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Michigan has more than 40 unemployed graduates!!!!

fuck. i am sitting with 10 people counting everyone we know....
turquoise location
  06/02/06
dont finish bottom 3% of ur class then.
exhilarant embarrassed to the bone electric furnace
  06/02/06
when did you win your field's medal?
turquoise location
  06/02/06
Support for my theory that the T14 myth is promoted by Duke,...
arrogant honey-headed half-breed
  06/03/06
40 isn't that bad, assuming everyone else got a job they wan...
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
first off, i am certain we don't have everyone. second, mich...
turquoise location
  06/02/06
40 seems like a lot...are you sure? And i doubt the trans...
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/02/06
Transfers are generally top 10%, so they're highly sought af...
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
yeah, but they'd get teh same jobs no matter where they went...
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/02/06
go to law school, then opine on these sorts of threads.
turquoise location
  06/02/06
i graduated from michigan a year ago
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/02/06
then i suppose you need more friends.
turquoise location
  06/02/06
this is too stupid for me to offer a substantive response. ...
turquoise location
  06/02/06
wow dude, calm down.
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/02/06
your comment was that people in this economy who don't have ...
turquoise location
  06/02/06
i stand by that comment...i haven't edited that out...
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/02/06
well, surely you recognize that's the sort of comment a rele...
turquoise location
  06/02/06
same here. i can't speak for every single unemployed person...
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/02/06
well that's 40 people who are now 120K in debt without any r...
Vengeful big locus haunted graveyard
  06/02/06
They'll get a job when they settle for less than they expect...
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
credited.
turquoise location
  06/02/06
just think how much it sucks to try to get geared up for tak...
bateful lilac depressive
  06/02/06
I imagine they will, but when they decided to go to law...
Vengeful big locus haunted graveyard
  06/02/06
a biglaw job is not a 'right'.
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/02/06
not saying it is, just that that was what the schools sold u...
Vengeful big locus haunted graveyard
  06/02/06
such is life. if law schools, and schools generally, told th...
cream razzmatazz hairy legs
  06/03/06
175
Jet-lagged At-the-ready Senate Volcanic Crater
  01/11/07
"how the hell can we claim the % employed at graduation...
thriller cruise ship
  06/02/06
lol. how's post-ls life? we're about to head to skeepers....
nighttime irradiated cuckold whorehouse
  06/02/06
clearly. the funny thing is that i am undercutting our estim...
turquoise location
  06/02/06
do you have a job?
Lake keepsake machete
  06/02/06
si.
turquoise location
  06/02/06
One you wanted or settled for?
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
wanted. vault firm in sf. why would that matter?
turquoise location
  06/02/06
so michigan worked out for you. generally what class rank?
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
enjoy being lower middle class
crimson appetizing dingle berry theater
  06/03/06
Can I ask you a question unbear? Why do you think these 40 a...
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
This is a good question. Bad OCI? Bad DETROITLAW condition...
burgundy wonderful corner trust fund
  06/02/06
overenrollment + transfers. as i see it, the problem is that...
turquoise location
  06/02/06
Come on unbear, you can give more insightful analysis than t...
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
going drinking.
turquoise location
  06/02/06
They partied all the time? Ahhhh.
Electric Ticket Booth
  06/02/06
no, more like we're off. time to go live irl! perhaps bac...
nighttime irradiated cuckold whorehouse
  06/02/06
I really dont think this explains the whole situation. Its ...
Apoplectic church macaca
  06/03/06
i find it particularly odd that OP suggested that, because a...
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/03/06
TITCR. too many idiots on this board think that, after th...
bearded big-titted telephone
  06/03/06
yeah...god forbid that a student be expected to read the wal...
Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action
  06/03/06
From our year, I know only 1 person who wanted a firm job an...
exciting lemon piazza boistinker
  06/03/06
"Its not like the Michigan degree is less valuable to y...
turquoise location
  06/06/06
Your TTT probably includes bar study as "being employed...
Stirring pink den useless brakes
  06/03/06
...
claret underhanded meetinghouse
  01/11/07
there is an oversupply of lawyers period. Also, those that a...
chrome pocket flask son of senegal
  01/11/07
Why did you go to law school?
Soul-stirring fighting spot
  01/11/07


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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:27 PM
Author: turquoise location

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.



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897220)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:30 PM
Author: exhilarant embarrassed to the bone electric furnace

dont finish bottom 3% of ur class then.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897249)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:35 PM
Author: turquoise location

when did you win your field's medal?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897304)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 1:16 PM
Author: arrogant honey-headed half-breed

Support for my theory that the T14 myth is promoted by Duke, Michigan, Northwestern trolls. Isn't that right "bluedevil".

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900692)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:33 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

40 isn't that bad, assuming everyone else got a job they wanted.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897286)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:40 PM
Author: turquoise location

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897343)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:42 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

40 seems like a lot...are you sure?

And i doubt the transfers take away jobs from other mich students.

in an economy as strong as this one, it must be their own fault if htey are unemployed.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897361)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:43 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

Transfers are generally top 10%, so they're highly sought after.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897372)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897421)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: turquoise location

go to law school, then opine on these sorts of threads.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897427)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

i graduated from michigan a year ago

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897434)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:56 PM
Author: turquoise location

then i suppose you need more friends.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897470)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:45 PM
Author: turquoise location

this is too stupid for me to offer a substantive response.

EDIT: glad you edited, you arrogant fuckwit. i would say it is *very* conservative.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897390)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

wow dude, calm down.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897433)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: turquoise location

your comment was that people in this economy who don't have jobs are the ones at fault. if you stood by your comment, why did you edit?

EDIT: you either changed it back, or i am too drunk to read. in either event, i am out, and wish you great happiness in life.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897444)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:56 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

i stand by that comment...i haven't edited that out...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897474)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: turquoise location

well, surely you recognize that's the sort of comment a relentless douchebag would make, no? hell, i know a chick with a 3.4+ without a job.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897517)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897539)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:42 PM
Author: Vengeful big locus haunted graveyard

well that's 40 people who are now 120K in debt without any real means to pay that off in the near future

I doubt everyone else got a job they wanted

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897360)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:43 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

They'll get a job when they settle for less than they expected and/or pass the bar.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897380)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: turquoise location

credited.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897405)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:47 PM
Author: bateful lilac depressive

just think how much it sucks to try to get geared up for taking the bar exam when you have no job to look forward to.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897411)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:47 PM
Author: Vengeful big locus haunted graveyard

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897412)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

a biglaw job is not a 'right'.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897428)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: Vengeful big locus haunted graveyard

not saying it is, just that that was what the schools sold us as 1Ls

alot of people put themselves pretty deep in debt based on employment figures that suggested as much

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897448)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 3:04 AM
Author: cream razzmatazz hairy legs

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899674)



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Date: January 11th, 2007 11:43 AM
Author: Jet-lagged At-the-ready Senate Volcanic Crater

175



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395602)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: thriller cruise ship

"how the hell can we claim the % employed at graduation that we do?"

We bring in people from Penn.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897423)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: nighttime irradiated cuckold whorehouse

lol.

how's post-ls life? we're about to head to skeepers.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897449)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:55 PM
Author: turquoise location

clearly. the funny thing is that i am undercutting our estimate a good amount. skeepers tonight, you should come through.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897466)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: Lake keepsake machete

do you have a job?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897401)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: turquoise location

si.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897403)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

One you wanted or settled for?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897407)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: turquoise location

wanted. vault firm in sf. why would that matter?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897422)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:50 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

so michigan worked out for you. generally what class rank?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897437)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 1:31 AM
Author: crimson appetizing dingle berry theater

enjoy being lower middle class

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899063)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:57 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

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?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897477)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:59 PM
Author: burgundy wonderful corner trust fund

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?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897503)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: turquoise location

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)...

i concede things are probably better now though.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897505)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

Come on unbear, you can give more insightful analysis than that. You know these people. Speculate as to why they're unemployed.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897514)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:01 PM
Author: turquoise location

going drinking.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897520)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: Electric Ticket Booth

They partied all the time? Ahhhh.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897543)



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Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:05 PM
Author: nighttime irradiated cuckold whorehouse

no, more like we're off. time to go live irl!

perhaps back for more insight later. :-)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897560)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 2:48 AM
Author: Apoplectic church macaca

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899586)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 2:56 AM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899627)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 11:34 AM
Author: bearded big-titted telephone

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900371)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 12:58 PM
Author: Know-it-all legal warrant affirmative action

yeah...god forbid that a student be expected to read the wall street journal for a few weeks before OCI...apparently even that is too much to expect.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900626)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 12:41 PM
Author: exciting lemon piazza boistinker

From our year, I know only 1 person who wanted a firm job and couldnt get one--and there were extenuating circumstances

U must not know many people.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900579)



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Date: June 6th, 2006 9:06 PM
Author: turquoise location

"Its not like the Michigan degree is less valuable to you guys than it is to those from the years before and after you."

- we're discussing OCI from 2004 -- i don't see the relevance of classes in 2003 and 2005 on the situation.

"No Michigan class has ever experienced that and size doesn't explain it."

- how could you possibly know this?

"I have no idea. But its more than just raw class size."

- it seems strange you would simultaneously have no idea what the actual cause of the problem is, and yet be certain my assessment is inadequate.



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5926357)



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Date: June 3rd, 2006 1:35 AM
Author: Stirring pink den useless brakes

Your TTT probably includes bar study as "being employed."

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899100)



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Date: January 11th, 2007 11:00 AM
Author: claret underhanded meetinghouse



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395388)



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Date: January 11th, 2007 11:04 AM
Author: chrome pocket flask son of senegal

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).

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395409)



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Date: January 11th, 2007 12:11 PM
Author: Soul-stirring fighting spot

Why did you go to law school?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395734)