Comments on: Suing for a better education https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:10:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Adman G https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-14761 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:10:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/#comment-14761 Sadly, as kids get dumber and more entitled, they can’t handle the fact that they’re not making the most of their opportunities. So their response is to shut down the schools and tutors. Maybe this means that we will stop training lawyers…

]]> By: Med student https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-14760 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:11:48 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/#comment-14760 Well, isn’t the point of going to law school to learn how to wring huge amounts of money out of some defendant (any defendant)? Why would these “blossoming” lawyers wait? I know my classmates and I aren’t planning to wait till after graduation to try to help people…

Haven’t we all read this site enough to know that the only necessary justification for most cases is the depth of the defendants pockets? The irony of successfully sueing for not being trained successfully to sue… seems like par for the course from where I am sitting.

]]> By: Amy Alkon https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-14759 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:03:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/#comment-14759 Did you not get my comment on this entry, or is there some other reason it’s not posted?

]]> By: markm https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-14758 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:02:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/#comment-14758 Wouldn’t going pro se against a law firm be proof in itself that your legal education was deficient?

Of course, to win you’d also have to convince the court that the school had a contractual duty to see that each student learned, even though the student has more control over that than the school.

]]> By: Anonymous Attorney https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-14757 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:01:48 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/#comment-14757 This actually happened to my law school, Brooklyn Law. Fellow claimed RICO conspiracy. Was upset that he didn’t the high-paying job promised, I think.

]]> By: Amy Alkon https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-14756 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:37:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/12/suing-for-a-better-education/#comment-14756 I’ve read recently in the WSJ about students admitted to law schools under affirmative action policies who don’t graduate and/or don’t pass the bar. Could they sue as well for being admitted beyond their capabilities — and maybe for the school not recognizing this and giving them a great deal of remedial education (if that’s even possible as a solution)?

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