THIRD TIER REALITY

http://lawschool.untsystem.edu/admissions/costs

Tuition: This pile of waste has not yet opened its filthy doors. Of course, that doesn’t stop these pigs from charging non-resident, full-time students $23,760 in tuition - for the 2014-2015 school year. In-state, full time UNT law students will be charged a rate of $12,540 for 2014-2015, once the $1,500 partial tuition waiver is applied.

Why Attend This Vile Toilet?: In the pigs’ own words:

http://lawschool.untsystem.edu/why-unt-dallas-col

“WE OFFER AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO LEGAL EDUCATION.

We are a new law school, with a fresh emphasis on learning by doing. We utilize the best instructional practices, offer engaged, experiential and collaborative learning, and provide ongoing assessment for our students. Since sound legal judgment is cultivated by experience, we give you ample opportunities to do real law. Most of our upper level courses include a “lab” component that applies the subject matter while developing practical competencies. And our students actively participate in practice settings while receiving mentoring and guidance.” [Emphasis mine]

You will still be taught by failed attorneys known as “law professors.” Most of these dolts will have roughly seven minutes of experience as lawyers. If "the law" is so wonderful and amazing, why aren't these old bitches and hags practicing?!?! Plus, this school has no alumni network at all!

Message from the Swine Dean: Arlen Specter-doppelganger Royal Furgeson puts forth the following reason for attending his outhouse:

http://lawschool.untsystem.edu/about/message-from-dean

“So you want to go to law school. Why should you consider us, the UNT Dallas College of Law, a brand new school? Without making any extravagant promises, I can think of a few reasons, and not simply because I am the Dean.

Our goal is to be a teaching law school, concentrating on student learning, but with a different vision of what that means. For one thing, in the first year and beyond, your courses will include periodic feedback and assessments during the course, not the usual single test at the end of each semester. This will help you know how well you are learning the material, and how to improve. It also will help us monitor how effectively we are teaching. We don’t want anyone to fall behind if we can prevent it. So we will be challenging you, but we will also be supportive.” [Emphasis mine]

Cockroach Specter, you will recall, was the author of the idiotic “magic bullet” theory, in order to help cover up the November 22, 1963 assassination that took place in Dealey Plaza - and he went to Yale Law School! In the final analysis, Furgeson is also grasping at straws - in an attempt to justify his unaccredited filth pit’s existence. It goes without saying that this periodic feedback will not create any additional lawyer job openings in the state. Plus, legal employers outside of Texas will not be looking at UNT Dallas Commode of Law grads.

Epic Flush of UNT Dallas COL: Back on July 6, 2010, Elie Mystal posted a hilarious entry labeled “How to Sell a Law School to Texans.” Check out this segment:

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/07/how-to-sell-a-law-school-to-texans/

“Over the weekend, a tipster sent us the pitch North Texas is using on Texans who don’t know any better. Here’s the school’s headline:

Opening a public law school at the right time in the right place

You have got to be freaking kidding me…

As with the travesty at UMass, the North Texas argument is that North Texas somehow deserves a law school, not whether a new law school is needed (or whether its graduates will be able to find jobs). The website has five bullet points for why it’s a good idea to open a public law school in Dallas/Fort Worth. They are exceedingly stupid reasons:

* Since 1980, Texas’ population has grown from 14.3 million to an estimated 23.9 million in 2007, but no additional opportunities for legal education have been added.

I’ll stipulate that the demand for legal education is up if you stipulate that the supply of actual lawyers has totally saturated the market.

* The last public law school in Texas opened in 1967. Since 2000, the number of bachelor degrees is growing at an average rate of 2,400 per year.

Objection: relevance.” [Emphasis mine]

Anyone with an ounce of integrity and honesty realizes that there is no need for another law school in Texas.

The Lawyer Glut in Texas: Catherine Rampell’s piece, “The Lawyer Surplus, State by State,” was published by the New York Times Economix blog - on June 27, 2011.

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

According to Economic Modeling Specialists Inc., Texas had the SEVENTH MOST GLUTTED LAWYER JOB MARKET in the entire damn country. Does that sound as if the state needed another piece of garbage law school?!?!

Conclusion: The UniversiTTTTTTy of NorTTTTTTh TTTTTTexas aTTTTTT Dallas Commode of Law is a pathetic joke. As pointed out above, the Texas attorney job market is GLUTTED. There are already nine ABA-accredited diploma mills located in the state. Does anyone with a functioning brain stem believe that Texans are in need of legal representation from waterheads who couldn’t get into a real law school?!?! Furthermore, will those clients be able to pay for these garbage services?!

The $elf-Intere$ted Parasite’s “Case” for Another Year:

On November 4, 2013, a dung beetle calling itself Edward Zelinsky posted an Oxford University Press blog entry labeled “Add a fourth year to law school.” Take a look at his excrementitiously ripe “argument”:

http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/add-a-fourth-year-to-law-school/

“Three considerations counsel the need for an additional year of law school:

First, there is today much more law to learn than there was in the past. There are today whole new fields of law which did not exist a generation ago, e.g., health care law. Moreover, within pre-existing areas of the law, the amount of law has expanded enormously over the last two decades…

Second, through expanded LLM programs, we are de facto creeping towards four years of legal education. In many areas of the law, such as tax, LLM degrees have grown in prominence. Several factors are fueling the expansion of LLM programs. Chief among these is that there is now more law to cover in a fourth year of law school.

Rather than the currently haphazard growth of LLM programs, it would be more sensible to require universally a fourth year of education for all law students.

Third, many of the same critics who favor a two year law school curriculum also support expanded clinical education for law students. Such expanded clinical education should not come at the expense of substantive legal education but in addition to it.” [Emphasis mine]

Keep in mind that Cockroach Edward A. Zelinsky is something called the “Morris and Annie Trachman Professor of Law” at the 58th "greatest" law school in the country, i.e, the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. Now to the rodent’s conclusion:

“An ancillary benefit of a fourth year of legal education would, in the short run, be a reduction in the supply of law school graduates. A fourth year would also abate the job-related pressures students currently feel after the second year of law school by giving students another bite of the employment-related apple after their third year.

The world is more complicated than it used to be. For better or worse, the law’s complexity has grown apace. Well-trained lawyers in the 21st century will need to know more law than did their predecessors. A mandatory, universal fourth year of law school is the right response to the shortcomings of legal education in a complex world.” [Emphasis mine]

Yes, the rat is clearly concerned with the attorney GLUT in this country, right?!?! By the way, law school doesn’t teach people how to practice law, Bitch. At this point, the students are bored to death by the third year.

Other Coverage:

Elie Mystal posted a November 5, 2013 ATL entry entitled “Law Professor Suggests Adding An Extra Year To Law School — Seriously?” He rips Zelinsky’s garbage argument to shreds, and then delivers this epic conclusion:

http://abovethelaw.com/2013/11/law-professor-suggests-adding-an-extra-year-to-law-school-hes-doesnt-have-to-pay-for-it-so-what-does-he-care/

“If technology is supposed to decrease the cost of legal education, then why hasn’t it already? Wh[y] hasn’t tuition at Cardozo gone down over the past ten years? Why are law schools terrified about the decreasing number of law school applicants? Is Professor Zelinsky honestly suggesting that somehow four years of law school will be cheaper than three? Why don’t we focus on retarding the current administrative outlays before we try to increase the cost of school by 33 percent?

Zelinsky’s idea is a joke, and not a funny one. It’s a callous thought experiment by a professor who seems more interested in helping law schools take advantage of their students, instead of seriously looking at what law students need in this challenging market.” [Emphasis mine]

“Law professors” love to joke that lawyers suck at math, but Pig Zelinsky’s piece takes that to a whole new level of stupid.

On November 7, 2013, MA of Outside the Law School Scam authored a post labeled “Edward Zelinsky: The Most Deluded Law Professor I Have Seen Yet.” Check out this brilliant portion below:

http://outsidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/2013/11/edward-zelinsky-most-deluded-law.html

“I see. So adding a fourth year of law school is going to cause administrators to say, "Hold on guys! These students are paying us way too much in tuition now. We need to cut costs pronto!" And this will be aided in some mysterious way by "technology". Ed, I see that you care more about buying a new Mercedes than the fact that the majority of your students will be unable to afford the lifestyle your school's glossy law porn promised them. What have law school administrators done to date that would lead anyone to the conclusion that adding another year of potential revenue will lead them to start thinking more about students? Most law students are already carrying educational debt from undergrad when schools like Cardozo add another $276,000 to the tally. A fourth year will only allow law school admins to hire more useless faculty and for people like Ed Zelinsky to keep writing more academic books about IRAs and how Baby Boomers can save more for retirement.” [Emphasis mine]

My only disagreement with this entire article is the headline. I doubt that the academic thief is delusional. He is merely trying to make potential law school applicants believe that he has their best interests at heart. This is akin to the man who slowly approaches little kids with his old van, and tells them that their father asked him to pick them up from school today.

Conclusion: Edward Zelinsky is a shameless turd. The jackal even compares “legal education” to medical school. Apparently, he does not understand that medical students will enter a true profession, i.e. one that looks out for and protects its students and practitioners. In the final analysis, this sewer rat does not give one damn about YOU, the law student or potential applicant. He wants to burden you with an additional year of law school. Remember that the bastard is aware of continuously falling applications and enrollment at ABA-accredited diploma mills. His suggestion would merely ensure that the commodes and trash pits would rake in more money with fewer students.

The Bastard’s “Argument”: On November 24, 2013, a sewer rat called Ryan Calo wrote a piece for Forbes, with the idiotic headline “Why Now Is A Good Time To Apply To Law School.” Before listing his three $elf-$erving reasons for applying, Cockroach Calo states that his remarks are addressed to “those who think they want to be lawyers someday and are simply not pulling the trigger on applying because of all the bad news.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancalo/2013/11/24/why-now-is-a-good-time-to-apply-to-law-school/

In the swine’s own words:

“1. Fewer applicants means schools compete fiercely for decent students.

A law school faced with fewer applicants must either lower its admissions standards or shrink its class size. (University of Washington, where I work, has chosen the latter.) Regardless, schools are competing feverishly for good students. An applicant who, a few years ago, would have been wait-listed at a top twenty school, may now find herself with a scholarship. A smaller class size, meanwhile, unless offset by layoffs or a long hiring freeze, translates into more individual attention for the students that do enroll.

2. A lot of law jobs will be opening up over the next five to ten years.

My parents are part of a large generation so large they are known as the Baby Boomers. My father retired last month and my mother plans to retire soon. Even if people work longer than in the past, many (many) people will be leaving the workforce in the next five to ten years. Some of these people will be lawyers. The demographics are such that knowledgeable folks like the head of the Washington Bar Association are predicting a market gap. They worry that future demand for legal services will not be met by a dwindling supply.

3. Reports of the death of the legal market are greatly exaggerated.

One premise of these predictions is that clients are moving away from relying on enormous law firms that bill them by the hour. A second is that technology is changing the face of legal services in ways that eliminate lawyerly tasks, such as the drafting of a will.

Both of these claims are true. I just don’t know what they prove.” [Emphasis mine]

Analysis: Let’s break down this academic thief’s “case” for applying to law school now.

Regarding point one, Aaron Nathaniel Taylor - “professor” at Saint Louis University Sewer of Law - made the same weak-ass argument back on October 11, 2011. In that NaTTTional Juri$TTT opinion piece, he stated the following:

“And if applications fall again during the 2011-2012 cycle, as predicted, applicants will find themselves in a very favorable environment for gaining admission. At some schools, applicants who would have been considered “borderline” just two years ago might be shoo-ins for admission this year. So the strategic benefit of applying during a string of down years is worth ample consideration.”

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

Take a look at this Average Law Student Indebtedness chart, provided by US “News” & World Report, for the JD Class of 2012. Keep in mind that these figures do not account for interest that accrues while the student is enrolled. They also exclude student debt from undergrad. How in the hell does the typical unconnected law student benefit by incurring an additional $120K-$180K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt?!?!

Check out this Oregon State Bar bulletin labeled “Restaging the Third Act: Baby Boomer Attorneys Diversify Career Option as They Reach Their 60s.”

http://www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/11may/restaging.html

In short, older attorneys don’t retire. This is white collar work, consisting mostly of shuffling paperwork. The article notes that old-ass lawyers do the following: reduce their work schedule and hours; continue as independent consultants; and work from home. Again, we are talking about greedy Boomer pigs who do not want to see their income shrink.

Calo’s second “argument” is comical. In fact, I had to suppress my laughter. Ryan, if you truly believe your own drivel, then you need to be committed to a hospital for the clinically stupid. Your argument is akin to the following: “You should climb into a lion cage at the zoo. All of them will be well fed. Many of them will be old and weak.”

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

By the way, Ass-Hat: are those Washington State Bar cockroaches aware that Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. showed that their state has the 20th most GLUTTED lawyer job market in the country?! In particular, Washington will have an estimated 619 annual attorney openings from 2010-2015. In 2009 alone, 935 passed the state’s bar exam.

Lastly, Calo’s third point is a straw man. None of the scam-bloggers has stated that the legal market is dying. We have simply pointed out that it is GLUTTED. This means that tons of law graduates each year are competing for fewer attorney jobs. For example, the JD Class of 2012 had 46,346 members - all competing for a total of 28,567 positions where bar passage was required! Do you see how that impacts students, dolt?!?!

http://www.nalp.org/uploads/NationalSummaryChart2012.pdf

Hell, you accepted reality and admitted that fewer Biglaw clients are relying on the billable hour and that technology is eating away at lawyer tasks. If you cannot figure out the effects of these two developments, Ryan, then you have no business teaching others anything.

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/01/local/la-me-law-grads-20130402

Conclusion: Ryan Calo DOES NOT GIVE ONE DAMN about you, the law student or recent graduate. He doesn’t care what happens to you upon graduation. If you end up in doc review, selling insurance, waiting tables, or serving up lattes, it does not concern him in the slightest. Note that this rodent DID NOT ONCE MENTION student debt, in his entire piece. He merely wants to spread the lie that now is a good time to apply to - and enroll in - law school. Remember, this jackal makes a living off of fools’ decision to attend his commode.

The announcement: The American Bar Association cockroaches issued a December 4, 2013 press release labeled “ABA accreditation committee sanctions Rutgers University School of Law-Camden.” Read the portion below:

http://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2013/12/aba_accreditationco.html

“The Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar today reported that it has sanctioned Rutgers University School of Law-Camden for violating the ABA Standards for Approval of Law Schools.

The committee found that Rutgers-Camden violated Standard 503, which requires law schools to use a valid and reliable admissions test, and Interpretation 503-1, which requires law schools that use an admissions test other than the Law School Admission Test to establish the test’s validity and reliability in determining an applicant’s ability to complete the J.D. program.

Rutgers-Camden operated an admissions program, without obtaining a variance from the ABA, that allowed some applicants to use a standardized graduate admissions test score instead of an LSAT score to gain admission to the law school. The school subsequently qualified for a variance but elected to suspend the program.

The accreditation committee imposed a public censure on the law school, which must post the censure document prominently on its website home page for one year. The censure is also posted on the website of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

The committee also imposed a $25,000 monetary penalty based on the benefit the school received from operating the program.” [Emphasis mine]

Yes, that immense $25,000 fine is sure going to deter other ABA-accredited filth pits from engaging in the same conduct, right?!?! What the hell is the point of having “standards,” when the punishment for violations of said regulations amounts to a mere slap on the wrist?! By the way, if the school admitted 70-80 students under this scheme, then the pigs received a few million dollars in federally-backed student loan money. I know that "law professors" love to state that all lawyers suck at math, but you would need to be a waterhead in order to think that a $25K fine - for receiving millions - is adequate.

Other Coverage: On December 5, 2013, the Philadelphia Inquirer published reporter Jonathan Lai’s piece “Rutgers-Camden law school fined over avoiding LSATs.” Check out the following excerpt:

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20131206_Rutgers-Camden_law_school_sanctioned.html

"In a three-paragraph statement, the law school said it had violated procedural aspects of the bar association's standards.

"We were negligent in failing to seek a variance, regret and apologize for this procedural violation and accept the ABA censure as appropriate," the statement reads.

Between 2006 and 2012, the law school admitted dozens of students who took tests other than the LSAT. In 2009, the bar association sent a memo to all accredited law schools clarifying its policy requiring the LSAT, except with prior arrangement." [Emphasis mine]

Yeah, sure you bastards were negligent - and Salma Hayek just scratched her name into my back! $omehow, this conduct is ALWAYS an “error” or an “accident.” It’s also uncanny how these “mistakes” benefit the law school swine every single damn time. By the way, does anyone with an IQ over 80 believe that the administrators at RuTTger$ Univer$iTTy Sewer of Law-Camden were not aware that they were admitting dozens of students who had not taken the LSAT, without first seeking a variance from the ABA?!?!

On December 4, 2013, the ABA Journal posted Mark Hansen’s piece, “Rutgers School of Law-Camden is fined $25K and censured for accrediting violations.” Here is his concluding paragraph:

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/rutgers_university_school_of_law-camden_is_fined_censured_for_accrediting_v/

“The committee also fined the school $25,000 for the benefit it received from operating the program without the required variance. That money will be used by the section to help enforce the standards.”

According to the commode, in-state residents attending full-time for the 2013-2014 academic year 2013-14 will be charged $22,746 in tuition. Non-resident, full-time law students at this notorious trash heap will be ass-raped to the tune of $34,478 in tuition - for 2013-2014. Essentially, the pigs will be penalized the cost of a single year of one New Jersey resident’s tuition. The ABA report noted that the school admitted between 70-80 students without an LSAT. Yes, that will teach the bastards a lesson, right?!?!

Conclusion: The criminals at the American Bar Association CLEARLY DO NOT GIVE ONE DAMN about law students. The schools are run for the benefit of the failed lawyers known as “professors.” During orientation, the bitches and hags constantly tell their victims that this is a “noble profession.” If you believe that academic nonsense, then you should not be allowed to make any decision that might impact another person. In fact, if you buy the rats’ drivel, you should be declared mentally unfit to enter into a contract.

In the final analysis, the Rutgers University Sewer of Law-Camdenalready had a reputation lower than rat piss. As a result of this worthless penalty, the rodents will likely lower their admi$$ion$ criteria even further - in order to maintain enrollment. The ABA merely decided to hand down this “punishment,” because the cockroaches felt that they had to do something - so that they could “show” the public that they do enforce their “standards.” Apparently, RuTTger$ would have been fine had the dolts simply applied for a variance in advance. I wouldn't be surprised to seethe supposed 91st greatest law school in the countryadmit students who have at least a 2.5 undergrad GPA and a 148 LSAT. I can see it now: "Okay, so this guy provided a picture of his girlfriend's feet on his Personal Statement. However, he did graduate from University of Phoenix and he has a 2.8 UGPA."

http://www.law.ucla.edu/prospective-students/tuition-and-fees/Pages/default.aspx

Tuition: California residents attending this commode on a full-time basis will be charged $45,225.75 in tuition - for the 2013-2014 school year. Out of state, full-time law students at UCLA will be pistol-whipped with a big-ass tuition bill of $51,719.75 - for 2013-2014. Yes, that is one hell of a bargain for the students, right?!?!

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

Ranking: According to Vagina Bob Morse of US “News” & World Report, UCLA Sewer of Law is the 17th greatest, most spectacular and amazing law school in the United States. Don’t be fooled by this rating. You need to focus on the job outlook facing the toilet’s graduates.

http://www.law.ucla.edu/career-services/Pages/employment-statistics.aspx

Employment Placement Statistics: The Employment Summary for the Class of 2012 shows that there were 333 total members in this cohort. Employment status was unknown for one graduate. As such, the pigs published a nine-month rate of 91 percent, i.e. 302/332. Of course, this figure includes non-law jobs, part-time work, and temporary assignments.

UCLA $chool of Law hired 40 grads from this class in university or law school-funded positions! Of that amount, only nine of those jobs were long-term and full-time. Furthermore, 28 of those jobs were garbage posts, i.e. short-term and part-time, designed to bump up the trash can’s placement rate. Without these 40 BS jobs, the placement rate for the UCLA JD Class of 2012 would have been 78.9%, i.e. 262/332. What a “prestigious” in$titution, huh?!?!

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

Average Law Student Indebtedness:US “News” lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the UCLA Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $109,539. Hell, 82 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, while the student is enrolled.

http://abovethelaw.com/2013/05/how-much-does-your-law-professor-make-ucla-law-edition/

Administrator and Faculty Pay: Let’s see how well the pigs are doing, in contrast to their debt-strapped recent graduates. For this info, I cite to the figures - for 2011 - compiled by David Lat in his May 30, 2013 entry, “How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? UCLA Law Edition.” He states that he received the data from the Sacramento Bee.

“Here are the ten highest-paid faculty members at UCLA Law:

1. Rachel Moran (dean) – $427,825.01
2. Seana Shiffrin– $369,024.00
3. Kirk J. Stark– $358,346.61
4. Steven A. Bank– $358,183.13
5. Stephen M. Bainbridge– $356,619.39
6. Jennifer L. Mnookin– $348,490.82
7. Kal Raustiala– $344,069.04
8. Sharon Dolovich– $336,199.01
9. Devon W. Carbado– $323,208.49
10. Mark Greenberg– $320,519.51” [Emphasis mine]

http://journals.law.ucla.edu/Pages/default.aspx

TTTT Law Journals: Take a look at the numerous offerings of politically correct academic journals at this public dump. Here are just a few examples: Asian Pacific American Law Journal; Dukeminier Awards Journal for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law; Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law; and the Women’s Law Journal.

Now, take a look at the following description:

“The National Black Law Journal has been committed to scholarly discourse exploring the intersection of race and the law for thirty-five years. The NBLJ was started in 1970 by 5 African-American law students and 2 African-American law professors. The Journal was the first of its kind in the country. The Journal has aimed to build on this tradition by publishing articles that make a substantive contribution to current dialogue taking place around issues such as affirmative action, employment law, the criminal justice system, community development and labor issues. The Journal has a commitment to publish articles that inspire new thought, explore new alternatives and contribute to current jurisprudential stances.”

Does anyone with an IQ above room temperature believe that being a student editor on any of these fifth-rate law journals will help anyone land a decent legal job?!?! Academics love to espouse liberal ideas, but in the end they don’t really care about anything other than keeping their grossly overpaid positions.

Conclusion: The Univer$ity of California, Lo$ Angele$ $chool of Law is a gamble - for the students. ABA-accredited diploma mills are run for the benefit of the “professors.” Based on this chart from Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc., California has the SECOND MOST GLUTTED lawyer job market in the entire damn country. Good luck trying to eke out a living, while paying back your massive student loan, on a $40K annual salary in pricey Southern California, Bitch.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/12/17/first-year-law-school-enrollment-lowest-since-1977/

The Report: On December 17, 2013, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog published Jennifer Smith’s article, which was entitled “First-Year Law School Enrollment At 1977 Levels.” Look at this opening:

“First-year enrollment at U.S. law schools plunged to levels not seen since the 1970s, as students steered away from a career that has left many recent graduates loaded with debt and struggling to find work.

The American Bar Association said on Tuesday that the number of first-year law students fell 11% this year. So far, 39,675 full-time and part-time students enrolled in law school, nearly 5,000 fewer than in 2012.

That’s one student shy of 1977 enrollment levels, when the ABA reported 39,676 first-year students. The lowest previous tally was in 1975, when 39,038 students entered their first year of law school and there were only 163 ABA-approved schools (the current count is 202).

The 2013 drop extends a decline that is now in its third year. More than 52,000 would-be lawyers entered their first year of law school in 2010, an all-time high. Many of those students were thought to be seeking shelter from the economic tumult of the recession.

But even then the job market for newly-minted attorneys was contracting.

Many big law firms laid off junior lawyers during the downturn and slashed expenses as clients facing their own financial troubles pressed for discounts. Some lower-level legal tasks that firm associates used to do, such as document review, are now increasingly farmed out to contract attorneys or legal outsourcing companies that can do the work more cheaply.”[Emphasis mine]

You’re welcome, law school cockroaches. In the end, you greedy bastards brought this upon yourselves. At any rate, this is a significant development. The general public is catching onto the scam, thanks to our collective efforts.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_school_enrollment_down_11_percent_this_year_over_last_year_data_shows/

Other Coverage: Mark Hansen’s piece, “Law school enrollment down 11 percent this year over last year, 24 percent over 3 years, data shows,” appeared in the December 17, 2013 edition of the ABA Journal. Check out the following excerpt:

“Law school enrollments nationwide are down 11 percent this year from last year and 24 percent from 2010, new figures show.

The nation’s 202 ABA-accredited schools reported that 39,675 full- and part-time students were enrolled in a first-year J.D. program this fall, according to figures released Tuesday by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

That’s a decrease of 4,806 students from the fall of 2012, when 44,481 students began their law school studies, and a decrease of 12,813 students from 2010, when an all-time high of 52,488 first-year students were enrolled in an ABA-accredited school.”

Now, even the law school pigs are agreeing with the scam-bloggers that the commodes have been enrolling too damn many students:

“David Yellen, dean of Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, says while the figures are not surprising, it is "still kind of stunning" to think that law school enrollments have declined nearly 25 percent in three years. "The last time fewer than 40,000 students were enrolled in law school was in 1977," he says.

Yellen also says that while he thinks 52,000 new law school enrollees a year is too many,we're now at the point where we might want to ask whether the market correction has gone too far and is being driven as much by negative publicity as anything else.

However, new applications are projected to be down another 10 to 15 percent in the coming year, he says, "so we're definitely not at the bottom of the cycle yet." [Emphasis mine]

How will the jackals be able to lower their ridiculous costs?!?!

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323664204578607810292433272

The Pigs Have Been Forced to Trim the Fat: Back on July 15, 2013, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog featured a post from Ashby Jones and Jennifer Smith, which was labeled “Amid Falling Enrollment, Law Schools Are Cutting Faculty.” Review this portion:

“Law schools across the country are shedding faculty members as enrollment plunges, sending a grim message to an elite group long sheltered from the ups and downs of the broader economy.

Having trimmed staff, some schools are offering buyouts and early-retirement packages to senior, tenured professors and canceling contracts with lower-level instructors, who have less job protection. Most do so quietly. But the trend is growing, most noticeably among middle- and lower-tier schools, which have been hit hardest by the drop-off.

Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minn., for example, has shrunk its full-time faculty about 18% since 2010, and the school is exploring ways to further scale back its head count. Ten faculty members have retired since the school began offering early-retirement incentives in 2011, and four more have accepted agreements and plan to retire in the coming academic year.” [Emphasis mine]

We have seen the stories at various diploma mills and trash pits. For instance, VermonTTT Law Sewer was forced to cut faculty, staff, maintenance and cleaning services. This past July, $eTTon Haul Univer$iTTy SOL announced a 10% reduction in faculty compensation. Last week, on December 12th, Paul Campos noted that TJ$L was cutting jobs and trimming the operating budget by nearly 10 percent.

Conclusion: Due to our work in getting the message out, applications to ABA-accredited law schools are down. The bitches and hags are now admitting a higher percentage, but this cannot prevent a big-ass drop in first-year enrollment. The cockroaches are getting desperate, which is why you are seeing so many op-eds from “law professors”/parasites telling people that “Now is a great time to apply to law school.” In the final analysis, the rodents will do and say anything in order to avoid having to find a real job.

http://weblaw.usc.edu/how/jd/finaid/costs.cfm

Tuition: Full-time law USC law students will be charged $52,814 in tuition, for the 2013-2014 school year. To put this into perspective, full-time tuition at first-ranked Yale Law School is $52,400 - for 2013-2014. Does anyone with an IQ above 60 believe that these two schools are in the same league?!?!

Total Cost of Attendance: According to this same document, those first year students living at home will incur an additional $15,061 in expenses - whereas off campus students will face an extra $25,861 in costs. Hell, the swine don't even include the cost of insurance. As such, the commode lists the total, estimated COA as $67,875 and $78,675, respectively.

Seeing that ABA-accredited diploma mills only base living expenses off of a nine-month school year, we will need to prorate the following items: board; miscellaneous; and transportation. After making these adjustments, on-campus, first-year students attending full time will have a total estimate of $71,058 - and full-time, first year USC law students living off campus will have a total COA amounting to $85,478! That is simply outrageous. Anyone who defends the law school pigs is lower than dog excrement.

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

Ranking: Based on the latest ratings scheme by US “News” & World Report, this private toilet is listed as the 18th best law school in the entire country. That doesn’t stop the swine from charging more - in tuition - than Yale Law School.

http://weblaw.usc.edu/careers/statistics/

Published Employment Placement Statistics: The law school notes that 85.5% of its Class of 2013 was employed within nine months of graduation. Keep in mind that this includes all types of jobs, I.e. attorney positions, non-law, full-time, part-time, short-term, and long-term. If you are selling insurance or teaching grade school, as a member of this cohort, then you are considered “employed.” Yes, that is super-fantastic, huh?!?!

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/grad-debt-rankings/page+1

Average Law Student Indebtedness:USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the USC Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $138,858. In fact, 81 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/2012/951/642/2012-951642394-097ee2cb-9.pdf

University Administrator Pay: In order to see how the pigs are doing, in contrast to the debt-strapped students, we head to the 2012 Form 990 for Employer ID No. 95-1642394, i.e. the Univer$ity of $outhern California. Surprisingly, no member of the law school faculty made it on the list of highest compensated employees - for the tax year ending June 30, 2012. Then again, look at the following TOTAL COMPENSATION figures that this “in$titution of higher learning” lavished on its sports programs - starting on page 127 of this PDF.

Then-head football coach Monte Lane Kiffin raked in $2,594,091, while his father, Monte George Kiffin, made $1,791,555 in total - as assistant football coach. Athletic director Patrick Capper Haden rolled around in $2,247,678. Lastly, Kevin O’Neill, head men’s basketball coach, received $1,717,749. Heading to non-athletic department officials, you will see that Chrysostomos Nikias made out with $1,439,126 in loot - as university “president.” However, the school paid its former “president,” Steven Sample, a total of $1,815,643- apparently to sit on his old, wrinkly ass. Does that mean that he is performing more “work” than the current rodent in charge?!?!

http://weblaw.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/rlsj/MissionStatement.cfm

Garbage Opportunities: As a student at this overpriced toilet, you will have the unique opportunity to write onto the “world-famous” Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice! From the mission statement:

“The Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice (RLSJ) promotes the discussion and examination of issues lying at the intersection of social justice and the law. RLSJ publishes legal narratives and analyses of case law and legislation that address the law's interaction with historically underrepresented groups and highlight the law's potential as an instrument of positive social change. These narratives and analyses borrow from the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines. The goal of RLSJ is to influence the development of the law in ways that encourage full and equal participation of all people in politics and society.”

Yes, what woman will be able to resist a student editor of this TTT publication?!?! Employers - especially all of those “social justice” law firms - will be scrambling over themselves, in an effort to gain your services. [Disclaimer: Nothing of the sort will happen.]

http://weblaw.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/space_law_society.cfm

As a USC law student, you can also participate in the Space Law Society. Here is the description:

“Space Law Society is an organization formed to promote an understanding of space law, encourage participation in its development, and coordinate collaboration between students and professionals in space-related industries. As an organization, we organize social activities, educational events and discussions. We also arrange a team to compete in the international Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot competition.”

One would think that an accredited law school - especially one that is supposedly the 18th best in the nation - would be embarrassed to offer such nonsense. By the way, who the hell knew that there was a space law moot competition?!?!

Conclusion: USC Gould Sewer of Law is a grossly overpriced, private toilet located in the LEGENDARILY FLOODED California lawyer job market. According to Economic Modeling Specialists Inc., this state is the SECOND MOST GLUTTED attorney market in the country. If you don’t have excellent connections before entering, then you will not be served well by incurring an additional $165K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt. Keep in mind that Biglaw is not secure. If you manage to land an associate position, but can’t bring in major business and move your way up quickly, you will likely be out on your ass within 3-5 years.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/challenges-facing-new-lawyers-task-force-report.pdf

The Task Force’s Findings: In November 2013, the Wisconsin State Bar issued a 25 page document labeled “Challenges Facing New Lawyers Task Force Report and Recommendations.” According to the introduction, the task force was appointed by the bar president in January 2012. Check out the following, from page 7 of the PDF:

“To provide background, more than 9 out of 10 respondents reported suffering tremendous burdens as a result of their debt. The median cost of a law school education for the respondents was $95,000, the mean was $94,822. The middle half of respondents ranged in law school costs from $68,000 to $120,000. About half of all respondents (53.8%) had educational debt before they entered law school with the median value of $20,000. Overall, respondents reported still owing a median of $90,000 on their law studies. The survey also confirmed that the overall amount of loans borrowed for law school from 2005 to 2008 had increased by approximately 36.8%.” [Emphasis mine]

On to page 8 of this report:

“While the data suggests that students were less surprised about their debt levels, a much larger percentage of the respondents (78.9%) indicated that their earnings were less than they expected during law school. These individuals had an average law practice compensation of $41,591...

Not only was income than expected for most law school graduates, but most (71.4%) said that they had benefits less than expected. Many attorneys were not covered by benefits. Fifteen to twenty percent of respondents had their benefits, including health, dental or vision, covered by a spouse or partner.” [Emphasis mine]

Yes, what a great return on investment, right?!?! This is one reason why I ripped Christopher Knorps a new rectum. The rodent - from a well-off family - constantly bitched about students “expecting six figure salaries.” In reality, these men and women removed themselves from the full-time work force for several years - and incurred substantial student debt in the process - with the intent to enter a decent profession.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/would_you_go_to_law_school_if_you_had_a_do-over_40_percent_of_young_lawyers/

Other Coverage: On December 20, 2013, the ABA Journal published a piece from Debra Cassens Weiss, which was entitled “Would you go to law school if you had a do-over? 40 percent of young lawyers in this survey said no.” Here is the opening:

“More than 40 percent of young lawyers in Wisconsin would not go to law school if they had it to do over again, given what they know now, a survey has found.

The survey, chronicled in a report (PDF) by a State Bar of Wisconsin task force, found that young lawyers in the state still owed a median of $90,000 for their law school studies. Said one respondent: “I think about my debt several times a day. Unfortunately there is no solution to it, so I just drag this debt around with me, like Jacob Marley was forced to drag his chains around for all eternity.”

About 600 lawyers in the bar’s Young Lawyer’s Division responded to the August 2013 survey. About 72 percent of the respondents had graduated from law school since 2008. Nearly 80 percent reported they were earning less than expected in law school; lawyers in this group had an average law practice compensation of about $41,000.” [Emphasis mine]

Good luck paying off $90K+ in NON-DISCHARGEABLE loans, while earning $41K per year. Plus, the latter figure is before payroll taxes, SSI and health insurance are deducted. Try supporting a family or purchasing a home on that income level.

By the way, imagine if the state bar swine had exclusively surveyed recent law graduates. Keep in mind that those who attend a Wisconsin law school, and intend to practice there, do not need to take the Wisconsin bar exam. This at least saves the JD the added stress and financial costs associated with the test.

http://outsidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/2013/12/wisconsin-legal-task-force-comes-down.html

OLSS contributing author Antiro wrote a December 20, 2013 entry entitled “Wisconsin Legal Task Force Comes Down on the Side of the Reformers.” Review the passage below:

“The CFNLTF also compiled a survey of 599 young lawyers (about 70% have graduated since 2008), most of which whom worked in smaller firms. The survey found that more than h,alf had found their loans to have majorly impacted their lives, while a quarter expected to not pay off the debt for 6-10 years, and about a third expected to be stuck with their loans for more than 20 years.

I'm not going to continue to summarize the survey results much longer; it's exactly what you would expect: most found their pay and benefits to be lower than they expected, most didn't learn about the difficulties facing lawyers until they were already enrolled in law school, and most who went to law school "wanted to help others or serve justice." It's encouraging that the State Bar of Wisconsin is paying attention to the future of the legal profession, and while many in the legal ed reform movement have been beating these particular drums for a few years, it is clear that the momentum is clearly in our favor.” [Emphasis mine]

Conclusion: Law school is a piss poor “investment” for those who are not wealthy or seriously connected, i.e. the vast majority of students. Head to theFinAid Loan Calculator, provided by Pussy Mark Kantrowitz. Enter the loan amount of $90,000 at an 8.25% interest rate. If you were to take 30 years to pay off the loan, you would have paid $243,410.31 in total. The monthly payment would be $676.14. In the event that you paid this amount off in 20 years - at the same interest rate - you still would have made $184,045.85 in cumulative payments.

Hell, you would be fortunate to make the monthly $676.14 monthly payment, on the longer schedule, if you are making roughly $40K per year. After taxes and insurance are taken out, you would be looking at around $28K-$30K in net salary. Your minimum annual loan payments - under the 30 year plan - would eat up $8,113.68 of that amount. That doesn’t leave much for food, shelter, or other bills. Of course, the law school pigs do very well under this arrangement. They are paid up front, in full - while you are left holding the bag for the next 20-30 years of your life. Their unjustified pay is in no way tied to the students’ job prospects or outcomes. Heed this warning, Lemmings.

The Tool Changed the Name of His Blog: When you enter the moron’s old URL, you are re-directed to a site that seeks to capitalize off my popular blog. [UPDATE: Pussy Boy took down several of his numerous blogs, upon learning that I discovered his identity.] At that point, I decided to look up the douche-bag behind that move.

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=thirdtierreality.com

“Registrant Name: Joshua Adams
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 5069-D Rail Canyon Rd
Registrant City: Springdale
Registrant State/Province: Washington
Registrant Postal Code: 99173
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: 6462069476
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: worldtravelinglawstudent@gmail.com”

Hello, Stupid. When you purchase a URL, people can find you. How is life in the back room of your mother in law’s house, Joshua?!?! Head here and you will notice that the phone number is listed as a T-Mobile account in New York City.

Furthermore, on the latest post on his garbage blog, Joshua Adams stated the following:

“Right now I am getting ready for the birth of my child and getting reacquainted with living on the west coast. I just got an apartment in Seattle. I sometimes find myself missing New York, but it's great to be back in the Pacific Northwest."

http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Law-School-Setting-ebook/dp/B00BE6Q6LQ

Remember the Cockroach’s E-Book?: J.R. Adams co-published a Kindle book, with his wife Beverly, entitled “How to Win at Law School: Setting Goals for Law School Success.” The publication date was February 9, 2013. There are no customer reviews yet.

http://mrmetropolitan.blogspot.com/2013/07/tuesday-july-30.html

Getting Ready for the Big Test: Joshua Adams, writing in his “Journey of Life” blog, on July 30, 2013:

“Today was the bar exam. I am still wearing the bracelet. It was not as bad as I thought it would be, but I don't know how well I have done. Truth be told I did not study much. I have sort of lost my mojo with some real life events that are going on. I may have passed, I may have not passed. At this point I feel that it does not matter too much.

Today I ate some left over Chinese food from last night for breakfast. For lunch I got falafel at a Halal cart across from the Javits Center. For dinner I had lemon roasted tofu sandwiches. I am drinking a smoothie now. So is Lily.” [Emphasis mine]

Yeah, going to Egypt for over a month after graduating from Crooklyn was a great use of your time and money, right?!?! Go drink another smoothie, pussy. While you’re at it, go eat some more Entenmann’s donuts.

http://mrmetropolitan.blogspot.com/2013/07/monday-july-29.html

The mental and emotional midget posted the following nugget on July 29th:

“Today was another uneventful day. Tomorrow I have to take the bar exam, which I don't think I will do that great at. I should have not signed up to take it, as I will probably be moving back to the west coast this December and will not be here to be sworn in or go through the next steps. However, I paid the $450 to take it and figure it is practice for when/if I take it in California. However, I am considering finding non-legal work instead or just going back to school for a masters degree in Economics as the job market is awful right now. Of course, this seems that I am putting off finding work, but I have no real world experience, which really hurts when it comes to looking for a job.

To be honest, I don't really know what I am supposed to do between taking the bar and finding out if I passed, which is rather annoying, because rent isn't going to just pay for itself. I am considering finding a non-legal job and just working my way up in the company, moving back to Spokane and looking for work there, or doing an apprenticeship in a trade of some kind. I am kind of sick of doing school at this point in life and not having much to show for it.” [Emphasis mine]

Maybe, you should spend less time trolling, playing World of Warcraft, traveling on somebody else’s dime, and being addicted to Facebook. Grown men need to focus on finding work, paying bills, putting food in the fridge and providing shelter. Also, if you really feel that way about the “education” bu$ine$$ in this country, then quit telling others to amass more student debt, Bitch!

http://www.nybarexam.org/EXRJ13/AB_711.html

So How Did the Rat do on the Bar Exam?: Somehow, you don’t see the name Joshua Adams on the list of those passing the July 2013 New York Bar Exam. After allegedly “kicking so much ass” in law school, this tool FAILED the test. Then again, the idiot was dumb enough to take a 38 day trip to Egypt in May and June, instead of studying. Also, the moron mentioned that he was planning on moving to the west coast after taking the exam.

Conclusion: It appears that Mr. Infinity is Joshua Adams. By the way, he also graduated fromBrooklyn Law Sewerin 2013. On his old cached LinkedIn account, he bills himself as a “legal and administrative professional” in the Greater Seattle area. On page 6, under Education, he lists his B.S. in Economics from the University of San Francisco, where he attended from 2004-2010. He then posts Crooklyn Law School from 2011-2013. For some reason, he did not mention WNEC. That must have slipped his mind, huh?!?! However, on page 3, Adams did note that he was a judicial intern forWilliam J. Boyleof the Massachusetts District Court for three months, from June 2011 through August 2011.

If he did not have a confederate assisting him while enrolled there, then he truly is a vile piece of trash for letting another BLS student take the blame. In the final analysis, you are a pathetic loser, Joshua Adams. You went to law school - and by your own admission on August 1, 2013, ended up taking out HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars in student loans - and now you failed the bar exam. On top of that, YOU don’t have a real job and, after law school, you ended up staying with your wife’s parents. What a great success story! You should have simply been honest with yourself and everyone else. Law school did not pay off for you - as you are now a 32 year old“man” with an internship. The fact that you continue to encourage others to attend, despite your results, makes you a fraud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIT-SYVPV8s

Opening Shot: First off, check out this epic rant by the late comic genius Bill Hicks, regarding another douche-bag, i.e. Rush Limbaugh. I’ll paraphrase him, in describing the anal cyst known as Brian Leiter.

“Speaking of academic devils, I was reading Brian Leiter’s op-ed the other day. Doesn’t Brian Leiter remind you of one of those gay guys who likes to lay in the tub while other men pee on him? Can’t you see his fat body in a tub while Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche just stand around pissing and defecating on him, and his little piggly wiggly dick can’t get hard? “Ahhh. Ahhh. I can’t get hard. Nietzsche, pee in my mouth.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-leiter/law-schools-cyber-hysteria_b_4517107.html

The Pig’s Moans on Huffington Post: On December 31, 2013, Cockroach Brian Leiter wrote a Huffington Post opinion piece labeled “American Law Schools and the Psychology of Cyber-Hysteria.” Look at this nonsense:

“Previously, I wrote about how the steep decline in applications to law schools was an unsurprising "consumer" response to the downturn in the legal sector in the wake of the financial crisis and the recognition that student debt was no longer dischargeable in bankruptcy. What was surprising, however, was the new "meme" that took hold in cyberspace: this economic catastrophe was the fault of law schools and law professors. The psychology of this "meme" is our topic here.” [Emphasis mine]

For $ome rea$on, this philosophy “professor” does not mind engaging in the logical fallacy of the straw man argument. When did critics ever claim that the law schools caused the economic collapse? I have pointed out for years that ABA law schools have been overproducing JDs for decades - and that the “educators” continue to pump out FAR TOO MANY GRADS for the available number of attorney openings.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Legal/Lawyers.htm

Some Facts That the Pig Conveniently Ignored: From the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, under Job Outlook:

“Employment of lawyers is expected to grow by 10 percent from 2010 to 2020, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Competition for jobs should continue to be strong because more students are graduating from law school each year than there are jobs available.” [Emphasis mine]

Did you see anything indicating that there will be an equilibrium of JDs to attorney job openings by the year 2016 - as Brian Leiter claimed - in his garbage piece?!?! If so, then you too may also suffer from Lying Turd Syndrome. Perhaps, you merely cannot comprehend basic facts.

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/legal_education_and_admissions_to_the_bar/stats_1.authcheckdam.pdf

From 1980-1981 to 2009-2010 - a span of 30 years - ABA-accredited law schools/diploma mills collectively pumped out 1,161,863 graduates. For $ome rea$on, Cockroach Brian Leiter failed to mention this anywhere in his article.

http://www.nalp.org/uploads/NationalSummaryChart2012.pdf

According to the NALP Class of 2012 National Summary Report, there were a total of 46,364 graduates competing for 28,567 jobs “requiring bar passage.” Keep in mind that not all of those positions were traditional attorney openings. Apparently, Brian Leiter doesn’t care about such facts.

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

Catherine Rampell’s piece, “The Lawyer Surplus, State by State,” appeared in the June 27, 2011 edition of the New York Times Economix blog. The article is based on findings from the neutral Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. Here is one excerpt:

“According to this model, every state but Wisconsin and Nebraska (plus Washington, D.C.) is producing many more lawyers than it needs. (See table after the jump for full data, and additional caveats.)

In fact, across the country, there were twice as many people who passed the bar in 2009 (53,508) as there were openings (26,239).”

Do you see a difference in tactics? Brian Leiter relies on suppositions from a trade publication that depends on ads from law schools, i.e. the NaTTTional Juri$TTT, and $elf-intere$ted “research” from fellow academics - while I cite to cold, hard facts and figures from the industry and objective sources.

A Brief Look at Brian Leiter’s Psychology: Leiter loves to cite to and quote everyone’s favorite raving lunatic philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. The maniac was committed to psych wards for the last 11 years of his life. It’s fitting since Leiter is also mentally unbalanced. Brian Lying Turd posted the following entry on August 4, 2010:

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2010/08/there-are-relatively-few-stanford-professors-who-are-candidates-for-hanging.html

“There are relatively few Stanford professors who are candidates for the death penalty...

...under international law precedents, but Professor Rice is one. But Professor Gilbert is more forgiving.” [Emphasis in original]

Hello, ass-clown. Since you are such an “expert” on legal and philosophical matters, Brian, could you please cite to the case where Dr. Condolleeza Rice was charged with and convicted of “war crimes”? You truly are an irresponsible, unhinged, pathetic bitch. Again, this rodent “works” at a “non-profit in$titution of higher education” - and therefore receives much of his salary from federally-backed student loans.

Conclusion: Brian Leiter is an academic rodent who is personally benefiting from the law school scam. He has less credibility than a used car salesman. By the way, cockroach: I met Paul Campos in person last April. At the end of that discussion, I brought up your vile name. Campos immediately said that you are “a douche-bag.” Then again, can anyone blame Leiter for ignoring truth, since it will not advance the academic thieves' agenda?!?!

Lastly, Pig Leiter knows that the scamblogs have effectively pointed out that law school is a terrible risk for MOST students. That is the reason why is bitching about it on the Huffington Post. The number of applicantshas declined for three straight years. In the past, college grads flocked to law school during periods of recession. Furthermore, Leiter KNOWS that there will not be a shortage of lawyers in a couple of years, since there is already a GLUT of attorneys in the U.S. Lastly, it is CLEAR that this old swine does not give one single, solitary droplet of excrement about current or future law students. He simply wants to keep the student loan gravy train rolling along. After all, pupils are a means to an end.

http://www.law.sc.edu/admissions/tuition.shtml

Tuition: In-state residents attending this trash pit on a full-time basis will be charged $22,360 in tuition, for the 2013-2014 school year. Non-resident, full-time law students who received a merit scholarship will pay $24,688 in tuition - for 2013-2014. Of course, those who do not have such an offer will be ass-raped to the tune of $44,752, for the current academic year.

Estimated, Total Cost of Attendance: The pigs provided the following additional costs: books, $994; room, $10,237; board, $2,352; transportation, $1,665; and personal expenses, $2,420. Using the commode’s figures, this would amount to a total COA of $40,028 for full-time law students who are South Carolina residents - whereas their non-resident counterparts will face a total budget of $62,420.

For $ome rea$on, the bitches and hags at ABA-accredited diploma mills always use a nine month estimate on living expenses. We will prorate the following items to reflect the reality that actual students require costs over the full year: room, board, transportation and miscellaneous. Doing so, these expenditures add up to $22,231. After including textbooks and tuition, we reach the following, estimated cost of attendance for the first year of law school at the Univer$iTTy of $ouTTh Carolina Sewer of Law: $45,585 for in-state residents and $67,977 for out of state students. Who says that state schools are affordable?!?!

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

Ranking: At such prices, one would expect this public “non-profit” in$titution to have a stellar reputation in the legal and academic communities, correct?!?! Well, according to US “News” & World Report, the University of South Carolina Sewer of Law is the 98th greatest, most fantastic and amazing law school in the entire United States. What a tremendous accomplishment!

http://www.law.sc.edu/career/docs/NALP-Class_of_2012_Summary.pdf

Published Employment Placement and Salary Statistics: Based on the trash heap’s 2012 Employment Summary, there were 226 members of this cohort. Seven grads did not bother to report their status to the school. Apparently, these JDs had more important things to do, such as finding a damn job. Of the remaining amount, a total of 196 reported being employed within nine months of graduation. As such, the commode’s “placement” was 89.5%, i.e. 196/219.

Scroll down to the bottom of page 2 of this PDF. Under Size of Firm, you will see that a total of 76 graduates - from the Class of 2012 - ended up working in private law practices. This figure includes three desperate solos - and 33 poor bastards who were hired by firms of 2-10 lawyers. Another 14 landed in offices of 11-25 lawyers. By the way, only 39 of these private practitioners reported their salary info to the school. That speaks volumes! Also, six damn members of this cohort were employed by law firms with more than 500 attorneys. That is super-fantastic, huh?!?!

On the top of the first page, the pigs list Full Time, Long-Term Salaries. You will see that only 116 grads provided such info to the Office of Career Services ass-clowns. Here are the figures: 25th percentile, $40,334; median, $49,025; 75th percentile, $60,000; and a mean of $57,000. Those numbers are not impressive - especially when you look at the level of student debt taken on by the last graduating class. Furthermore, if the ABA and NALP were concerned with honesty and integrity in the slightest, then the schools would be required to include short-term and part-time salaries, as well. That would give applicants a better picture of the job market and their potential income.

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 Univer$iTTy of $ouTTh Carolina JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $85,602. Hell, 82 percent of this toilet’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, while the student is enrolled.

Conclusion: If you value your future, then do not attend this sweltering dung pit. Get this fact through your thick skull, Lemming: only ONE THIRD of this cesspool’s 2012 graduating class, ended up working in private law practice! Again, that includes desperate solo attorneys and those working in toilet law. Could you imagine if U.S. medical students faced such outcomes?!?! Hell, MDs would grab the administrators of such a program - and beat them senseless with bamboo sticks.

You will not be served well by incurring an additional $95K-$135K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt, for a chance to enter theGLUTTEDlegal “profession.” Don’t forget the salary data furnished by 116 grads to the school. Keep in mind that this represents a mere 59.2 percent of those who reported being employed within nine months of graduation from this garbage pile, i.e. 116/196. Use your gray matter, potential law students. You likely wouldn’t purchase a car if the customer reviews were this poor. Why in the hell would you piss away three years of your life - and take on ridiculous amounts of debt - for such prospects?!?! In the immortal words of Tyler Durden, “You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/01/15/dramatic-enrollment-drop-was-strategically-planned-law-school-says/?mg=blogs-wsj&url=http%253A%252F%252Fblogs.wsj.com%252Flaw%252F2014%252F01%252F15%252Fdramatic-enrollment-drop-was-strategically-planned-law-school-says

Syracuse Commode of Law Spews Forth Orange Waste: On January 15, 2014, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog published Jacob Gershman’s piece, which was entitled “Dramatic Enrollment Drop Was Strategically Planned, Law School Says.” Check out this opening:

“The historic drop in enrollment at U.S. law schools has been the subject of anxious debate in the legal community. Some view the pattern as a symptom of a sluggish job market and growing skepticism about the value of a law degree.

According to Syracuse University’s College of Law, which has seen a particularly steep drop in its class sizes, the shrinking numbers are the result of smarter planning.

Syracuse’s Class of 2016 is nearly 25% smaller than its Class of 2014, decreasing from 255 to 196 over two years. The law school’s director of admissions, Nikki Laubenstein, spoke to the campus newspaper about the enrollment trend and offered this take:

“Our smaller class size is strategically managed and planned to provide the optimal level of engagement for our students with our law school faculty and programming opportunities,” she told the Daily Orange in an article published Wednesday.” [Emphasis mine]

These lying bastards take dishonesty to a whole new level. In this country, we are used to seeing CEO pigs, Congressroaches, and business managers employ corporatese and other underhanded tricks. However, these academic dung beetles have these bastards beat, hands down.

Keep in mind that Nikki Laubenstein is the direcTTor of Admi$$ion$ at 96th ranked $yracu$e Univer$iTTy Commode of Law. On her school bio, you will notice that she does not even have a damn law degree! Yet, she sees no problem with “strongly encouraging” young college grads to take the plunge.

http://www.dailyorange.com/2014/01/law-school-enrollment-drops-again

The Daily Orange posted a January 15, 2014 article from assistant news editor Ellen Meyers, under the headline “Law school enrollment drops for second year in a row.” Look at the following excerpt:

“Syracuse University’s College of Law’s first-year enrollment declined for the second year in a row, after reaching an all-time high in 2011.

Enrollment peaked in 2010 and 2011 at 255 students. The number of students slightly fell to 245 in 2012, but that number sharply dropped to 196 for 2013.

Nikki Laubenstein, director of admissions at the College of Law, said in an email the class size is smaller to benefit students and faculty.” [Emphasis mine]

Yeah, sure the school planned these smaller class sizes - and Salma Hayek just dug her nails into my back and locked her ankles around my waist. When it comes to sheer gall, Laubenstein’s excrementitious statement cannot be topped. With this type of material, this rodent ought to become a stand-up comedienne. Now, head to the conclusion:

“Construction on Dineen Hall, the new facility for the College of Law, is well underway and is scheduled to be completed by next fall. Laubenstein said it is an exciting time for the law school.

“This year’s exciting move into Dineen Hall allows us to continue to evaluate and redefine what it means for the student experience and to be a part of Syracuse Law,” she said.” [Emphasis mine]

This is about as exciting as getting hit by a car.

http://lawschooltruthcenter.blogspot.com/2014/01/and-syracuse-takes-prize.html

Other Coverage: On January 16, 2014, the Law School Truth Center featured a hilarious entry labeled “…And Syracuse Takes the Prize.” Here is the entire text of that post:

“I don't know what prize, but this should win something:

Syracuse’s Class of 2016 is nearly 25% smaller than its Class of 2014, decreasing from 255 to 196 over two years. The law school’s director of admissions, Nikki Laubenstein, spoke to the campus newspaper about the enrollment trend and offered this take:

“Our smaller class size is strategically managed and planned to provide the optimal level of engagement for our students with our law school faculty and programming opportunities,” she told the Daily Orange in an article published Wednesday.

I mean...just...like...uh...

I'm awestruck.

Nikki, you ever come to the Center, there's a golden barstool with your name on it and drinks are on the house.”

http://www.law.syr.edu/news-and-events/news/dineen-gift.aspx

Dineen Hall’s Ridiculous Costs: From the trash pit’s press release, regarding the “gift” from the greedy pig Dineen family:

“The new building is expected to cost between $85 million to $90 million and total approximately 200,000 square feet. SU Architecture alumnus Richard Gluckman '70, G'71, of the Gluckman Mayner architectural firm in New York City, will be the lead architect on the project.” [Emphasis mine]

For $ome rea$on, these funds did not make their way to students, in the form of scholarships, grants, or reduced tuition. Then again, old-ass, wrinkly, rich white people would rather have buildings named after them - rather than a mere scholarship fund.

Conclusion: Nikki Laubenstein is a lying rat who has no integrity. Yes, I realize that the wench is hired by an ABA-accredited dung pit. She doesn’t want to alarm current students and potential applicants - especially with an upcoming move into a shiny, expensive, big-ass, new building. However, she is still the one uttering such nonsense.

Roger Williams University’s “Decision”: On January 15, 2014, the Providence Journal published reporter Thomas J. Morgan’s article, “Roger Williams to cut law school tuition by 18 percent.” Here is the entire text of that piece:

http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140115-roger-williams-to-cut-law-school-tuition-by-18-percent.ece

“Roger Williams University announced Wednesday that it is cutting its law school tuition by 18 percent for the 2014-2015 school year.

That means tuition will go from $41,400 to $33,792, the university announced in a news release.

The school said that tuition will be capped at that level for the next three years.

Roger Williams is now the best priced private American Bar Association-accredited law school in the Northeast, the school said.” [Emphasis mine]

We now know that these pigs are desperate. I love how the newspaper tries to spin this story, in the last sentence. Hell, it seems that the flea-covered rats wrote the conclusion. Did Morgan even bother to fact-check, to see if the claim is true?

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

Based on the current rankings from US “News” & World Report, Roger William$ Univer$iTTTTy Sewer of Law is floating in the fourth tier of ABA law schools. What an academic powerhouse, huh?!?! In the end, nobody gives a damn if a FOURTH TIER PIECE OF EXCREMENT is the best-priced, private ABA law school in the region. Remember that the commode removed the name of major donor Ralph R. Papitto from the law school, when he used the word “nigger” in a board meeting

Pedophile State University “Chooses” to Reduce Tuition: Alicia Albertson’s piece, “Penn State to cut tuition by almost half for Penn. residents,” appeared in the January 8, 2014 edition of the NaTTTional Juri$TTT. Look at the first two paragraphs:

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/penn-state-cut-tuition-almost-half-penn-residents

“Only a year after it decided to divide into two separate law schools, Penn State University Dickinson School of Law has announced it will cut tuition by almost half for Pennsylvania residents.

Penn State Law will offer residents an annual grant of $20,000 through the Commonwealth Scholars program. The program will be available to any student enrolling in the fall of 2014, so long as they are residents of Pennsylvania. The grant is renewable for three years. Tuition is normally $41,088 for in-state students.” [Emphasis mine]

Later on in the article, we get to the meat and potatoes of this “decision”:

“Penn State has seen applications plummet from 5,326 in 2010 to 1,885 in 2013. Enrollment has also dropped, from 228 entering students in 2010 to 132 this year. This comes at the same time that the school is in the process of splitting into two separate schools.

Penn State took over Carlisle-based Dickinson School of Law, a private school, in 2000. It planned to move the law school to State College but ran into opposition in 2005. Instead, it opened its State College campus in 2006 and has operated the two campuses as one single entity since then. In 2008, it received a $25 million grant from a regional government entity to upgrade the Carlisle campus, but with the caveat that first-, second- and third-year programs remain in the state capitol until at least 2020.

The recent decline in applications and enrollment forced the law school to reconsider that arrangement. The law school asked the regional authority to approve shifting all first-year law students to State College, in order to consolidate and cut expenses. But the regional authority declined.

So, the faculty voted to separate into two different schools, with Carlisle to be a more regional law school with relaxed admissions standards, and State College to focus on being a national law school. But with the drop in enrollment and reduction in tuition, some say the plan is risky.” [Emphasis mine]

I am smiling from ear to ear, as I write this entry. It is great to see these swine scramble for applicants. Keep in mind that this steep decline in enrollment comes at a time when it is easier to gain admission to ABA law schools nationally.

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

According to USN&WR, Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson Sewer of Law is ranked as the 64th greatest, most prestigious law school in the entire country. Their mothers must be very proud.

Conclusion: You know that these cockroaches are getting desperate for asses in seats. Why else would these scamming bastards slash tuition to such levels? In both cases, the big-ass reductions are renewable for all three years of law school. Our collective work in spreading the truth about the law school pigs has led to these measures. The general public is now MUCH better informed about the insane costs and pathetic job prospects facing debt-strapped law graduates. The academic thieves will continue to falsely assert that “Now is a great time to attend law school.” However, these bitches and hags have nothing substantive to back up those claims. They simply want naïve lemmings to buy into those lies.

http://www.law.emory.edu/admission/admission-tuition.html

Tuition: Full-time law students at Emory Univer$ity face a ridiculous tuition bill of $47,500 - for the 2013-2014 school year. Fees add up to another $674, for a total amount of $$48,174. At a certain point, you realize that there is no legitimate reason for such outrageous prices. This is not medical school, which requires large costs in lab space and technology.

Total, Estimated Cost of Attendance: According to this same page, other costs will reach $26,422. Hence, the commode lists the estimated COA as $74,596 - for first and second year law students. Isn’t it nice to see that the law school swine put their students’ interests first?!?!

However, one must realize that ABA-accredited diploma mills base their estimates on a nine-month calendar. Since actual students will require costs over the full year, we will prorate living expenses. The remaining items will remain unaffected. The pigs at Emory list living costs as $17,964. Based on that price, the 12 month figure would be $23,952. As such, the total estimated COA - for one damn year at this law school - is $80,584!! Who the hell has that kind of money?!

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

Ranking: Based on the rankings from US “News” & World Report, Emory University Sewer of Law is rated as the 23rd most sensational and mesmerizing law school in the country. Hell, it only shares this distinction with one other ABA-accredited school.

http://www.law.emory.edu/career-services/for-prospective-students/employment-statistics.html

Published Employment Statistics: Let’s take a look at the toilet’s Class of 2012 Employment Report. You will notice that there were 266 total graduates in this cohort. Apparently, everyone submitted their employment status. Only 215 members of this class landed full-time, long term employment!! This includes non-legal work, as well. That represents 80.8% of all grads.

Of course, the ABA allows schools to count part-time and short-term jobs in their tabulations. After all, who didn’t decide to go to law school, with the intention of working such garbage positions, right?!?! Therefore, the “official” nine-month, employment placement rate is 96.2 percent, i.e. 256/266.

By the way, this school - which is supposedly the 23rd greatest law school in the United States - hired 37 of its 2012 grads in university or law school-funded positions! Yes, that is the true hallmark of a “prestigious” school, huh?!?! You will note that 17 of these were full-time, long term - while the remaining 20 jobs were part-time and long term. Without resorting to this measure, the placement rate would only have been 82.3%, i.e. 219/266. In sum, the school increased this figure by nearly 14 percent - with this underhanded tactic.

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 Emory Law Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $105,838. However, only 76 percent of this commode’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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3wyBNYwgnQ&feature=youtu.be&t=36m10s

The Former Home of Super-Bitch Sara K. Stadler: Here is the video of Sara Stadler delivering the commencement address to the 2011 graduating class of Emory University. The speech starts at 36:10 and ends at the 45:20 mark.

As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss, in the May 26, 2011 edition of the ABA Journal:

“Emory University law professor Sara Stadler thinks law grads need to stop coveting high-paying jobs that just aren’t available. And she said so in a commencement speech earlier this month.

"Get over it,” Stadler told law grads. “The one thing standing in the way of your happiness is a sense of entitlement." The Fulton County Daily Report covered the speech.” [Emphasis mine]

Keep in mind that this pile of human excrement is the daughter of former U.$. $olicitor General James Lee Rankin. The bastard was also general counsel to the Warren Commission, which helped cover up the murder of JFK - which is what it was assembled for, people.

Conclusion: Nearly one-fourth of the 2012 graduating class at Emory Law did not incur a single dime of student debt, for their JD. You are competing with connected, rich kids for top jobs. If you are not part of the club, then they have huge advantages over your ass - before you even set foot in law school. They have real connections, i.e. their fathers can make a phone call and get their kids nice jobs. Additionally, those students will not be financially ruined by their decision to attend law school.

As a person of modest means, YOU will essentially be required to take on an additional $115K-$170K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - for a chance to enter the shrinking legal “profession.” Do you like those odds, Dumbass?!?! If so, then you should take your carcass to a riverboat casino and bet your life savings on the upcoming Super Bowl. Hell, your chances of winning are actually better if you do so, lemming.

http://law.indianatech.edu/deans-list/

The Super Amazing Announcement: Directly from the school’s press release:

“At Indiana Tech Law School, the Dean’s List is reserved for the students whose grades place them in the top 20 percent of their class each semester.

Alexander said the students on the school’s first Dean’s List deserve more credit than usual.

“As a new law school, our students do not have upper-level students to help guide and mentor them,” Alexander explained. “They have achieved this success largely through their dedication and hard work.”

I’m sure that these students’ parents haven’t been this proud of them since their graduation ceremony from the fifth grade. Who wouldn’t be proud of this accomplishmenTTTTTT?!

http://law.indianatech.edu/admissions/consumerinfo/

The Morons Need a Math Lesson: According to the unaccredited trash pit’s Consumer Info page, there are only 28 students enrolled at Indiana Tech Law Sewer. Yet, there are seven lemmings on the Dean’s LisTTTTTT. In the commode’s statement above, the pigs claim that the distinction is for those in the top 20% of the class. Apparently, the greedy bitches running this place don’t realize that this number represents a quarter of the students. “Law professors” love to claim that all lawyers suck at math, but this is idiotic.

Now, let’s take a deeper look at the charter class profile:

“Enrollment Data

Charter Class (Class of 2016) Profile:

Students in class: 28
Median LSAT Score: 146
Median Undergraduate GPA: 3.03
Percent Minority: 20%
Percent Female: 32%
Undergraduate Institutions Represented: 20
States Represented: 6
Percent Out-of-State: 32%
Faculty-Student Ratio: 2.5:1” [Emphasis mine]

Check out that pathetic median LSAT score, for the initial class at Indiana TTTTTTech Law Sewer! In order to find such odious figures at an ABA-accredited toilet, you need to head to TTTThoma$ M. Cooley Law $chool! From the garbage heap’s Facts-at-a-Glance page, under the Student Profile subheading:

http://www.cooley.edu/about/factsataglance.html

“Median LSAT score is 145
Median undergraduate GPA is 3.02” [Emphasis mine]

Yes, that puts Indiana TTTTTTech in elite company, right?!?! Who in the hell told these dolts that attending an unaccredited law school in Fort Wayne was a great idea? Then again, how did the cretins at this “university” decide that it was wise to open a law school

http://insidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/2012/10/ive-gotten-three-emails-in-past-week.html

Indiana’s Oversaturated Market: On October 8, 2012, Paul Campos wrote an insightful and hilarious entry labeled “Indiana Wants Me.” Read the following excerpt:

“Indiana, which contains 2% of the US population, already has four ABA-accredited law schools, including two "top 30" institutions, both of which feature legal unemployment rates for their grads of around 40%, and which are currently placing only 20% to 25% of their graduates in firms of more than ten attorneys.

Chutzpah has been defined as murdering your parents and then pleading for mercy because you're an orphan. How about setting up another legal diploma mill in a hyper-saturated market, while claiming that what will set your school apart is its emphasis on "ethics" and "professionalism?" [Emphasis mine]

Wow, that was a truly “brilliant” move, ass-clowns! It’s no surprise that these selfish bastards ended up with an initial class of less than 30 students. Their goal was 100 victims. Hell, you could get more than 30 people interested in having their tonsils removed.

Conclusion: Indiana Tech Law School is a pile of wet feces. The students at this commode have essentially no chance at landing decent legal employment, upon graduation. Do you - for one damn microsecond - see these dunces competing for jobs with their counterparts from Indiana-Bloomington or Notre Dame?!?! Have fun telling your friends that you are in law school, chump. Afterward, when you have amassed additional sums of NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for a TTTTTT law degree - and are stocking shelves at Kmart - let’s see if your family and pals are still impressed.

Beautiful News!: JD Junkyard contributor "JohnDoeee" tipped me off to this development. On January 31, 2014, Bridget Crawford posted a Faculty Lounge entry labeled “‘Financial Exigency’ at Albany Law School?” Here is the full text of her piece:

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2014/01/financial-exigency-at-albany-law-school.html

“According to a November 19, 2013 letter issued by AAUP President Rudy Fichtenbaum, Albany Law School's "administration and governing board have announced that, because of serious financial difficulties, notifications of faculty layoffs will be issued shortly."

The newly-formed AAUP chapter at Albany certainly disagrees that "financial exigency" exists. In a letter dated January 11, 2014, that group states (here):

The Chapter maintains that there is no showing of a bona fide institutional financial exigency or of individual faculty incompetence. Accordingly, no justification for faculty terminations exists. Since no faculty terminations are justified, the Chapter takes no position on what the order of layoffs would be if terminations were warranted under a state of financial exigency. In the absence of evidence of anything remotely resembling a bona fide financial exigency, firing any faculty member would depart from nationally accepted standards of law school governance.

The Albany Law School Chapter of the AAUP has made various documents available here. This situation will be one to watch.” [Emphasis mine]

I want to thank all of you who have helped educate the general public about the law school scam. As a direct result of those collective efforts, law school applications have plummeted for the last three years. Hell, first year law school enrollment hit a 36 year low this past Fall. Now, the bitches and hags at Albany Law Sewer are running scared.

Other Coverage: Paul Campos provided the following insight in his January 31, 2014 entry, “Albany Law School to fire tenured faculty based on merit evaluations?”:

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2014/01/albany-law-school-to-fire-tenured-faculty-based-on-merit-evaluations

“In this case the AAUP standards seem to be merely precatory, as lawyers say, which means that the only cost Albany incurs by ignoring them is reputational, assuming of course that the school follows whatever procedures it’s contractually obligated to follow when firing employees. (Update: A three year old version of the school’s faculty handbook says tenured faculty can be fired only for cause or financial exigency. See Appendix B at 14).

But that reputational cost could be quite considerable, if the school were to go so far as to fire tenure-track and especially tenured faculty because it’s in such severe financial straits (Ex post facto rationalizations that such people were fired as a result of “merit” evaluations are likely to ring hollow).

A school is likely to go to great lengths to avoid the bad publicity such a move would produce, by firing lower-level staff, offering buyouts to senior faculty, cutting faculty salaries, and taking every step short of the most radical possible interventions, which are, in ascending order of radicalism, firing tenure track faculty, opening a Holiday Inn Express where the library used to be, and not giving top administrators greater than COL raises this year.” [Emphasis mine]

As with any scam, the perpetrators must convey confidence in their product or service. My guess is that the rodents at this commode will terminate janitors, groundskeepers, and adjunct faculty before getting to the grossly overpaid, failed attorneys masquerading as “scholars.”

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/02/tenured-faculty.html

Paul Caron published an article entitled “Tenured Faculty Layoffs Coming at Albany Law School?” - on February 1, 2014. From his opening:

“Tax Prof Bridget Crawford (Pace) reports on the news that Albany Law School's "administration and governing board have announced that, because of serious financial difficulties, notifications of faculty layoffs will be issued shortly."

Albany's bonds have been downgraded in recent months, and its 1L enrollment has declined 27% over the past five years:

2009: 255
2010: 236
2011: 235
2012: 196
2013: 187” [Emphasis mine]

This school is certainly feeling the effects of a smarter consumer base. People have caught onto the fact that the U.S. lawyer job market is GLUTTED. Furthermore, college grads now recognize that they may end up incurring monstrous sums of NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for garbage employment prospects. Plus, Albany Law Sewer is ranked as the 132nd greatest, most incredible law school in the nation - by US “News” & World Report.

Why the hell should any prospective student take on such risks, especially when the banksters and academics have no skin in the game?!?! Yes, those reaping ALL of the benefits of this rigged $y$tem bear NONE of the perils! Anyone who defends this arrangement is a vile piece of garbage.

Conclusion: Albany Law School is an independent “institution of higher education,” i.e. it is not anchored to a larger university. As such, the pigs must rely on a steady stream of law lemmings. When enrollment drops, the swine have less revenue to operate. In the end, the jackals like toact as though they are typical companies. For $ome rea$on, the cockroaches conveniently “forget” to mention that they are propped up by taxpayer funds and the federally-backed student loan scheme. Now, the bastards get to exercise their supposed business acumen.

http://www.vermontlaw.edu/News_and_Events/News_Releases/Vermont_Law_Partners_with_Historically_Black_Colleges_and_Universities.htm

The Toilet's Press Release: On February 4, 2014, Vermont Law Sewer furnished a press release labeled “Vermont Law Partners with Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”

“Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and Morehouse College and Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., are the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to sign partnership agreements with Vermont Law School, the ultimate goal of which is to expand racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession.

Each partnership is tailored to the interests of the college or university. The agreement with Central State University, for example, is specifically designed to attract prospective students to the JD/Master of Environmental Law and Policy and the JD/Master of Energy Regulation and Law programs at Vermont Law School. The partnerships with Morehouse College and Spelman College are designed to facilitate admission of qualified students to law school in general and Vermont Law in particular.

Shirley Jefferson ’86, Dean of Student Affairs and Diversity at Vermont Law, has led the partnership initiative.

“At Vermont Law, we believe that we should be training the next generation of leaders who will make a difference in their communities and in the world,” Jefferson said. “These are colleges and universities with long histories of promoting racial justice and equality, and we are proud to partner with them.” [Emphasis mine]

Yeah, sure the law school pigs care about “racial justice,” “equality” and “representing traditionally voiceless communities.” If you believe that nonsense, then you should not be allowed to make any decision that could possibly affect another person. Those are mere code words, designed to cause suckers to incur substantial amounts of NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - for a worthless product.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/2014/02/04/law-school-partnerships-expand-diversity/KaBuNSMHosTv11PP9J992M/story.html

Other Coverage: On February 4, 2014, the Boston Globe posted an AP story entitled “Vt Law School partnerships to expand diversity.” From the opening:

“Vermont Law School has partnered with several historically black colleges and universities to expand racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession.

The law school has partnered with Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and Morehouse College and Spelman College in Atlanta.”

By the way, read the remaining two paragraphs of this piece. Doesn’t it seem nearly identical to the press release?!?! Hell, with newspapers slashing jobs, now many “reporters” simply run with a company’s talking points.

http://outsidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/2014/02/vermont-law-might-as-well-offer-free.html

OTLSS contributor MA posted an entry labeled “Vermont Law Might As Well Offer Free Balance Transfers Too” - on February 7, 2014. Read the following excerpt:

“According to this press release, Vermont Law is signing partnership agreements with a few historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's). These agreements will allow students at these colleges to have access to pre-law counseling from real life law school counselors and a tuition break (cleverly disguised as scholarships) once they sign up for classes.

This plan by Vermont Law is a new direction that I can see more law schools taking. This agreement gives Vermont Law a captive audience at the HBCU's they are partnering with…After listening to their friendly Vermont Law counselors, these students will be convinced that a Vermont Law degree is the key to that $160,000 starting salary everyone talks about. The counselors have at least a year to whisper sweet fantasies into the students' ears and convince them three years in South Royalton is just like being in Lake Havasu and Harvard at the same time. I am sure that the HBCUs' administrations are getting a kickback here in exchange for pushing their undergrads towards law schools like lambs being led to the slaughter. It's a win-win for the schools, even if the students are being lured into financial ruin.” [Emphasis mine]

There is no honor among academic thieves. In their eyes, students are a means to an end, i.e. federally-backed student loans.

http://vtdigger.org/2013/06/27/vermont-law-school-makes-more-cuts-as-class-size-drops/

Faculty Cuts Back in June 2013: On June 27, 2013, the Vermont Journalism Trust published a Alicia Freese piece, headlined “Vermont Law School makes more cuts as class size drops.” Check out this opening:

“Starting last September, VLS enacted a plan to shrink the school in response to a tuition dollar drought that left it with a $3.3 million budget gap. The school attracted national attention last winter when it cut 12 staff positions — 10 were through voluntary buyouts and two were involuntary.

This past spring, in a quieter move, VLS whittled down its faculty. Eight professors, of the 40 who were eligible, voluntarily moved from full-time to part-time positions. [VLS "president" Marc] Mihaly estimated that two or three other positions were eliminated when professors departed for personal reasons.” [Emphasis mine]

Does anyone with an IQ above room temperature want to argue that this is a mere coincidence?!?! The school is losing money - and now the sewer rats will do whatever they can to keep their lice-infested heads above water.

Conclusion: In the final analysis, the cockroaches at119th ranked VermonTTT Law Sewerare desperate for asses in seats. Furthermore, the commode is independent, i.e. it is not attached to a larger univer$ity. The bastards have a tiny endowment, which means that they cannot sustain several, consecutive, small class sizes. The pigs at VLS simply want to take advantage of black students, under the guise of “providing them with the opportunity to enter the legal profession.” This is beyond sickening, as the “professors” and administrators of this school KNOW that a TTT law degree will not financially benefit the vast majority of graduates. In fact, attending this toilet will merely result in the students incurring additional sums of NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt - and garbage job prospects.

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2014/02/albany-law-school-offers-buyouts-to.html?page=all

Glorious News!: On February 11, 2014, Albany Business Review published a piece entitled “Albany Law School offers buyouts to faculty” - by reporter Megan Rogers. From the opening:

“Albany Law School is offering buyouts to faculty so its payroll better matches the school's declining student enrollment.

While Albany Law School's enrollment decreased by about 200 students in the past ten years, the size of its faculty has remained steady at about 50 full-time faculty. Last week, the board began efforts to downsize, offering a voluntary buyout program for tenured and long-term contract faculty.

The buyouts are a starting point for cost-reductions and the board will have a better sense of potential cuts when it determines how many faculty members take the buyout this spring, said Daniel Nolan, chairman of the school's Board of Trustees. Nolan also is president and CEO at Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC investment firm in Albany.

The board acknowledges that Albany Law School's situation marks a structural change, Nolan said, and will seek other reductions and new sources of revenue.” [Emphasis mine]

It is great to see that the board realizes - and publicly admits - that this is a fundamental restructuring. In a just world, they would take a wrecking ball to this toilet. Near the conclusion, Rogers noted:

“The school wants to reduce faculty size rather than lower admittance standards to raise revenue. Albany Law School is the second lowest in the state for bar passage and lowering enrollment standards as employment opportunities dwindle would be "unethical," the board wrote last week in a letter to faculty members.

"Cutbacks are very, very hard. But what is motivating everything about what I'm doing is my student-centric approach," [dean Penelope] Andrews said. "Albany Law School and law schools exist to train students and it's all about the students."

Enrollment fell from 821 students in 2003-04 to 617 students in 2013-14. This year, applications are down by about 15 percent compared to the same time last year, Andrews said. The challenge isn't making sure students apply to Albany Law School, but making sure they enroll.” [Emphasis mine]

In other words, if enrollment continues to drop at Albany Law Sewer, then further buyouts and faculty cuts can be expected. This is a wonderful day!

http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202641330977/Albany+Law+Offers+Buyouts+to+Offset+Lower+Enrollment%3Fmcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL#

Other Coverage: On February 4, 2014, the New York Law Journal posted an article from John Caher and Tania Karas, under the headline “Albany Law Offers Buyouts to Offset Lower Enrollment.” Free registration is required to view the full contents. At any rate, take a look at this opening:

“Albany Law School and some of its professors are at odds over plans to reduce faculty size due to declining enrollment, giving rise to a broader question of whether the institution should lower its standards to save jobs.

The school on Monday offered buyouts to up to eight longer-tenured and higher-salaried professors. At the same time, the Board of Trustees, in a statement, and the law school's dean, in an interview, flatly rejected an idea, apparently promoted by some faculty, to lower admissions standards.

"A review of our declining bar passage statistics (we are now the second lowest law school in New York State for bar passage), combined with the extremely difficult employment market for our graduates, compels us to believe that we must focus on quality of applicants, not quantity," the board said in a memo Monday to faculty. "To admit students in order to increase revenues due to projected operating deficits would be both unethical and in violation of ABA standards."

Penelope Andrews, dean and president of Albany Law School, said in an interview that any discussion of lowering standards is off the table.” [Emphasis mine]

The school was nice to offer such buyouts to the academic swine. It’s not as if any of these rats has done anything useful in their position. Of course, the "law professors"/parasites wanted to lower admissions "standards" further. Yes, these cockroaches truly care about the students, right?!?!

Now look at this excerpt:

“The memo from the Board of Trustees, distributed by its chairman, Daniel Nolan, made clear that "the voluntary buy-out program announced today is but one step in a comprehensive strategy designed to bring operating costs in line with anticipated revenues."It said the board "will continue to assess the school's financial condition to determine what other measures might be appropriate as we move forward."

Andrews said it is unclear how many faculty positions need to be cut, either through buyouts or layoffs, and depends on several factors, including admissions, the number of students who drop out after the first or second year and other variables.

"There is no fixed number that will fix the situation because it is so fluid," Andrews said.”

Again, this is merely a single step in keeping costs down. It’s great to see the law school pigs sweat their tiny balls off. Thank all of you for helping to spread the truth about the law school scam. Applications and enrollment have fallen for years, because of our collective efforts.

Conclusion: The administrators and Board of TTTru$TTTee$ atthe 132nd greatest, most amazing and terrific law school in the United Stateshave begrudgingly accepted the fact that they must toss many of the overpaid pigs out on their useless asses, if they want to stay in business. Don’t buy the high-minded reasons given by the school, for this move. This is about survival. As we all know, faculty compensation - including benefits - is the biggest expense at ABA-accredited diploma mills. That is the reason why law school tuition is so damn high. It’s about time that the administrators start trimming the fat, where it will actually make a difference!

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/villanova-doubles-full-tuition-scholarships-makes-curricular-changes

The Announcement: On January 27, the NaTTTional Juri$TTT published a piece by Alicia Albertson, under the headline “Villanova doubles full tuition scholarships, makes curricular changes.” Look at this excerpt:

“Villanova University School of Law announced it will double the number of full-tuition scholarships for incoming students, and the Pennsylvania school also announced curricular changes.

The Innovation Scholars program will fund up to 50 full scholarships for the 2014 incoming class, effectively doubling the number of students who receive such. Students will receive the scholarship for all three years of law school study.

To be eligible, students must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.6 or higher, an LSAT score of 157 or higher and must maintain good academic standing with the institution.

“These new Innovation Scholars will find in Villanova a law school that is responding to the new market realities of their degrees,” John Gotanda, Dean of the law school said. “We have listened to our students and to the law firm, corporate and government employers.”

The law school also announced it would lock in tuition for each incoming class so students will pay the same each year for educational expenses.” [Emphasis mine]

In sum, the commode is desperate for asses in seats. Maybe the cockroaches will toss in free ball massages and an iPad. This is a marketing ploy, but it will end up costing the pigs, too. Plus, the requirements are not too strenuous. You can major in Political “Science” or History and easily earn higher than a 3.6 UGPA.

Remember, this is the same trash pit where SCHOOL OFFICIALS KNOWINGLY FALSIFIED DATA pertaining to incoming UGPAs and LSAT scores - in an effort to increase the toilet’s USN&WR ranking. As reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education and Katherine Mangan, in a February 26, 2011 piece entitled “Villanova U. Reveals Its Law School Gave False Reports of GPA's and Test Scores”:

“Villanova University officials announced on Friday that unidentified employees of its law school knowingly reported inaccurate, and presumably inflated, grade-point averages and admission-test scores to the American Bar Association in years before 2010, a scheme that could have affected where it fell in national rankings.” [Emphasis mine]

http://abovethelaw.com/2014/01/law-school-offers-free-tuition-to-50-applicants/#more-296682

Other Coverage: Elie Mystal wrote an entry labeled “Law School Offers Free Tuition To 50 Applicants,” back on January 22, 2014. From his opening:

“We know the new economics for middle-tier law schools. Applications are down, so to convince students with good test scores to come to your school, you have to offer them money. It’s the market, imperfect though it may be, at work.

So when a law school offers “full scholarships” to a number of students with strong academic credentials, don’t think that it’s doing you a favor. They’re trying to fill their seats, not trying to address the fundamental cost problem of law school. If a law school is offering “scholarships” to high-performing students, that means that the low-performing students who are paying full price are subsidizing the people in their class who are most likely to bust up the curve. Addressing the value proposition of law school involves lowering tuition for all students, not making law school free for the kids with potentially better options.” [Emphasis mine]

http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/enroll/finaid/costs.html

Tuition: Mystal is correct, regarding the prohibitive cost of admission to this dung heap. Scroll down to the section labeled Law School Program Rates 2013-2014. First year law students for the current academic year were charged $39,660 in tuition. They must also pay a combined $400 in student health and SBA fees. Therefore, these dolts are paying $40,060 to attend this ABA-accredited garbage pile for one damn year.

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

Ranking: As you can see, Vanillanova Univer$iTTy Sewer of Law is rated as the 98th greatest, most fantastic and wonderful law school in the entire country by US “News” & World Report. What an immense accomplishment, huh?!?! In fact, it shares this prestigious honor with only three other commodes, i.e. Indiana University-Indianapolis, St. John’s University, and the University of South Carolina. Such elite company!

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 Villanova JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $113,283. In fact, 79 percent of this commode’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, while the student is enrolled.

Conclusion: In the final analysis, Villanova University Sewer of Law is a grossly overpriced, vile,Catholic toilet. These bitches and hags do not give one damn about their students or recent grads. They simply want to keep the scam going. After all, the academic parasites are living well off of the federally-backed student loan system. Their compensation is in no way tied to their students’ outcomes. The swine are using this scholarship boost to attract quality applicants. Plus, the pigs believe that it will buy them some goodwill among potential consumers in the area, as well as with the ABA and USN&WR. Up to 50 new students will receive full tuition, while their classmates will continue to drown in large sums of NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt.

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/cooley-nyls-have-largest-enrollment-declines-2010-2011

Toilets Getting Flushed: The NaTTTional Juri$TTT published Alicia Albertson’s piece, which was entitled “Cooley, NYLS have largest enrollment declines since 2010-2011” - on February 17, 2014. Take a look at this opening:

“The drop in law school applications during the past three years has had a profound impact on enrollment, according to a new study by The National Jurist.

Law school enrollment has dropped by an average of 99 students per school from 2010-2011 to 2013-2014, with only 16 schools enjoying an increase in students.

Eighteen law schools saw enrollment drop by more than 30 percent, led by University of La Verne (down 66.2 percent) and Thomas M. Cooley Law School (down 40.6 percent). Cooley Law School, with five campuses in Michigan and Florida, dropped from 3,931 students in 2010-2011 to 2,334 students in 2013-2014, the single largest drop in raw numbers.” [Emphasis mine]

This is excellent news. Only a truly sick bastard would view this otherwise. Remember, “law professors” and administrators have consigned LEGIONS of students and graduates to a lifetime of debt servitude and financial ruin - over the course of several decades.

At the conclusion of this article, you will see a chart showing the 25 ABA-accredited dung heaps that have had the largest enrollment declines, as a percentage. Among these commodes: New York Law $chool; Widener University - both campuses; $eTTon Haul; Western New England “University”; Appalachian Sewer of Law; VermonTTT Law School; and Pace University.

http://abovethelaw.com/2014/02/ouch-the-law-schools-with-the-biggest-drops-in-enrollment-since-2010/

Other Coverage: On February 18, 2014, Staci Zaretsky posted an epic ATL entry labeled “Ouch: The Law Schools With The Biggest Drops In Enrollment Since 2010.” Check out this portion:

“For the past few years, law schools have been in a state of crisis, and it’s getting worse. Prospective students just aren’t as interested as they used to be in borrowing up to six figures of government Monopoly money in the hope of surviving the post-graduation gauntlet of legal employment. At last count, applicants were down 11.1 percent from this time last year, and national 1L enrollment is down 24 percent from where it was in 2010.

Unable to keep up with the changing times and put asses in seats, law schools are doing anything they can to cut costs — up to and including laying off faculty and staff. Amid hefty declines in enrollment, some schools seem to be struggling.” [Emphasis mine]

As scam-bloggers have pointed out for a while, the law school pigs did not “strategically plan” to scale back their operations. They were essentially forced to decrease enrollment. Hell, according to Paul Campos, the rodents are accepting a higher percentage of applicants than ever before!

Later on, Zaretsky reported the following:

“All joking aside, the schools that have purposefully reduced their class sizes — by more than two handfuls of students — are doing a very good thing. But when a law school’s decline in student enrollment is greater than 30 percent, we’ve got to wonder what portion of that percentage was planned.

In a recent study, National Jurist compared data from the 2010-2011 school year to data from the 2013-2014 school year using numbers from law schools’ most recent American Bar Association 509 reports. Without further ado, here are the 10 law schools with the biggest drops in enrollment since 2010:

University of La Verne: -66.2 percent
Cooley Law School: -40.6 percent
Catholic University: -39.5 percent
New York Law School: -38.7 percent
University of Dayton: -38.5 percent
Pacific McGeorge School of Law: -38.4 percent
Widener University – Harrisburg: -36.9 percent
University of New Hampshire: -34.8 percent
Seton Hall University: -34.7 percent
Liberty University: -33.9 percent” [Emphasis mine]

You’re welcome, law school swine! Once prospective students received better information about your garbage product, fewer of them chose to incur insane amounts of NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt for dwindling job prospects.

Conclusion: The law school pigs are sweating their little balls off, due to the consistent, steep decline in applications. Again, these bitches and hags DO NOT GIVE ONE DAMN about their students or recent graduates. The cockroaches merely want to keep the scam going for as long as possible. The academic parasites should be happy that they were able to fleece the taxpayers - and financially rape the students - for such an extended period of time. Instead, the pathetic, selfish whores are sobbing over their supposed misfortune. In a just world, these vile creatures would be shoved into small crates - and force-fed their own excrement.

Unaccredited Texas Trash Pit: University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law

Profiles in Duplicitous Swine: Edward Zelinsky, “Law Professor” at Cardozo Law School

Profiles in Academic Excrement: Ryan Calo, Assistant “Law Professor” at the University of Washington

Rutgers University School of Law-Camden Knowingly Admitted Students Who Didn’t Take the LSAT; The Pigs Receive a Slap on the Wrist from the ABA

First Tier Pile of Bear Feces: University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Great News: First Year Law School Enrollment Hits a 36 Year Low!

First Tier Toxic Sewage: University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Wisconsin Bar Task Force Reports that More Than 40 Percent of Wisconsin Lawyers Would Not Attend Law School if They Had a Do-Over

Profiles in Infinite Madness: Joshua Adams, Author of “How to Win at Law School,” Fails the New York Bar Exam and Moves Back in With His Wife’s Parents

Profiles in Lying Turd Syndrome: Brian Leiter, “Law Professor” and Douche-Bag Extraordinaire at the University of Chicago

Second Tier Scalding Hot Sewage: University of South Carolina School of Law

Breaking News: Syracuse University College of Law “Strategically Planned” to Cut Its Class Size by 25 Percent!

Roger Williams University School of Law to Cut Tuition by 18 Percent, and Pennsylvania State University SOL to Slash In-State Tuition in Half

First Tier Eagle Droppings: Emory University School of Law

Hit the Snooze Button: Seven Students at Indiana Tech Law School Make the Worthless Dean’s List

Third Tier Toilet Albany Law School to Flush Tenured Faculty Members?

TTT Smells of Desperation: Vermont Law School Partners With Historically Black Colleges and Universities, in Order to Exploit More Lemmings

Albany Law School Will Terminate Some Faculty Members in Order to Cut Costs

Catholic Guilt or Mere Desperation?: Villanova University School of Law Doubles the Number of Full-Tuition Scholarships

Power Flush: Thomas M. Cooley Law School and the University of La Verne College of Law Experience the Biggest-Ass Drops in Enrollment - by Percentage - Since 2010