Lies, Damned Lies, and Salary Statistics | LSAT Demon Daily, Ep. 133

Listener Manny asks Ben and Nathan for their thoughts on the salary medians reported by “publiclegal.” Is there any justification here for paying sticker price at a higher-ranked school? The guys discuss these statistics, how they are misleading, and why you still shouldn’t pay for law school.
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[@emallace447]

You guys are awesome. Thank you.

[@khalidholtzclaw1341]

Howard’s a good school. It’s a hbcu

[@mariah7167]

Yes it is! Majority of African American doctors and lawyers are HBCU graduates. Howard is considered top tier HBCU. I’m applying to Howard.

[@whitneychanell]

@@mariah7167Howard is definitely my top pick school 🤞🏽

[@ronsenyor5996]

300K debt.... Oof

[@aalegalfocus]

Not worth it at all!

[@criminallaw9573]

@@aalegalfocus No, and sadly most law students will never make any serious effort to repay their student loans. I only borrowed what I needed, and paid it all back, with interest, ahead of time. . .but that's me. Basically, most law students are living a lie from the moment they sign loan documents for money they have neither the intent nor the ability to repay. I went on the Law School Reddit and pointed out that "student loans" are inherently dishonest, and that people who default on them should not be allowed to open a Trust Account and put their client's money in Trust, but no one cared. The dishonesty and financial fraud rolls on. I would never trust someone who refused to pay their own debts with one penny of my money. . .but again, that's just me, I suppose.

[@JohnDBarcaFan]

Going to employment data at a law school website will show you how many people are going into big law vs public vs unemployed.

[@davidlinehat4657]

That's a Mark Twain line

[@vfrancisco7457]

Northeastern is definitely ranked higher than Suffolk.

[@getdown4212]

right? that rose my eyebrows too... I think it's twice as high..

[@mberryfr]

Suffolk offers to complete in just two years though

[@girlwithathought2940]

Why did he laugh at Howard university? 🤔🥴

[@aminahani765]

Because it’s low ranked (125th)

[@girlwithathought2940]

@@aminahani765funny cuz big law on the east coast goes there to recruit.

[@aminahani765]

ok@@girlwithathought2940

[@whitneychanell]

@@girlwithathought2940yup, all the top firms go to T14s and Howard. Their students are getting great jobs. A BIG percentage of them are going to big law.