Classic. Now this would make a great movie.
Now if we could just get the senators and house reps to sue their respective houses because they can't get sh!t done!
Hey can I sue my college because I no longer practice in the exact field I studied in? Woooooo!
Well I guess I may have to retract that. It looks like the students may have a case. Apparently the Law School was sued in 2011 for misrepresenting the facts and figures of graduates. Their incomes and job placement rates. These kids may actually have a suit. Not sure if 200 mill is the answer. Still if the school lied about its place % and the incomes of its grads there may be merit. I found that in less than 2 minutes. Sad if these young attorney couldn't have spent more time researching.
Young Lawyers Are Suing Their Law School: Whose Side Are You On?
SodaHead News
2012/02/17 14:00:00
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How's this for irony: A group of 75 recent law school graduates from Brooklyn Law School are suing the establishment because they can't get jobs. They're saying that "attending Brooklyn Law and forking nearly $150,000 in tuition payments is a terrible investment" and attacking the school's advertised job placement rates. But if you think it's just about the money, you're wrong.
According to Business Insider, the lawsuit is aimed at organizations like the American Bar Association, which credits law schools, alleging that law schools are charging exorbitant amounts of money to essentially thrust new students into a flooded job market. They're suing for $200 million in damages for "fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and violations of business law." Now the world gets to see if they were paying attention in class.
According to Business Insider, the lawsuit is aimed at organizations like the American Bar Association, which credits law schools, alleging that law schools are charging exorbitant amounts of money to essentially thrust new students into a flooded job market. They're suing for $200 million in damages for "fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and violations of business law." Now the world gets to see if they were paying attention in class.
. Great... the next generation is a bunch of sniveling brats.. Hmmmmmm, there is a great quote I remember *taps forehead for a second... hold on let me find it,
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke
Yep, there it is.
Only a lawyer would think it fair that comensation for $170,000 in tuition should equate to a multi-million judgement.
Granted NO college guarantees you a job but to inflate your statistics to make it look like more of your people are working in the legal profession as lawyers just to get students would be a form of fraud and it is time that the schools were penalized for this practice.
Not sure about the 200 million but at a minimum they should be reimbursed for what they spent on college to pay off loans.
I side with the school on their not being responsible for employment. I side with the lawyers in getting whatever remedy they are entited to.
However, law schools want a steady stream of tuition-payers.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the figures were "enhanced".
AND, these grads are doing the lawyerly thing:suing.
Yes, I'm in college. Yes, I have over $70,000 in loans as a junior with 2 scholarships and a grant. It's expensive beyond all hell. But, they told you up front what the cost would be. And you knew that there is a risk of not getting a job upon graduation form even the best school in the world.
Actually, they chose each other. Every year millions of students looks at schools to apply to and the schools look at who they want to accept.
But you're right. I've got $70,000 in loans at the moment. They will increase to $100,000 when I leave (assuming I graduate on time). Do I plan on suing? NO. Because I made the overt choice to go to this school.