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July 23, 2009
Reasons NOT To Go To Law School
H. Luiz Presents posted an interesting story entitled Top 8 Reasons Not To Go To Law School. They are:
1. FINANCIAL SUICIDE
2. IF YOU’RE A CREATIVE PERSON, FORGET IT
3. THE “BREAKUP” RATE IS NEARLY 80%
4. THE BAR EXAM IS BRUTAL
5. TOP JOBS ARE HARD TO COME BY
6. INSANE HOURS
7. LAW PROFESSORS ARE A-HOLES
8. HARASSMENT BY FRIENDS SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE
This posting was picked up by Legal Blog Watch.
I actually think there is alot of truth to this posting. It should make prospective law students stop and think before they apply to law school. However, this posting is only part of the story. Sure, law school is hard work, there are many bad professors and it is hard to land a good job. On the other hand, it exposes you to a whole new way of thinking, you get to work with some really smart people and you get to help some people (your clients). If your good, you have the opportunity to make good money and work in nice offices. The legal issues are also very interesting.
Mitchell H. Rubinstein& FAMILY SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE
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Thank you Prof. Rubinstein,
The post was meant to be humorous, and although "Legal Blog Watch" saw it as such, every bLAWg that follows them took my post and never gave a link to my original post http://www.hluizpresents.com/2009/07/13/top-eight-8-reasons-not-to-go-to-law-school/
My post was compiled data of online research, law-student friends, employers (Lawyers), Law Professors, and some Statistics Guru friends. I am not even in Law School yet (Legal Blog Watch finally gave an update.)
I wanted to show a "real" side to Law School, based upon my research. My subscribers and friends had a notion that the pretty people lawyers on TV was what it was all about - not the gruelling work LAW entails.
Thanks for the mention,
H. Luiz of http://www.hluizpresents.com
Posted by: H. Luiz | Jul 23, 2009 9:32:41 AM
Dear Professors,
I also stumbled on the posting of Mr. Luiz on-line. I must respectfully disagree, however, in your suggestion that the pedagogy in law school has absolutely anything to do with, " expos[ing] you to a whole new way of thinking. . .work[ing] with some really smart people. . .and [t]he legal issues are also very interesting." It is not surprising that the authors of this blog are, themselves, both lawyers. Perhaps if you keep repeating your remarks to Mr. Luiz enough, you actually will start believing them which, on a deep sincere level, I suspect you by no means do.
More likely, the fact that you have virtually wasted what Cliff Hillegas reminds us are "the most vital years of your young lives" studying those things irrelevant, petty, and mundane chastens you, as would it any mighty intellect that has fallen, into rationalizing what would have otherwise been a stellar career doing something different. Ever hear of our current Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice? I would submit her curriculum vitae and academic experience as "best evidence", counsellors, of what has to be described as "the quiet life of desperation" of most American-barred attorneys. This young woman deals with Public International Law daily, at the highest level, in chambers as halcyon as the US Supreme Court, the Hague, or the British Inns of Court. One would do well to note that the indicia of "J.D." appears nowhere on her resume.
We have also come long from the days of Gideon v Wainwright wherein Brother Stewart warns us that "even the most educated man may be ill-equipped to defend his rights at bar." Although we are likely in quite deep waters here, it is quite likely after O.J. vols. 1-2, the ubiquitousness of CNN and Court TV coverage, and the newly-emergent legal transmutation of the "licensed paralegal" performing many (if not all) attorney functions at such places as "Legal Zoom" (but see, O.J. vol. 1), that the days of Harlan's "virtual religious calling at the Bar" (at one of your alma mater no less), are long over.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Respectfully submitted, Bruce
Posted by: B R Busby | Aug 15, 2009 6:01:13 PM
