at the excerpt below:

“But Pressman sided with the graduates. He wrote that as a consumer Alaburda was purchasing a legal education.

“Representations regarding that legal education are material to the decision of whether to enroll,” Pressman wrote.

Brian Procel, the lawyer for the graduates, said the judge’s decision “was a tremendous ruling for the plaintiffs.” [Emphasis mine]

Pussy Joel Pressman changed his tune quick, huh? Perhaps he didn’t like having a pair of balls, after all. By the way, Joel: the next time you shave your old, wrinkly vagina, don't glue those pubes onto your face. It's never a good idea.

Apparently, the owners got to this rat. This happens all the time in politics. You may see a city councilman, state representative or member of Congre$$ take up a worthy cause – only to be stonewalled by higher-up pigs, i.e. “Do you want all of your bills this session to be DOA? It’s best just to let this one go. We can’t help those guys anyway.”

Other Coverage:

http://lawschooltruthcenter.blogspot.com/2013/09/this-thomas-jefferson-has-his-hos-too.html

Law School Truth Center posted an entry labeled “This Thomas Jefferson Has His Hos, Too.” Check out this portion:

“Game over.

Do not pass go. Do not collect a refund on your tuition.

My favorite part:

In support of the Opposition, TJSL has presented 111 declarations of graduates. The declarations indicate differences in what factors influenced the graduates to attend TJSL and differing weights to those various factors. Declarants included 42 different factors and less than 15% of the declarants identified employment statistics as important.”

The cesspool was able to get 111 tools to claim that employment statistics were only important to less than 15 percent of them. Yes, what a convincing argument! After all, people choose to get a four year degree, earn strong undergraduate GPAs, register with LSAC, take prep courses, spend countless hours on old exams, score well on the LSAT, convince “professors” and employers to write letters of recommendation, write personal statements, fill out several applications, etc. – all while shelling out hundreds or thousands of dollars in the process – because they don’t expect to practice law, right?!?! As with the other cases, it is obvious that Cockroach Joel Pressman wanted this result, and he relied on mental gymnastics in order to “reach” that decision.

http://jdjunkyard.forumatic.com/viewtopic.php?t=9&p=15#p15

As JD Junkyard poster “JohnDoeee” noted, on September 21, 2013 at 9:16 am – in response to the topic “TJSL – Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification is DENIED”:

“I knew, one way or the other, that TPTB were going to find a way - find a way, I said - to quash this thing.

Law is a noble profession?

My ass...

You can write any opinion to justify any desired outcome. Just distinguish enough facts, or use word-play. And / or logic-play, etc.

I remember thinking the same thing reading those bloviated cases from the Supreme Court.” [Emphasis mine]

Law students with any observation skills and the ability to be honest with themselves soon discovered this reality – usually within a week or two of law school. “Judges” are mere politicians in black dresses. Why the hell do you think that the selection, nomination and confirmation process is so heated? Why else would the supposed nine best “judges” in the country often decide cases on a 5-4 vote?!

Conclusion: Joel Pressman is a piece of trash who does not have the balls, backbone, character or integrity to be the first judge to allow discovery in a suit against the law school cockroaches/swindlers. In the end, law grads seeking to sue TTTThoma$ Jeffer$on Sewer of Law will need to do so on an individual basis. Good luck trying to find legal representation. What lawyer will take on a case with such a low potential payoff and remote chance of success? You must simply avoid going to law school, in the first place. The judicial swine will continue to safeguard the academic thieves and alleged "institutions of higher education."

http://www.utexas.edu/law/finaid/costs/

Tuition: Texas residents attending this school on a full-time basis will be charged $33,162 in tuition – for the 2013-2014 academic year. Non-resident, full-time law students will be grabbing their ankles at the rate of $49,244, for 2013-2014. It’s nice to see that this public univer$ity is looking out for the students, right?!?!

Estimated Total Cost of Attendance: According to this same document, indirect expenses will amount to $21,174 for out-of-state, full-time students and $20,374 for in-state, full-time law students for the current school year. The public toilet lists the estimated COA for Texas residents as $53,536, whereas non-residents will face $70,418 in total expenses.

Keep in mind that ABA-accredited diploma mills base living costs off of a nine-month academic year. Seeing that actual students will require 12 month expenses, we need to prorate the following items: room & board; travel; and miscellaneous. Doing so, we reach the subsequent, more accurate figures. In-state, full-time law students at the Univer$ity of Texa$ will have a total budget of $59,463, and non-resident, full-time students will have a total COA of $76,345 for one damn year of “legal education.” What a bargain, huh?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings

Ranking: Vagina Bob Morse and US “News” & World Report list the Univer$ity of Texa$ $chool of Law as the 15th best law school in the country. In fact, it only shares this rating with one other ABA-accredited money pit, i.e. Vanderbilt University, which is located in cosmopolitan Nashville, Tennessee.

http://www.utexas.edu/law/career/prospective/stats.html

Published Employment Statistics: There were 373 members of the University of Texas JD Class of 2012. Damn, that’s a lot of people! Of that amount, 343 were employed in some capacity. Only three graduates did not supply their job status to the school. As a result, the “placement” rate for this cohort was 92.7 percent, i.e. 343/370.

By the way, this supposed 15th best law school in the nation resorted to hiring 21 of its Class of 2012 grads in law school or university-funded positions! Only two of the posts were full-time and long-term. The remaining 19 jobs are listed as full-time and short-term. Yes, the pigs hired 5.6% of the entire big-ass cohort, i.e. 21/373. Without these direct placements, only 87 percent of the class would have been employed within nine months of graduation, i.e. 322/370.

Scroll down to Employment Type. Notice that a total of 187 JDs from the Class of 2012 ended up working in private law firms. If your goal is to go into such a law practice, you had a roughly 50% chance of doing so, coming out of the 15th most amazing law school in the United States.

Of that figure, two desperate souls opened up solo practices, 46 went to work for toilet law shops with 2-10 lawyers, another 19 found employment with offices of 11-25 attorneys, and seven JDs were hired by firms with 26-50 lawyers. On the high end, 22 grads became associates in firms of 251-500 attorneys - while 69 were hired by Biglaw. If you want to land such employment, your odds were 18.5 percent - i.e. 69/373 - if you were a member of the University of Texas JD Class of 2012. Do you still want to take this risky gamble, ass-clown?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+6

Average Law Student Indebtedness:USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the UT-Austin Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $86,312. $omehow, only 74 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such foul debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/databases/salaries/university-of-texas-at-austin-2010?dept=law

Faculty and Administrator Salaries: Let’s see how well the academic thieves/filthy swine are doing, in comparison to their students. For this info, we head to the Collegiate Times Salary Database. The following figures are from 2010, the most recent year available. The numbers do not take bonuses, benefits or other compensation into account.

Sasquatch Lawrence Sager made $374,167 as dean. Robert Bone and his yellow teeth, big-ass nose and ratty mustache raked in $252,500 - in his role as the G. Rollie White Teaching “Excellence“ Chair in Law. Ronen Avraham received $251,389 as something called the “Thomas Shelton Maxey professor in law.” How can a group of pigs who each make at least $250K annually not use any of those funds to buy decent haircuts or dentist visits?!?! Harry Martin - now described as an adjunct “professor” - somehow “earned” $250,000 as interim director of the law library. Yes, that must an incredibly challenging job!

Conclusion: The Univer$ity of Texa$ $chool of Law is an overpriced public commode. If you do not come from a wealthy family, then you will essentially be required to incur an additional $90K-$125K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for a chance to practice law. Don’t forget that more than a quarter of the Class of 2012 did not take out any student loans for their law degrees. This means that you will be competing with connected, rich kids for good jobs. Unlike you, those boys and girls can rely on their wealthy father to call in a favor in order to get them a position.

Do…you…understand…that, Bitch?!?! Or do I need to draw you a diagram with Crayola on poster-board, so that it will penetrate your gray matter? For the benefit of the tools who are intent on attending this school, I post the following list. Your rich classmates have the following advantages over you: (a) they will not take on any student debt; (b) these coddled kids do not necessarily need to have stellar undergrad GPAs and top LSAT scores to gain admission; (c) once in school, they do not need to study hard or earn the best grades; (d) the spoiled brats do not need to “network” since they already know influential people well; (e) they speak the language of the elite pigs and they share the same culture, worldview and mannerisms; and (f) they have employment lined up.

In fact, these privileged children can get drunk every night and spend their days, nights and weekends chasing pussy and playing video games. You, on the other hand, will spend countless hours in the library. Furthermore, YOU will be expected to “work hard” and make connections. Guess what, genius? Those who already have money and/or access to power BEFORE attending law school are way ahead of you. They have several significant advantages over your debt-strapped ass in the job market.

Campos Delivers a Crushing Right Hook:

On September 27, 2013, Paul Campos blasted the American University Commode of Law pigs right in the snout, with his blog entry entitled “Dealing with the crash, Pt. 2.” Check out this excerpt:

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2013/09/dealing-with-the-crash-pt-2

“American is arguably the biggest ripoff going in legal academia, as it combines “prestige” of a sort (it is normally ranked among the top quarter of ABA law schools) with sky-high sticker attendance costs (estimated as $71,070 per year for 2013-14), very little in the way of tuition discounts (more than 60% of the class is currently paying sticker, and almost all the rest get a miserly $10,000 discount off that $70K bill), and wretched employment statistics, which have combined to produce a massively indebted and seriously depressed student body.” [Emphasis mine]

Now, look at this portion of his epic conclusion:

“Like other schools, American had and has three options for dealing with this unpleasant and potentially unprofitable development, which are to reduce the size of its class, the cost of attendance, or the selectivity of its admissions — or some combination of these strategies.

While the University of Iowa represents a school that appears to have gone all in with the first option, American has shoved in its chips with the third. This fall’s entering class of 474 1Ls is at just about the average size for AU entering classes over the last decade, and while real as opposed to nominal tuition data isn’t officially available yet, all indications are that the school didn’t up its very small “scholarship” budget.

What it did instead was continue to slash admissions standards. The median LSAT for the entering class has declined from the 86th to the 70th percentile in just two years, and, even more tellingly, since 2009 the 25th percentile for full-time matriculants has fallen a startling seven points — from 160 (the 80.4 percentile) to 153, which is barely above average for LSAT takers (55.6%). To get some sense of what the latter stat signifies, consider that a decade ago, only 55.6% of all law school applicants were getting into any law school, and that only about two-thirds of LSAT takers even bothered to apply to law school at all. [Emphasis mine]

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2013/04/a-cleaner-ranking-of-schools-long-term-full-time-employment-minus-law-school-funded-jobs.html#more

The Toilet’s Embarrassing Employment Placement Statistics: On April 10, 2013, Dan Filler posted a Faculty Lounge entry entitled “New Law School Rankings: Employment Data Cleaned Of School Funded Jobs” This article is based off of each ABA-accredited diploma mill’s Class of 2012 ABA Employment Report. As the text and title make clear, the figures pertain to JD Required positions that are full-time, long term - and exclude law school funded jobs. Under these measures, American Univer$ity Wa$hington Commode of Law ranked 179th best in job placement! Only 22 other trash heaps produce weaker results for their students.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+3

Supposed Overall Ranking: American Univer$ity Wa$hington Commode of Law is allegedlythe 56th greatest, most fantastic and amazing law school in the nation - according to US “News“ & World Report. How in the hell can there be such a wide discrepancy between a school’s reputation and the job prospects for its students?

http://www.lstscorereports.com/?r=other&show=admissions&class=2011

Charting the Drop in LSAT Scores: Simply scroll down to the school’s name or use the CTRL+F function under Admissions Data, in order to view the figures for first year law students entering American University COL in 2011:

“25th percentile LSAT: 159
Median LSAT score: 162
75th percentile LSAT: 163”

http://www.wcl.american.edu/admiss/profile.cfm

Numbers for the first year law class at American Univer$ity for 2013:

“25th percentile LSAT: 153
Median LSAT score: 157
75th percentile LSAT: 159”

Anyone with an IQ above room temperature will recognize that this is a significant drop-off, especially within a span of two years! Perhaps the tide is turning against the law school cockroaches. The general public is now much more informed about the numerous, huge risks of obtaining a “legal education.”

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings

Average Law Student Indebtedness:US “News” lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the American Univer$ity JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $152,659. This is the SIXTH LARGEST STUDENT DEBT FIGURE among ABA-accredited schools! Then again, only 77 percent of this cesspool’s particular class took on such vile debt. Keep in mind that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

Conclusion: American University Washington Commode of Law is a GROSSLY OVERPRICED, highly over-rated pile of buffalo excrement. Why should you incur an additional $160K-$210K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for such pathetic legal employment prospects?!?! The law school pigs at this in$TTiTTuTTion have decided to cash in before the application and enrollment numbers drop further. Again, these bitches and hags are only concerned with keeping the gravy train of federally-backed student loans rolling along. If YOU end up in financial ruin, that will not affect the swine. After all, they get paid up front, in full.

Albany Law Sewer Planned for a Small Decrease in Class Size:

Back on January 14, 2013, Robert Gavin’s piece, entitled “Judging a law degree’s worth,” appeared in the Albany Times Union. Take a look at the excerpt below:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Judging-a-law-degree-s-worth-4189586.php

“Max Heintz works 30 hours a week at a Stewart's Shop in Glenville. A friend works in Virginia for a moving company. Another friend works for his father's insurance business in western New York.

They are all 2012 graduates of Albany Law School.

"I'm still looking" for a job in the legal profession, said Heintz, 28, of Scotia, a 2012 graduate who passed the bar exam.

Their situations are the rule, not the exception.” [Emphasis mine]

Later on, the author provided this revealing info:

“Fewer students are choosing law school. Albany Law planned to downsize its incoming class by 10 students a year over three years. But the plan wasn't implemented — fewer students applied and were accepted.” [Emphasis mine]

It’s great to see the law school pigs sweat. For far too long these bitches and hags at ABA-accredited dung pits have been able to publish misleading data, in order to get more asses in seats.

Standard & Poor’s Flushes the Independent Toilet:

On April 11, 2013, the Albany Times Union published reporter Scott Waldman’s article, “Standard & Poor’s downgrades Albany Law School.” Check out this opening:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Standard-Poor-s-downgrades-Albany-Law-School-4428384.php

“Colleges and universities spend a lot of resources ensuring enrollment does one of two things: stabilize or increase.

Albany Law School is headed in the wrong direction. The school's enrollment has dropped 14 percent in just two years.

The school now enrolls 617 students, down from 720 in the 2010-2011 academic year. That loss has caught the attention of the Standard & Poor's bond rating agency, which downgraded the school's outlook from positive to stable. Standard & Poor's said the situation at Albany Law reflected a national trend of law schools losing students and tuition income.

Weakening demand for Albany Law has decreased net tuition revenue and put significant pressure on the school's operating performance, the report found.

The report suggested that Albany Law is more vulnerable to the national trend of enrollment decline because it is not connected to a larger university. Law schools that are part of a larger university or university system were better able to absorb losses of the last few years. Schools tied to a university also can better attract students amid the shrinking market in the future because they are more able to offer bigger financial aid packages.” [Emphasis mine]

Read the rest of the piece and you will see that S&P prognosticates that applications to and enrollment at Albany Law Sewer will drop for several more years before finally stabilizing at a smaller level. How will this affect the group of parasites known as “law professors”?!

Albany Law Sewer’s Huge Drop in Enrollment:

Albany Business Review posted reporter Adam Sichko’s article “Law school cuts enrollment, faculty next” - on June 7, 2013. Review this opening left jab:

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/2013/06/07/law-school-cuts-enrollment-faculty-next.html?page=all

“As few as 130 students will begin pursuing law degrees at Albany Law School this fall—half the size of the first-year class five years ago.

The steep drop is the latest sign of the stark new economics confronting law schools nationwide, including Albany Law, the only law school within 90 miles of the state capital.” [Emphasis mine]

That is quite a drop in enrollment. You’re welcome, bitches!

Now, scroll down to Sichko’s conclusion:

“Smaller enrollment at Albany Law means [toilet dean and “president” Penelope] Andrews will trim the school’s roster of 50 full-time faculty. She says she has no set target yet, but wants to preserve the student-faculty ratio.

Andrews also is exploring ways to raise revenue, including online courses and offering certification for non-lawyers.

The law school’s annual budget is now $28.2 million, down about 12 percent from a couple of years ago.

“For us, the gamble is the balance between a rich and rewarding experience for students, and the need to be fiscally responsible,” Andrews says. “Smaller is better for Albany Law School. That’s our legacy.” [Emphasis mine]

Keep trying to spin this as a “voluntary reduction” of class sizes, Cockroach. At least, fewer academic thieves will be on the payroll.

Conclusion: Albany Law Sewer is a festering THIRD TIER COMMODE, as it is currently ranked asthe 132nd greatest, most phenomenal and fantastic law school in the country - by US “News” & World Report. Having a gutter reputation does not stop these bastards from charging their students$43,248 in annual tuition - for the 2013-2014 school year, however. Lastly, USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those unfortunate members of the Albany Law Sewer Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as$113,674. Fully 88 percent of this cohort took on such vile debt for a TTT law degree.

In sum, DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER ATTENDING this trash pit. If you are not from a wealthy family, then you will almost certainly graduate from this cesspool with an additional $125K-$165K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt. As you can see, this school already produces JDs who work at convenience stores, move furniture or sell insurance. Don’t add your name to the list of casualties.

http://www.law.smu.edu/JDFinancial-Aid

Tuition: Students enrolled in this private commode will be slapped with a big-ass tuition bill of $46,519 - for the 2013-2014 school year. In good news, part-time law students at SMU will only have a crowbar shoved up their anus to the tune of $34,889 for the 2013-2014 academic year. It’s nice to see an ‘institution of higher education” puts its students’ interests first, right?!?!

Total Cost of Attendance: According to this same document, indirect expenses will add $20,238 to the price tag. Books are estimated at $2,000, while living costs are listed as $15,500 and miscellaneous expenses are set at $2,738. As such, the published, total COA for full-time suckers is $66,757.

Keep in mind that ABA-accredited diploma mills and trash pits base these costs on a nine-month basis. Since actual students will require year-round expenses, we will prorate living and miscellaneous expenses - in order to reach a more accurate figure. Doing so, the estimated COA for full-time law students at SMU is $72,837 - for 2013-2014. Yes, that is one hell of a bargain, huh?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+2

Ranking: Bob Morse and his fellow hags at US “News” & World Report list $outhern Methodi$t Univer$ity Dead Man Walking Sewer of Law as the 48th greatest, most sensational and exhilarating law school in the entire United States. In fact, this toilet shares this distinct honor with the following four law schools: Florida State, Tulane, UC Hastings and the University of Houston.

http://www.law.smu.edu/Career-Services/Employment-Statistics.aspx

Published Employment “Placement” Statistics: Looking at the Class of 2012 Employment Report, you will immediately note that there were 293 members of this massive cohort. Of that figure, a total of 273 graduates found a job of some sort within nine months of receiving their law degree. This represents 93.2% of the class. Hell, the garbage heap only placed three of these JDs in law school or university funded positions.

Scroll down to Employment Type. You will notice that 166 grads from this class found employment in private law firms. Five desperate fools decided to open solo practices, while 75 damn people went to work for law firms of 2-10 attorneys. Another 27 were hired by firms of 11-25 lawyers. Only 24 found employment in law offices with more than 500 attorneys.

SMU Law’s “Test Drive” Program:

Back on May 19, 2010, Elie Mystal posted an epic ATL post entitled “SMU Will Pay You Hire Their Graduates.” Take a look at this killer opening:

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/05/smu-will-pay-you-to-hire-their-graduates/

“It was only a matter of time.

SMU Dedman School of Law is now officially willing to pay law firms to hire its graduates. The school is calling its new program “Test Drive,” which adds a nice layer of hilarity: Toyota wouldn’t pay me to test drive a Camry.

Even the logo for this program screams sadness:

Let’s look at the blast email from SMU career services…

This program is a shameless attempt to game the U.S. News rankings. SMU essentially admits as much in the opening paragraph of its Test Drive pitch:

We are pleased to report that over 97% of our graduates in the SMU Dedman School of Law Class of 2009 were employed nine months after graduation, and we want to support the Class of 2010 toward equally strong employment. To this goal, we initiated Test Drive, which allows employers to evaluate the legal knowledge, skills, work ethic and professionalism of our recent December 2009 or May 2010 graduates on a “no strings attached” basis.” [Emphasis mine]

Does anyone with an IQ above room temperature believe these pigs resorted to this filth, because they care about the students’ outcomes?!?! [Hint: It is MUCH more likely that I am writing this entry as Lauren Graham has her ankles locked around my waist.]

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+4

Average Law Student Indebtedness:US “News” lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the $MU Dead Man Walking Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $113,266. Yet, only 70 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such foul debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

Conclusion: Avoid this Texas dung heap at all costs. You will not be served well by incurring an additional $120K-$165K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for a chance to practice law. Again, fully 30% of the last graduating class did not take on any debt for their degree. What does that tell you, Lemming?!?!

If YOU do not come from a wealthy family, then you are facing several significant disadvantages. These include the following: (a) those boys and girls graduate with no student debt; (b) they do not need to bust their asses to earn stellar grades; (c) they have no need to start “networking” from day one of law school; and (d) their parents can get them a good job simply by making a few phone calls to their friends. Yet, you will be expected to compete with those connected, rich kids for the available number of legal job openings. Lastly, don’t forget that Texas is the SEVENTH-MOST GLUTTED lawyer job market in the nation, according to Economic Modeling Specialists.

http://www.baylor.edu/law/ps/index.php?id=74805

Tuition: Full-time law students/victims at Baylor University - a private Baptist school - will have their anuses penetrated to the tune of $47,334 in tuition - for the 2013-2014 school year. I suppose the pigs feel that Jesus would charge such outrageous rates. For some reason, these ass-hats still use a an archaic three quarter academic year.

http://www.baylor.edu/sfs/index.php?id=92626

Total Cost of Attendance: Now we head to a form labeled "2013-2014 Law Full-Time Budgets." For the poor souls attending for all three quarters, the cesspool estimates that other cost will amount to an additional $21,779. This brings the total estimated COA to $69,113. By the way, fees account for $3,372 for the current school year.

Keep in mind that ABA-accredited trash pits only calculate living expenses on a nine month basis. Seeing that actual law students will require these costs over the entire year, I will prorate the following items: room; board; transportation; and personal expenses. Books, supplies, and fees remain unchanged. After these adjustments, we reach a more accurate, total COA of $74,607 - for 2013-2014. That's one hell of a bargain for the student, huh?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+3

Ranking: According to US "News"& World Report, Baylor University Sewer of Law is rated as the 54th greatest, most marvelous and sensational law school in the United States. It only shares this wondrous distinction with one other commode, i.e. Georgia STTaTTe UniversiTTy. Who wouldn't be proud of this "achievement"?!

http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/197326.pdf

Published Employment Placement Statistics: Based on the Employment Summary for 2012 Graduates, there were 164 members of this cohort. Of this total, only three did not furnish their employment status to the commode. The placement rate for this class was a mere 85.7 percent, i.e. 138/161. That is an incredible figure, right?!?! Again, this includes law grads working as insurance adjusters, elementary school teachers, or restaurant servers.

One graduate was enrolled in an advanced degree program full-time, while four had their start date deferred. Furthermore, three Baylor grads were unemployed but not seeking, whereas 15 suckers were out of work and looking for a job. At least, the sewage pit only hired two members of this class in university of law school funded positions.

Scroll down to Employment Type, to look at the overall job outlook. You will note that exactly 100 graduates from this cohort ended up working in private law firms. Four desperate souls opened up solo practices, while 47 found employment in firms of 2-10 lawyers. Another 19 were hired by offices of 11-25 attorneys, whereas 12 grads were working for firms of 26-10 lawyers. In stark contrast, four members of Baylor's Law Class of 2012 were hired by firms of more than 500 attorneys. Do you still want to take the gamble, Lemming?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+5

Average Law Student Indebtedness:USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the Baylor JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $99,852. In fact, 78 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such toxic debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/741/159/2012-741159753-093a8134-9.pdf

University Administrator Salary Info: We will scroll down to page 81 of the 2012 Form 990 for Baylor University, i.e. Employer ID No. 74-1159753, in order to see how well the cockroaches are doing in comparison to the students. The TOTAL COMPENSATION figures below are for the tax year ending May 31, 2012.

Surprisingly, no member of the law faculty makes the list as one of the highest compensated employees at this dung heap. Then again, this supposed “institution of higher education” was too busy paying its head football coach $2,426,360; its head men‘s basketball coach a total of $2,133,120; and shelling out $1,324,969 to the head women‘s basketball coach. The university “president” is none other than one of the most vile dogs in this country, i.e. Kenneth Starr. This bastard raked in $706,426 in TOTAL COMPENSATION - for the tax year listed above. Yes, Piggy made $585,808 in reportable compensation, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the swine - so the university threw in another $120,618 in “estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations.”

Conclusion: Baylor UniversiTTy Law Sewer is a grossly overpriced, private toilet. The direct cost of attendance currently stands at $50,706, i.e. tuition plus fees. Try paying just the tuition, and see if the pigs allow you to enroll. This fact further shows that private Chri$tian colleges in Texas are motivated by money. In the final analysis, if you want to play Texas Hold 'Em with your future, it's your life, Idiot. But don't complain that you were not warned, when you are strapped down with an additional $110K-$140K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - while earning a meek $35K per year.

The New York Times Wipes Its Ass with Law Reviews:

Adam Liptak’s article, “The Lackluster Reviews That Lawyers Love to Hate,” appeared in the October 21, 2013 edition of the New York Times. Thank you to the anonymous commenter who posted the hyperlink in the prior TTR entry. Read the entire piece, but focus on the following portion, in particular:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/us/law-scholarships-lackluster-reviews.html?emc=eta1&_r=2&

“Judge Dennis G. Jacobs, of the federal appeals court in New York, was similarly dismissive [as John G. Roberts was back in June 25, 2011].

“I haven’t opened up a law review in years,” he said in 2007. “No one speaks of them. No one relies on them.”

That is only mild hyperbole. About 43 percent of law review articles have never been cited in another article or in a judicial decision.

Law reviews are not really meant to be read. They mostly exist as a way for law schools to evaluate law professors for promotion and tenure, based partly on what they have to say and partly on their success in placing articles in prestigious law reviews.

The judge, lawyer or ordinary reader looking for accessible and timely accounts or critiques of legal developments is much better off turning to the many excellent law blogs.” [Emphasis mine]

I’m sure that several federal pig "judges" see these garbage publications as coming in handy, when they need to line their birds’ cages. According to the source above, legal blogs provide a better source of relevant material for those interested in legal matters.

Prior Coverage of John Roberts’ Remarks:

On July 7, 2011, the ABA Journal published this piece from Debra Cassens Weiss, under the headline “Law Prof Responds After Chief Justice Roberts Disses Legal Scholarship.” Check out the excerpt below:

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_prof_responds_after_chief_justice_roberts_disses_legal_scholarship/

“Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has raised hackles with his suggestion that there is a disconnect between the scholarship of law professors and the work of practitioners.

Roberts knocked law professors and their work while answering questions at the 4th Circuit Judicial Conference in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., at the end of June.

The American Constitution Society blog has Roberts’ quote: “Pick up a copy of any law review that you see, and the first article is likely to be, you know, the influence of Immanuel Kant on evidentiary approaches in 18th Century Bulgaria, or something, which I’m sure was of great interest to the academic that wrote it, but isn’t of much help to the bar.” C-SPAN posted the interview.” [Emphasis mine]

Hell, even the chief robed politician in this country views law reviews as worthless dreck. That speaks volumes!

Would You Pay $100K for a Law Review Article?:

Paul Caron posted a TaxProf blog piece entitled “The $100,000+ Law Review Article,” on May 26, 2010. Look at this opening:

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/05/the-100000.html

“As Law Profs nationwide gear up to write law review articles over the summer, Larry Cunningham (George Washington) calculates the economic value of the articles:

What’s the economic value of that scholarly article many law professors will write this summer? For the many schools that award scholars summer research grants, it is at least the value of that allocated to the piece—usually $12,500 to $20,000 at most US law schools.

But an excellent article well-placed also often translates into annual salary increments above a school’s merit pay raise pool. That can bump a raise up anywhere from 1% to 3%, or more, depending on the article and how one’s home-school peers do.

For a mid-career scholar earning a base salary of $200,000, say, that means as much as $6,000 or more. For that person, adding $6,000 a year for life, the article’s economic value gets well into the six figures (even discounting to present value).” [Emphasis mine]

In sum, the only people who benefit from this “legal scholarship” are the overpaid parasites known as “law professors.” Many federal swine "judges" are more likely to consult Wikipedia than law review articles, when rendering their ideologically-driven, political decisions. Make sure to remember that fact, when you are strapped down with an additional $135K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - for a law degree - while making $40K per year.

Conclusion: You have seen how federal politicians in black dresses view the reams of useless toilet paper known as law reviews. As noted above, strong legal sites are more relevant than these non-peer reviewed publications. In fact, the ABA Journal reported - on February 29, 2012- thatno major law journal had more than 2,000 paying subscribers. In contrast, Third Tier Reality gets roughly 800-1000 daily visitors. Yes, a site that regularly features pictures of fecal matter, filthy toilets and piles of horse excrement has a much higher readership than these supposed “academic works.” For $ome rea$on, the pigs and cockroaches have no qualms about this aspect of the law school scam.

A Brief Background:

On August 4, 2013, the sewer rats on the American Bar Association’s Task Force on the Future of “Legal Education” issued their first summary. After spending several pages bitching about only having one full year to complete the project - and crying over harsh online criticism directed at the law school cockroaches - the dolts suggested that another task force be formed to further “study” the issue. I covered this nonsense, back on August 4th.

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/taskforcecomments/aba_task_force_working_paper_august_2013.authcheckdam.pdf

Within a day or two of that post, the pussies decided to take down the link to their extremely super important report. For $ome rea$on, the August document is now back up and online - yet it is now only 32 pages in length, instead of the original 34 sheets of toilet paper. Who knows what the hags removed from this earth shattering treatise?!

The Updated 38 Page Pile of Rot:

On September 20, 2013, the pieces of trash on the ABA Task Force on the Future of “Legal Education” published the tripe below:

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/images/news/PDF/draft_report_of_aba_task_force_september_2013.pdf

After spending nearly eight full pages - delineating a total of nine generic, vague suggestions - the pigs finally get to their recommendations - on page 28. In their own mangled, meaningless words:

“The Task Force’s specific recommendations are as follows.

A. American Bar Association

The American Bar Association should undertake the following:

1. Establish A Task Force or Commission With Appropriate Expertise to Examine and Recommend Reforms Regarding Law School Pricing and Financing. Issues Within the Scope of Such a Project Should Include:

a. Cost-Based Pricing by Law Schools
b. Discriminatory Pricing by Law Schools
c. Reliance on Loans to Finance Law School Education
d. The Structure of the Current Loan Program for Financing of Law School Education

2. Establish a Center or other Framework to Institutionalize the Process of Continuous Assessment and Improvement in the System of Legal Education.

3. Establish a Mechanism for Gathering Information About Improvements in the System of Legal Education and Disseminate that Information to the Public.

4. Establish Training and Continuing Education Programs for Prelaw Advisors to Improve their Understanding of the System of Legal Education and the Current Environment.”

As you can see, these bastards are not the least bit interested in altering the established garbage order. Of course, these ball-less rodents believe that the ABA should establish another task force or committee to examine reforms pertaining to law school financing and pricing. I wonder if they feel that such a group should be given an additional full year to make their suggestions. What else do you expect from these $elf-intere$ted bureaucrats, “professors” and revenue collectors in black dresses?!?!

Other Coverage:

On October 4, 2013, the Forgotten Attorney posted a hilarious entry labeled “The ABA Task Force Releases Another DRAFT Report. When Will They Actually DO Something?” Take a look at the following excerpt:

http://forgottenattorney.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/the-aba-task-force-releases-another-draft-report-when-will-they-actually-do-something/

“Reform will create casualties – the question is who will be the first to die? Law schools will have to close. Biglaw will lose profits to domestic and overseas doc review firms. Small firms and solo practitioners will lose more of their clients to Legalzoom, document preparers like We the People and a new concept called the legal practitioner. Judges’ dockets will be clogged with pro se and frivolous cases. If the ABA lets the law school scam crisis continue, it will eventually lose credibility and the Department of Education will designate another entity to [accredit] law schools.

So with everyone bitching and moaning, will the ABA Task Force actually do something other than making recommendations? I doubt it. Look at the committee members – they are judges, older practitioners and law professors for the most part.” [Emphasis mine]

Conclusion: The bitches and hags at the American Bar A$$ociation do not give a damn about debt-strapped law students and graduates. Why else would the dung beetles approve and accredit toilets such as TTTThoma$ M. Cooley Law Sewer, WhiTTTTier or Wayne $TTTaTTTe Univer$iTTTy?!?! Furthermore, “law professors” and administrators eschew change. Even this worthless, updated report notes this basic fact - on pages 14 and 15 of the PDF.

In the end, if the swine wanted to find concrete, tangible solutions, they could do so easily. The fact remains that the academic thieves are profiting handsomely off the scam. They have no financial incentive to change such this sick, foul $y$tem. The pigs’ goal is not to fundamentally change this filthy indu$TTTry. If that was their aim, then they could have put 20 Lincoln Park Zoo monkeys in a room full of typewriters, for two weeks, and come up with better recommendations - and perhaps a few decent solutions.

Proliferation of Idiotic LLM Programs:

On October 25, 2013, Jack CriTTenden’s rag, NaTTTional Juri$TTT, posted a story, under the headline “LL.M. degrees explode as law gets more specialized.” Read this opening:

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/llm-degrees-explode-law-gets-more-specialized

“The job market is tight and law firms are looking for graduates with specialized training. Enter the LL.M., a graduate degree that was once exclusive to tax lawyers and a few select others. The degree, however, has grown in popularity in recent years, and law schools are responding with more specialized offerings.

“We’re probably seeing an increase in LL.M. programs to what’s going on in the marketplace due to the job market,” said Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, dean and professor of law at Stetson University School of Law.

There are currently more than 265 LL.M. programs in 42 practice areas for U.S. students. In addition, foreign students can earn an LL.M. in U.S. Studies, and a handful of law schools open those programs to U.S. students as well.

The total number of programs has grown rapidly during the past 10 years — there were only 110 programs in 28 practice areas in 2000.”[Emphasis mine]

The LLM degree did not “grow in popularity” due to its inherent quality or worth, which isn’t much. The fact remains that DESPERATE law grads are having a hell of a time finding any type of legal positions. Each year, many foolishly decide to throw good money after bad, in an attempt to get an advanced Humanities degree from a better, name-brand school.

As this anonymous commenter – over at OTLSS – noted on October 29, 2013, at 8:20 am:

http://outsidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/2013/10/have-it-your-way-at-chicago-kent.html?showComment=1383060029569#c3454486120580050179

“What I am seeing in all this is a reaction to the scamblog movement. As applications decline more and more toilets are resorting to gimmicks that they hope will draw the snowflakes and lemmings to them for a supposed leg up." Sure, Loyola is ranked higher than Kent but if you come to Kent you will graduate "practice ready" and will have multiple offers from big law because they won't have to train you!" [Emphasis mine]

Another Space Law Program Has Liftoff!:

On August 19, 2013, the NaTTTional Juri$TTT published a piece entitled “Space Law: Mississippi launches LL.M.; Nebraska adds J.S.D.” Check out the following hilarious portion:

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/space-law-mississippi-launches-llm-nebraska-adds-jsd

“The University of Mississippi, which bills itself as a world leader in air and space law education, research, and public service, will offer the only LL.M. program in the U.S. that covers both air and space law.The University of Nebraska program focuses on Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law.

Like its Nebraska counterpart, the University of Mississippi program will be offered online as well as on campus. It is designed for both U.S. and foreign-trained law school graduates and is available on a part-time and full-time basis. Mississippi has been home to the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law since 1999 and the Journal of Space Law since 2003.” [Emphasis mine]

Yes, NASA is dying to hire people with LLMs from “powerhouses” such as 102nd ranked UniversiTTTy of Mississippi Sewer of Law - or the 61st greatest, most fantasticand amazing law school in the land, i.e. University of Nebraska Commode of Law. In reality, there is a MUCH higher likelihood that Salma Hayek is moaning my name right row – while scratching her name into my back.

More Garbage Offerings by Desperate Law School Diploma Mills:

Also on August 19, 2013, the same TTT publication featured an article labeled “Miami, Florida International and West Virginia to each launch new LL.M. in 2014.” Take a look at the excerpt below:

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/miami-florida-international-and-west-virginia-each-launch-new-llm-2014

“West Virginia University is the eighth U.S. law school to offer an LL.M. in energy law. It’s Energy Law & Sustainable Development degree will kick off in August 2014.

“West Virginia is at the center of energy production for the country,” the school’s website states. “There is no better place to learn about the intersecting laws and policies governing all of the country’s energy resources than at WVU Law.” [Emphasis mine]

Oil companies can simply rely on experienced attorneys who deal in utilities. None of those economic heavyweights is waiting to hire some ass-hat who is earning a useless LL.M. in “Energy Law & Sustainable Development” – from West Virginia University Commode of Law, the supposed 91st“best” law school in the country. Then again, the toilet is sure to have the highest-rated LLM in this specific academic area.

Conclusion: Since the number of applications has been shrinking for the last three years, there are fewer people enrolled in law school today. The pigs are getting desperate for asses in seats. Let me ask each of you readers: Wouldn't YOU be personally embarrassed to offer such a garbage product at a ridiculous price?!?! The question obviously does not apply to "law professors" or administrators - since they are sociopaths and have no shame or integrity.

July 2013 New York Bar Passers, Last Names K-L:

On his garbage blog back on June 16, 2013 and June 17, 2013 , Dumbass posted the following tagline: “Mr. Infinity, J.D. is a graduate of a law school in the New York area and is traveling in Egypt, Israel, and The Netherlands before taking the New York Bar exam and moving to the west coast.”

http://www.nybarexam.org/EXRJ13/KL711.html

According to this list, Christopher Knorps did not pass the New York Bar Exam, which he sat for in July 2013. Apparently, being "top 18%” at your second tier trash pit - after one year of law school - didn‘t make a difference to your outcome.

"KNOEPFFLER, CAROLINE
KNORR, ELIZABETH NANCY"

The rodent's name would have appeared in between those two successful candidates. How you doing now, douche-bag?!?! Remember how this bastard claimed that he was going to kick ass and set up his own law practice?! Good luck with that objective now.

Press Release Regarding the July 2013 Exam Results:

Take a look at this press release from the New York $TTTaTTTe Board of Law Examiner$, from October 30, 2013:

http://www.nybarexam.org/Press/PressRelease_July2013Results.pdf

“The New York State Board of Law Examiners announced today that grading has been completed for the July 2013 bar examination. The Board examined 11,694 candidates during the two days of testing conducted on July 30-31, 2013.”

Now check out the passage rates for first-time exam takers:

“The passing rate for graduates of New York law schools who took the bar examination in July 2013 for the first time was 88%, which represents an increase of 3% from the results for this same group on the July 2012 exam. The passing rate for graduates of out-of-state law schools who took the exam for the first time in July 2013 was 84%, an increase of 2% from the results for this same group on the July 2012 exam. The graduates of all law schools accredited by the American Bar Association who took the bar examination for the first time achieved a passing rate of 86%, an increase of 3% from the results for this same group on the July 2012 exam.” [Emphasis mine]

Later on, the post continued.

“Candidates received electronic notification of their examination results on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. A complete list of candidates passing the July 2013 bar examination will be available to the public on the Board's website at www.nybarexam.org after 12:00 pm on Thursday, October 31, 2013.”

I still don't see Christopher's name on the pass list.

Crooklyn Law’s 2013 Class Smashed the Exam:

Take a look at this opening, from Brooklyn Law Sewer’s October 31, 2013 press release, entitled “Record Breaking Bar Passage Rate for Class of 2013”:

http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/news/2013/10-31-2013b.aspx

“Brooklyn Law School is pleased to announce that 94% of BLS first-time test takers passed the July exam – far surpassing the 86% statewide average. The Class of ’13 bar passage rate is the Law School’s highest in the past 25 years.

“We are enormously proud of the accomplishment of all of our students who have passed the bar,” said Dean Nick Allard. Dean Allard explained that the high passage rate is “no doubt due to many factors.” “First, as is the case with cooking, it helps to start with quality ingredients like BLS students,” he said. “They are not only bright and motivated, but they put the work in that it takes to pass, including bar prep classes that the law school offers during term. Credit also goes to the preparation BLS students received from the Law School’s outstanding faculty over the three or four years that our students were with us. In particular, students also benefited from hands on counseling and support from many individual faculty members such as Professor Linda Feldman.”

This collective result fromthe 80th greatest and most fantastic law school in the United Statesmakes Christopher Knorps’s “achievement” even more spectacular! Evidently, Nick Allard is not proud of you either, Bitch.

Conclusion: Christopher Knorps is a pathetic rat and a tool. He trolled incessantly, during his entire three years of law school. The rodent consistently and incorrectly claimed that the scam-bloggers were wrong about the legal job market. Knorps is now another statistic. On top of this, the jackass admitted to “owing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars” in student debt.

Congratulations on not passing the New York bar exam, cockroach. You talked down to JD Painter and constantly mocked him. Now you are in the same boat: you both graduated from ABA-accredited toilets located in New York; you did not pass NY bar exam; and now you also owe an assload in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt. At least, Painter is humble enough to share his story, in an attempt to warn others about the financial risks inherent in attaining a “legal education.” In stark contrast, you promoted a garbage e-book about “how to succeed in law school”on your Twitter accountto foolish Lemmings.

http://law.duke.edu/admis/tuition/

Tuition: Full-time law students at Duke Univer$ity will be charged the insane amount of $52,620 in tuition – for the 2013-2014 school year. To put this into perspective, this is higher than the current $52,400 tuition rate at Yale Law School. Isn’t it great to see that the students’ interests are placed first?!?!

Total Cost of Attendance: This same document includes a budget for the 2013-2014 academic year. With fees and living expenses added in, the high priced toilet lists a total, estimated COA of $75,103. Keep in mind that the pigs only consider nine month living costs, when calculating these figures. Surely, they don’t do this in order to deceive lemmings, and make the overall figure lower, right?!?! It MUST be a mere oversight that every single ABA-accredited diploma mill has failed to correct.

Seeing that actual law students will require living expenses over twelve months, I have pro-rated the following four items: rent &; utilities; food; personal; and local transportation. Doing so, we reach a more accurate total COA of $80,797– for 2013-2014. That is one hell of a bargain, huh?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings

Ranking: According to US “News” & World Report, Duke Univer$ity $chool of Law is the 11th best law school in the country. Who wouldn’t want to incur a king’s ransom in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt, for such a fancy law degree?!

https://law.duke.edu/career/employmentdata-detail/

Employment Placement Statistics: Based on this chart, there were 225 members of the Duke JD Class of 2012. Of this figure, 217 found some form of employment. Only one grad did not supply his status to the school. As such, the school reported that 96.9% of this class was employed within nine months of graduation, i.e. 217/224.

Scroll down to Employment Type, for a moment. You will notice that 126 graduates of this particular cohort ended up working in private law firms. Three of these positions were full-time, long-term and two of them were listed as part-time, short-term. To be fair to the greedy, gluttonous pigs, 21 JDs were employed by firms of 251-500 lawyers, and another 91 were hired by firm with more than 500 attorneys.

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/06/the-secret-to-100-employed-at-graduation-dukes-bridge-to-practice/

Duke Law’s Bridge to Practice Program: On June 10, 2010, Kashmir Hill posted an ATL entry labeled “The Secret to ‘100% Employed at Graduation’: Duke’s Bridge to Practice.” Look at the excerpt below:

“As Duke Law News reported, Duke worked hard to ensure its graduates had jobs. While it didn’t go the SMU route of paying employers to “test drive” its graduates, it does now provide stipends to some of its unemployed graduates to allow them to work for a couple months at no cost to employers.Using SMU’s car metaphor, the law school pays for the gas while Dukies and prospective employers take a little spin. Duke calls it “The Bridge to Practice” program.

It started in 2008 — employing the nine graduates who would have otherwise ruined that nice round 100%. The numbers of participants have increased since then, as the economy has worsened.” [Emphasis mine]

Yes, a perennial top 12 law school had to resort to this gimmick - in order to bolster its employment placement rate. In fact, this project is still in operation at Duke Law. It is now referred to as a fellowship program.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+2

Average Law Student Indebtedness:“US News” lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the Duke Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $131,092. Hell, 88 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such foul debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account, while the student is enrolled.

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/560/532/2012-560532129-097adbbf-9.pdf

Outrageous University Salaries: Surprisingly, no member of the law school faculty or administration made the list of highest paid employees. Scroll down to page 90 of this ridiculously lengthy Form 990. You will notice that the head basketball coach, Michael Kryzewski, made $9,682,032 in TOTAL COMPENSATION - for the tax year ending June 30, 2012.

In case you were wondering, the rat’s salary far exceeds that of any NBA head coach - as of August 12, 2013. The highest listed salary is $7 million, even though the season is much longer, the stress is constant and the stakes are significantly higher. Who says that “higher education” doesn’t pay off handsomely?!?!

Conclusion: Duke University School of Law is a place for rich kids. If you don’t belong to “the club,” then you will be out of place at this school. Connections, wealth and having the right family name trump “hard work” – when it comes to securing the best jobs. After all, YOU will be expected to take on an additional $145K-$185K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt, for a chance to enter the door. Plus,Biglaw positions are not exactly secure. If you don’t bring in a ton of business or are not on a path to becoming a partner within 3-5 years, you can look forward to being unceremoniously tossed out on your ass.

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/prospective-students/costs-financial-aid/budget.php

Tuition: Full-time law students at Vanderbilt Univer$ity will be ass-raped to the tune of $47,746 in tuition - for the 2013-2014 school year. These sewer rats are essentially charging medical school rates. In fact, Vanderbilt Law charges a higher amount of tuition than the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, i.e. $44,030. Someone explain to me how in the hell the law school incurs higher costs than the medical school!

Estimated Cost of Attendance: According to this same document, living expenses will add another $21,198 to the gigantic tab. Loan fees account for an additional $1,158, while books and supplies amount to $1,842. Using the first tier toilet’s numbers, the total COA - for the 2013-2014 academic year - is $71,944.

At least, the pigs at Vanderbilt are up front about basing their living costs on a nine-month school year. Actual law students will require twelve months of expenses. In order to reach a more accurate figure, we need to prorate the following items: housing; miscellaneous; meals; and transportation. After doing so, the total estimated cost of attendance - for 2013-2014 - amounts to $79,010. Yes, the school truly cares about the students, right?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings

Ranking: Bob Morse and US “News” & World Report lists Vanderbilt Univer$ity Law Sewer as the 15th best law school in the entire damn country. It only shares this distinction with one other ABA-accredited commode, i.e. the Univer$ity of Texa$ $chool of Law.

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/employers-cs/three-year-summary.php

Employment Placement Statistics: The Class of 2012 had 196 members. Of this amount, three graduates did not supply their job status to the school. Ten JDs from this cohort were unemployed. Notice that the bitches and hags cannot add, as the column only amounts to 195. As such, the employment “placement” rate was 94.8 percent, i.e. 182/192.

Under Employment Types, you will notice that 52% of employed grads went to work for private law firms - of any size. From this segment, 37 percent were hired by firms of more than 500 attorneys. Basically, 18.24% of this class entered Biglaw, i.e. 94.8*0.52*0.37. Still like your odds, ass-clown?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+2

Average Law Student Indebtedness:USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the Vanderbilt JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $124,493. Yet, “only” 76 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such vile debt. Remember that this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account, while the student is enrolled.

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/620/476/2012-620476822-096d0323-9.pdf

Law Faculty and Administrator Salary Info: Let’s see how well the academic thieves are doing, in juxtaposition with their debt-strapped students. In order to do so, we will look at the 2012 Form 990. Head all the way down to pages 359 and 360 of this document, to find highest paid swine. Yes, you read that correctly. Can you believe this nonsense?!?! The following TOTAL COMPENSATION figures are for the tax year ending on June 30, 2012.

Nicholas Zippos“serves” as chancellor, but he is also listed as a “professor of law.” This rodent raked in $1,234,749 - with $1,007,183 coming in base salary. Meanwhile, David Williams II rolled around in $1,215,566 - for his dual role as vice chancellor for university affairs and athletics and “law professor.” Who says that “higher education” doesn’t pay off handsomely?!

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/113352/0/Young-law-school-grads-face-uncertain-job-market

Vandy Law Grads Waiting Tables: Check out this story, from Jennifer Brooks, which appeared in the February 16, 2010 edition of The Tennessean. It was entitled “Young law school grads face uncertain job market.” Read the excerpt below:

"After graduation, I think as many as 20 to 25 percent of my (classmates) were laid off. Either they had (job) offers taken back, or they worked a few months and then were laid off," said Sarah Laird, who graduated from Vanderbilt Law School in 2008, just as the economy was beginning to tank and her classmates were beginning to notice that lucrative job offers from big corporate law firms weren't rolling in as expected.

Laird landed a clerkship with the state court of criminal appeals. Some of her classmates weren't so fortunate.

"I know a couple that waited tables. I've even done that, when I needed some extra money," she said." [Emphasis mine]

Yes, what great outcomes for graduates of the co-15th greatest law school in the country, right?!?!

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/SSRN-id1497044.pdf

Vanderbilt Law Faculty Member Warns Students About Law School: Back on October 29, 2009, Herwig Schlunk published a draft law and economics paper entitled “Mamas Don’t Let You Babies Grow Up To Be…Lawyers.” In that document, Schlunk concluded that law school is a poor investment for MOST students. I remember citing to this paper during the early days of the scamblog movement. Now, look how far the message has spread since that time.

Conclusion: Vanderbilt University Law Sewer is ridiculously overpriced. REMEMBER, THE VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL PIGS CHARGE MORE IN TUITION THAN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL!! You will essentially be required to take on an additional $135K-$170K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - for a chance to enter the legal “profession.” Also, it is significant that the two founders of Law School Transparency were former students at Vanderbilt Law. Plus, don’t forget the importance of VULS “professor” Herwig Schlunk’s law and economics paper. In sum, avoid this commode unless you come from a wealthy family and you don’t really need a career.

Wonderful News!:

On November 11, 2013, the NaTTTional Juri$TTT published Alicia Albertson’s piece, “New England Law downsizing enrollment, faculty size.” Look at this excerpt:

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/new-england-law-downsizing-enrollment-faculty-size

“John O’Brien, previously the highest paid dean in the nation, will take a 25 percent pay cut this year, amid enrollment cutbacks and faculty buyouts at New England Law | Boston.

Its part of the school’s effort to stay ahead of the curve.

“Looking ahead, New England Law, like most law schools, anticipates fewer applications and smaller classes for the foreseeable future as a result of national trends,” said Patrick Collins, director of communications and marketing at the stand-alone law school. “The school is positioning itself for those realities.”

O’Brien’s salary will drop from $867,000 to around $650,000 a year. They faculty buyouts would go into effect for the 2014-2015 academic year.

“The Board of Trustees has proposed a generous incentive plan for voluntary separation by some faculty members, to take effect at the beginning of the new academic year,” Collins said.“The final number of participants in the plan will depend on faculty interest, enrollment projections, curricular needs and other institutional requirements.” [Emphasis mine]

You’re welcome, cockroaches! I love how the bitches and hags at this dump tried to spin this as a “voluntary” reduction in student enrollment. Yeah, sure it was their choice - and I decided not to ask Salma Hayek out last weekend.

Other Coverage:

Paul Campos reported on this development with his October 25, 2013 entry labeled “Law school dean threatens to summarily fire faculty who don’t accept buyouts or doubled teaching loads.” Read the following portion:

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2013/10/law-school-dean-threatens-to-summarily-fire-faculty-who-dont-accept-buyouts-or-doubled-teaching-loads

“Paul Caron quotes an anonymous source “close to the situation” as they say:

New England School of Law plans to eliminate 14 fulltime faculty positions by August 1, 2014. Depending on how one counts, this is about 35-40% of the regular faculty. . . . Faculty have been told by Dean John O’Brien that these 14 positions will be eliminated according to the School’s needs, regardless of tenure or seniority. An incentive plan has been offered to senior faculty and certain clinical faculty, but those who don’t take it have been threatened with termination. Their decisions must be final by the end of the Fall term. Those who still do not comply or were not offered the plan, were told that if they remain, their workload during the next academic year will move from 2 to as much as 4 courses per semester and that they will be required to be at their desks from 9 to 5 each day of the work week or an equivalent time period if they are teaching evening classes.

(I asked Caron how confident he is in the source’s reliability, and he replied “100%.”).” [Emphasis mine]

I am enjoying this development thoroughly.

A Severe Uppercut to the Swines' Snouts:

The Law School Truth Center blog went off on Pig O’Brien, in the October 28, 2013 post entitled “The Intolerable Acts of King O'Brien.” Check out this epic, hilarious opening:

http://lawschooltruthcenter.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-intolerable-acts-of-king-obrien.html

“New England School of Law - close to the place where Britain really put the vicegrip on the American colonies' revolutionizing nutsack - is paying homage to that heritage by cracking the whip on its law professors:

35-40% cut in faculty.

Increased teaching loads to 8 classes per annum.

9-5 work schedule.

9-5 work schedule!!!!!!!

Intolerable. These are academic professionals.” [Emphasis mine]

I’m sure that the academic thieves at this notorious dung pit are sweating their little balls off over this fact. Remember, the vast majority of house cats work harder than these bastards.

Conclusion: John O’Brien is a reprehensible cockroach. As you can see,New England Law | Boston is rated as a FOURTH TIER PILE OF TRASH - by US “News” & World Report. Yes, that surely makes this sewer rat worth every penny of his $867K annual compensation, huh?!?! In the last analysis, this commode announcing that it is cutting staff is akin to a plumber slicing a turd in half. What’s the big deal? Well, according to USN&WR,the average law student indebtedness figure for the NELB Class of 2012 stood at a $132,632. In fact, 92% of this unfortunate cohort incurred debt for a TTTT law degree. At least, these academic dung beetles will not be FINANCIALLY RAPING as many students each year.

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