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Wednesday, November 25, 2009


Graduate schools have traditionally seen increased admissions when the economy tanks, specifically the job market, so this isn't really much of a surprise. It's just sad, really:
The number of people taking the Law School Admission Test is at an unprecedented high, and the recession is a likely reason. But some are questioning whether bad economic times are a sufficient reason to go to law school.
That's just what the world needs: More attorneys. The economy continues to tank, we owe our collective first born male child to China, and people are flocking to the "money changing" industry instead of producing something tangible. What a waste, and one of our nation's head lawyers agrees.
Why isn’t she out inventing the automobile or, you know, doing something productive for this society?

I mean lawyers, after all, don’t produce anything. They enable other people to produce and to go on with their lives efficiently and in an atmosphere of freedom. That’s important, but it doesn’t put food on the table and there have to be other people who are doing that. And I worry that we are devoting too many of our very best minds to this enterprise.
Strong words from a guy like Scalia, but he's right on the money.



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