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why on earth is anyone going to law school these days?

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henna quadroon
  09/15/14
it makes sense for some. dont underestimate how bad the job ...
pink resort
  09/15/14
ya i guess i can see this
henna quadroon
  09/15/14
how? going back and getting a 2nd BA in STEM, especially sof...
flushed laser beams
  09/15/14
STEM? Did you go to state school?
Insane Marketing Idea Shitlib
  09/15/14
if you can cop t14 with money of t6 at all and have a decent...
Bearded violent persian
  09/15/14
Your average philosophy major doesn't have what it takes to ...
Nighttime multi-billionaire
  09/25/14
At my T10 it was a lot of state school grads with shit liber...
Nighttime multi-billionaire
  09/25/14
They aren't.
thriller personal credit line dog poop
  09/15/14
but plenty of ppl still are going
henna quadroon
  09/15/14
Prove it. I don't think anyone would be that stupid.
thriller personal credit line dog poop
  09/15/14
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Iridescent supple sound barrier
  09/15/14
if you actually are hell bent on being a lawyer and actually...
Puce Provocative Public Bath
  09/15/14
most people just go because the professors have free beer du...
stirring emerald gas station
  09/15/14
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talented smoky queen of the night
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Motley chapel fanboi
  09/15/14
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Glittery Alcoholic Theater Mother
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Transparent Garrison Dingle Berry
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hyperventilating hideous karate elastic band
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Spruce plaza gunner
  09/26/14
To slay poontang.
Vivacious Yellow Corn Cake
  09/15/14
"heh, i just have a natural love of reading legal opini...
Hairraiser institution
  09/15/14
I have a buddy who is graduating this year and actually had ...
Contagious underhanded market ceo
  09/15/14
does that "good outcome" involve a biglaw job he w...
Bearded violent persian
  09/15/14
Yeah but he lived in a small town with no upward advancement...
Contagious underhanded market ceo
  09/15/14
One of my friends did really well on the lsat (176) is doing...
Shimmering Stag Film Keepsake Machete
  09/15/14
this makes sense
stirring emerald gas station
  09/16/14
There are way more interesting exits from TFA than law schoo...
Canary ladyboy
  09/18/14
Lol at some loser lib sociology major from Brown "start...
Nighttime multi-billionaire
  09/25/14
I WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL SO I CAN PRACTICE FAMILY LAW BECA...
vermilion heaven french chef
  09/18/14
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pink resort
  09/25/14
nothing else to do
maize passionate round eye
  09/25/14
Because the federal government guarantees loans for it.
Metal roommate
  09/25/14
BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN JUSTICE
mind-boggling house
  09/25/14
To go against the sentiments here I think this might be a go...
mind-boggling house
  09/26/14
biglaw pays 160,000 i can survive it for a couple years, ...
boyish fat ankles pocket flask
  09/26/14


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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:21 PM
Author: henna quadroon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333590)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:29 PM
Author: pink resort

it makes sense for some. dont underestimate how bad the job market is right now. there are a lot of above average intelligence bros with useless UG degrees.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333654)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:30 PM
Author: henna quadroon

ya i guess i can see this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333659)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 4:45 PM
Author: flushed laser beams

how? going back and getting a 2nd BA in STEM, especially software engineering, makes far more sense for someone with a worthless humanities degree. there's plenty of things people can do. law school is just the easy path for people who don't want to have a stigma of "doing something weird" like going back for a 2nd BA. they want their lives to have a neat narrative to present to family and friends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334059)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 5:04 PM
Author: Insane Marketing Idea Shitlib

STEM?

Did you go to state school?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334127)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 6:16 PM
Author: Bearded violent persian

if you can cop t14 with money of t6 at all and have a decent work ethic, it could make sense if you get nojerbed and/or you don't want to slog through years working your way up through shitty salesy jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334420)



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Date: September 25th, 2014 11:23 AM
Author: Nighttime multi-billionaire

Your average philosophy major doesn't have what it takes to do STEM especially in an accelerated BA program. a lot of them require prereqs. Most software engineering jobs are also absolute shit. biglaw sucks, but i'd rather fuck around with documents all day than work in some shit software engineering job that will probably get outsourced.

if you can get into a good business school that is almost always a better option though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26394282)



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Date: September 25th, 2014 11:18 AM
Author: Nighttime multi-billionaire

At my T10 it was a lot of state school grads with shit liberal arts degrees that probably would have no shot at a decent b-school. however, a shitty b-school might have still been a better option.

i definitely didn't understand why the fuck there were people from top undergrads there though. you can work any shitjerb for a few years and probably get into a respectable b school just on your undergrad name.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26394238)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:29 PM
Author: thriller personal credit line dog poop

They aren't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333647)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:30 PM
Author: henna quadroon

but plenty of ppl still are going

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333658)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:31 PM
Author: thriller personal credit line dog poop

Prove it.

I don't think anyone would be that stupid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333662)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:30 PM
Author: Iridescent supple sound barrier



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333661)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:31 PM
Author: Puce Provocative Public Bath

if you actually are hell bent on being a lawyer and actually do have the credentials, its pretty easy to get biglaw at least

people are getting CBs and offers at my v50 that wouldn't have gotten a sniff even 2012-2013

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333665)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:36 PM
Author: stirring emerald gas station

most people just go because the professors have free beer during the week to get people to come to class. one dude is a falconer and goes to the law school to fly his bird around. it's a red tailed hawk so people call him a fake falconer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333697)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 3:37 PM
Author: talented smoky queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26333704)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 4:46 PM
Author: Motley chapel fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334061)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 5:33 PM
Author: Glittery Alcoholic Theater Mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334248)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 5:54 PM
Author: Transparent Garrison Dingle Berry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334308)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 8:39 PM
Author: hyperventilating hideous karate elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26335197)



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Date: September 26th, 2014 7:57 PM
Author: Spruce plaza gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26404471)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 5:57 PM
Author: Vivacious Yellow Corn Cake

To slay poontang.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334317)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 5:58 PM
Author: Hairraiser institution

"heh, i just have a natural love of reading legal opinions, heh."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334323)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 6:37 PM
Author: Contagious underhanded market ceo

I have a buddy who is graduating this year and actually had a good outcome. Kind of embarrassing for me because I was always shitting on law school in the xoxo kind of way and told him it was a dumb move that would never work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334488)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 6:57 PM
Author: Bearded violent persian

does that "good outcome" involve a biglaw job he will flame out of in 3-4 years, leaving him in the exact same position he was before law school (but 6-7 years older)???

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334570)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 7:00 PM
Author: Contagious underhanded market ceo

Yeah but he lived in a small town with no upward advancement possibilities in his career and instead got to chill in law school for three years and then move to NYC and have sex with a bunch of girls

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26334582)



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Date: September 15th, 2014 8:36 PM
Author: Shimmering Stag Film Keepsake Machete

One of my friends did really well on the lsat (176) is doing TFA and it just makes sense.

He got fee waivers from HYS so it just makes sense for him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26335176)



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Date: September 16th, 2014 12:50 PM
Author: stirring emerald gas station

this makes sense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26338980)



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Date: September 18th, 2014 2:29 PM
Author: Canary ladyboy

There are way more interesting exits from TFA than law school. People are literally going to Google, McKinsey, starting ed tech companies or joining startups. Going to ls after TFA is a waste. Why even do TFA in the first place?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26351534)



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Date: September 25th, 2014 11:00 AM
Author: Nighttime multi-billionaire

Lol at some loser lib sociology major from Brown "starting an ed tech company" after TFA. I agree that LS is a waste.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26394128)



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Date: September 18th, 2014 2:31 PM
Author: vermilion heaven french chef

I WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL SO I CAN PRACTICE FAMILY LAW BECAUSE I LOVE KIDS!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26351541)



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Date: September 25th, 2014 10:54 AM
Author: pink resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26394104)



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Date: September 25th, 2014 10:56 AM
Author: maize passionate round eye

nothing else to do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26394109)



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Date: September 25th, 2014 11:02 AM
Author: Metal roommate

Because the federal government guarantees loans for it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26394144)



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Date: September 25th, 2014 11:37 AM
Author: mind-boggling house

BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN JUSTICE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26394356)



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Date: September 26th, 2014 7:56 PM
Author: mind-boggling house

To go against the sentiments here I think this might be a good time for liberal arts shitheads to be going to law school if they can stand the work and stick it out for biglaw because the market might actually start to correct itself. A top b school is better, if you can make that work.... but a lot of those dudes just end up becoming bullshit marketing managers for the next bullshit startup and bounce around for years doing that shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26404466)



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Date: September 26th, 2014 8:10 PM
Author: boyish fat ankles pocket flask

biglaw pays 160,000

i can survive it for a couple years, pay off my debt, and then pursue my passion: personal injury

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2675337&forum_id=2#26404523)