The Five People You Should Not Listen to When Considering Law School.
Ah, the good old summertime! It was only a few short years ago that I spent these few glorious months boning up on law school and preparing myself for the academic crucible of first semester 1L year....
View ArticleThe Battle for a 0L’s Soul
Over at the Minnesota Lawyer blog, they actually do a good job of regularly posting articles about the horrible prospects for J.D.s . Thus, I was a little disappointed to see a post seeking advice for...
View ArticleFo0Ls Rush In. (Why, God, Why?!?)
From The National Law Journal, we have another piece about naïve, hubristic 0Ls. Scambloggers have noted with dismay that law school applications are on the rise even as the legal profession continues...
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Carrot on a stick for 3Ls
With yet another horrendous academic year approaching, there are many jobless 3Ls wandering the world in a shellshocked state. The few who landed gainful, paid employment for this summer are scrambling...
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The textbook and supplement scam
Today’s dose of "journalism" over at the NYT today gives us this banal discussion about the sky-high price of college textbooks. Whatever the outrageous cost of these bundles of paper is in undergrad,...
View ArticleUnemployed TTT grads take the bar, then what?
Minnesota Lawyer gave us this dandy video featuring a bunch of recent TTT grads reflecting on the bar exam they were all about to take this week. This video is part the of general coverage of the bar...
View ArticleThe farce that launched a thousand lemmings
If you're like me, your morning romp through internet front-pages is peppered with bullshit articles about "Ten Hot Jobs," or "Careers that make $50k with no college degree!" It's always a good idea to...
View ArticleThe other side of outsourcing: India protects its own
The New York Times once again shows up tardy to the party and reports on firms outsourcing loads of entry-level legal work to India. Despite this having been a topic of discussion on scamblogs, ATL,...
View ArticleLaw school founder guilty of fraud
Okay, sadly not THAT kind of fraud. God willing, it's only a matter of time before law school administrators are hit with true-blue fraud charges for their knowingly-misleading, fraudulent,...
View ArticleFederal Jobs Update! Class of 2011 is Screwed!
It’s that time again, when desperate law students are scrambling to land employment for the coming year. I would do a post about this season’s OCI and the 2L fretting involved with that, but as the...
View ArticleMassive student loan time bomb
The WSJ reports today that total outstanding student loan debt has for the first time surpassed the total amount of credit card debt held by Americans. Isn't this great news! Finally people have...
View ArticleThe "plan" : undergrad to law school
I couldn't help tearing out my hair while perusing this article on skyrocketing college costs that recession-squeezed families are having to bear. While the anecdotes of average, middle-income...
View ArticleJobless grads thrown a bone, manipulated
Back in April, the Class of 2010 at my fancypants, first tier toilet law school received an email that read something like this: 3Ls: Graduate Employment SurveyWe already have 100+ Graduate Employment...
View ArticleState government jobs update!
A few posts ago, during Scammed Hard's Federal Jobs Update, some folks claimed that the analysis was a little misleading, and that students shouldn't write off government work as "impossible." Despite...
View ArticleWhat's wrong with 20-somethings?
My onetime love-hate relationship with the New York Times has transformed into a purely “hate” relationship. I certainly will still peruse the day’s offerings, which is how I stumbled across the...
View ArticleUSA Today readers reflect on scam blogs
Scammed Hard has been busy trying to get some non-law-related interests off the ground lately, but it still came as a pleasant surprise to see the blog mentioned in this piece in USA Today about...
View ArticleMore on those "whiny" scambloggers
It’s been rather quiet here at ScammedHard! for the past few weeks. As I mentioned in earlier posts, I've been a bit distracted trying to get some non-legal stuff off the ground that may one day allow...
View ArticleReport: Rural Areas Positively Brimming with Legal Work
There’s been a lot of shitty advice thrown out to desperate law grads recently about how they can beat the odds and build a law practice. One that will at least allow them to buy a case of Ramen...
View ArticleUnemployed law grad asks Obama if American Dream is dead
Among today's big news headlines, other than the recession having been miraculously over since June 2009, was Obama's town hall meeting/gripefest/fiasco. Normally we here at ScammedHard! try and...
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Ted Brassfield: friend or foe?
Ever since unemployed 2009 law grad Ted Brassfield asked President Obama if the American Dream is dead a couple of days ago, there has been no lack of internet buzz. Brassfield himself seems to be...
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