Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:27 PM Author: Abusive Nubile Black Woman
fuck. i am sitting with 10 people counting everyone we know. public school pwn3d. :-(
how the hell can we claim the % employed at graduation that we do? do we only count respondents or something? we not only overenrolled in 2003, but we brought in TRANSFERS to exacerbate the situation. horrible. HORRIBLE.
Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:40 PM Author: Abusive Nubile Black Woman
first off, i am certain we don't have everyone. second, michigan had 95% employed at graduation in the last us news. i'll be interested to see what we claim next year.
the transfer thing is what really pisses people off. if you overenroll, fuck the transfers.
Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:48 PM Author: Unhinged feces clown
yeah, but they'd get teh same jobs no matter where they went to school. and they dont knock down 2ls gpa's/class rank, cuz they aren't part of the 1l class for grade purposes.
Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:03 PM Author: Unhinged feces clown
same here. i can't speak for every single unemployed person, but 90% of the pepole who did not get jobs from my class had callbacks and whatnot, but were just horrible at presenting themselves for a corporate law firm job.
Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:47 PM Author: Odious gas station
I imagine they will,
but when they decided to go to law school Michigan and most other school perpetuated the myth that, oh don't worry about it, everyone gets 6 figure jobs here
Date: June 3rd, 2006 3:04 AM Author: jet-lagged drab giraffe background story
such is life. if law schools, and schools generally, told the truth about employment prospects post-graduation, their incoming class sizes would shrink considerably, leading to a complete stoppage of our economy, and even more tragically, time. you'd wake up in 50 years and realize that you were still a tang drinkin', mealy mouthed ape from texas. that ain't something i'm lookin' forward to.
Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:57 PM Author: vermilion duck-like pozpig
Can I ask you a question unbear? Why do you think these 40 are unemployed? In your opinion what is it about them, if anything, that caused them to be unemployed?
Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:59 PM Author: Laughsome Metal Jew
This is a good question. Bad OCI? Bad DETROITLAW conditions? Lack of BANKRUPTCYLAW classes? It's actually a festering TTT in decline? This class just didn't interview well?
Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:00 PM Author: Abusive Nubile Black Woman
overenrollment + transfers. as i see it, the problem is that employers arrive prepared to hire X amount of michigan students. if students enrolled is Y, students unemployed is Y-X. if Y increases by about 60 (overenrollment + transfers)...
Date: June 3rd, 2006 2:48 AM Author: misanthropic pungent stag film pervert
I really dont think this explains the whole situation. Its not like the Michigan degree is less valuable to you guys than it is to those from the years before and after you. Firms still respect the name and generally want to hire Michigan students. Its not like there is a Michigan 2006 grad at every decent firm that has hired Michigan students in the past, or that there is a quota of Michigan students each market can take each year that was too small to accommodate the 2006 class.
I can definitely see how class size hurt your class during 2L OCI in the way you explain (limited interviewers, limitted interview slots, equal universe of firms to get offers from, and 10-15% more students looking for interviews and offers, etc). But as far as the post-OCI sending out of resumes and all that? I just don't see it playing THAT big a role. I've heard stories of multiple people in your year with grades above the median who couldnt find any jobs. That's inexplicable. No Michigan class has ever experienced that and size doesn't explain it.
From our year, I know only 1 person who wanted a firm job and couldnt get one--and there were extenuating circumstances. And by all accounts, the 1L class did amazingly well in 1L firm gig hiring. I also never heard complaints from the '05 grads. Clearly, this is a problem largely isolated to the 2006 class for whatever reason. Is it bad luck? A socially awkward group of people who interview poorly? Too many people focused on one or two major markets, thus failing to spread out and find all the firms looking to hire Michigan grads? Something else? I have no idea. But its more than just raw class size.
Date: June 3rd, 2006 2:56 AM Author: Unhinged feces clown
i find it particularly odd that OP suggested that, because a person with a 3.4+ couldn't get a job (that would qualify for HONORS), that means taht something is wrong with the school.
i'm sorry, but if you are set to graduate with honors and can't manage to secure an offer, YOU are the problem, and NOT the school.
Date: June 3rd, 2006 11:34 AM Author: internet-worthy parlor
TITCR.
too many idiots on this board think that, after the LSAT and acceptance, you never have to impress someone again in your life. that 3.4 bitch should stop resting on her laurels and learn how to fucking interact with human beings.
Date: January 11th, 2007 11:04 AM Author: Sinister Brunch Mental Disorder
there is an oversupply of lawyers period. Also, those that are unemployed are probably unemployed by choice there are tons of shit law jobs they could be doing, but probably dont want to settle for. If they were really desperate they would go be paralegals or something (they could make 60k doing this is biglaw).