Hell hath no fury like a law school student with less than favorable job prospects.
According to a recent report from Above the Law, a popular legal blog, some University of Virginia law students aren’t happy with how their post-graduate job hunt is shaping up.
And having paid more than $40,000 a year for their legal education, some frustrated students revolted in the most direct way they could think of: They made T-shirts.
This what the students came up with, according to Above the Law:
As Above the Law writes, “Sure, the higher-ranked schools might do a better job of getting their students jobs, at least in percentage terms; but even top schools have students who want to work but cannot find jobs.
“Students at one top-ten law school are sick of suffering in silence. They want everybody, especially admitted students, to know that going to an elite law school doesn’t guarantee you a good job.”
Read Above the Law’s full post here.
According to a recent report from the U.S. News and World Report, U-Va.’s law school is the top law school in Virginia and the ninth-best in the nation.
U-Va.’s law school has 1,105 students and charges in-state students $42,500 per year and out-of-state students $47,500 per year, according to the rankings. Ninety-seven percent of its graduates land jobs before they graduate, with a median starting salary of $160,000 in the private sector and $58,000 in the public sector, according to the report.
Perhaps some of that other 3 percent did the math on what their monthly student loan payments will be and figured they should at least get in the T-shirt business.
Hell hath no fury like a law school student with less than favorable job prospects.
According to a recent report from Above the Law, a popular legal blog, some University of Virginia law students aren’t happy with how their post-graduate job hunt is shaping up.
And having paid more than $40,000 a year for their legal education, some frustrated students revolted in the most direct way they could think of: They made T-shirts.
This what the students came up with, according to Above the Law:
As Above the Law writes, “Sure, the higher-ranked schools might do a better job of getting their students jobs, at least in percentage terms; but even top schools have students who want to work but cannot find jobs.
“Students at one top-ten law school are sick of suffering in silence. They want everybody, especially admitted students, to know that going to an elite law school doesn’t guarantee you a good job.”
Read Above the Law’s full post here.
According to a recent report from the U.S. News and World Report, U-Va.’s law school is the top law school in Virginia and the ninth-best in the nation.
U-Va.’s law school has 1,105 students and charges in-state students $42,500 per year and out-of-state students $47,500 per year, according to the rankings. Ninety-seven percent of its graduates land jobs before they graduate, with a median starting salary of $160,000 in the private sector and $58,000 in the public sector, according to the report.
Perhaps some of that other 3 percent did the math on what their monthly student loan payments will be and figured they should at least get in the T-shirt business.
Poor things? I’m sure they’ll be fine. Unfortunately if they can’t find a job in law they likely don’t have much of a chance in graphic design…I mean did you see the clashing fonts on that shirt? Yikes.
At least they will know what the law will allow them to do to earn a living. Perhaps they can spend their time exposing the REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE!!!!!!!!! 8.9% BULL___T!!!!!
These students may have picked the wrong forum for their views, but two things:
1) the employment stats used in the ‘rankings’ are heavily misleading – they rely solely on what the universities choose to report. Even when the economy was roaring no where near 97% landed jobs before graduation and the median income was a lot less than $160K even in the private sector.
2) despite the dwindling job opportunities, tuition and other costs continue to rise inexplicably. Far outpacing inflation and certainly not keeping in line with expected income.
Well, you have to place some of the blame on the kids. There simply isn’t a need for that many lawyers yet more and more people choose to go to law school every year. I have the utmost respect for someone who makes it through a grueling law program like UVa, but perhaps if they spoke with recent grads they would have chosen another profession. It’s fairly common knowledge that job prospects in the legal profession have been bleak for a while.