In retrospect, we were spoiled by the prosperity of the large law firms, and the easy career pipeline and high salaries they offered. Tuitions could be raised without fear of compromising the students futures; the debt students were forced to incur would be easy to manage with the high salaries recent graduates were commanding. As a consequence, many law schools became cash cows supporting programs in their larger university communities. The focus shifted to revenue; economic issues came to dominate.
But the real value of legal education is not, and never has been, primarily economic. Its not about money; its about freedom.
Legal education gives students what 99.9 percent of humanity yearns for but is denied: control over ones own life. It is a license to make of your life what you may, to live the American dream to its fullest.[John Farmer Jr., Dekan der Rutgers School of Law (Newark) in einem online abrufbaren Beitrag]
Was meint die Leserschaft? Tiefe Überzeugung oder marktschreierische Reaktion auf bittere Beschwerden arbeitsloser Absolventen, die in der US-Juristenausbildung zunehmend ein verwerfliches Pyramidensystem sehen (vgl. diesen Bericht)?
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03.09.2010