tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post4174417664312746744..comments2024-01-18T02:39:05.118-08:00Comments on Law School Truth Center: The Parenthetical Steven DiamondLaw School Truth Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166092871374037640noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post-167097898840694872017-05-02T00:55:35.936-07:002017-05-02T00:55:35.936-07:00Diamond writes about as well as he thinks, which i...Diamond writes about as well as he thinks, which is not very.Old Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399124824529778710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post-46757476428532787202017-05-01T09:44:36.158-07:002017-05-01T09:44:36.158-07:00Yeah, sacrifice more than three-quarters of the cl...Yeah, sacrifice more than three-quarters of the class so that the others can get "access" to a job in law that may pay perhaps $40k—at a cost of $200k in debt. Incidentally, how many racialized students get those jobs? I wonder why we don't get any data on that subject.<br />Old Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399124824529778710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post-83380427835487261492017-05-01T05:51:01.563-07:002017-05-01T05:51:01.563-07:00Years ago Rush Limbaugh developed a technique for ...Years ago Rush Limbaugh developed a technique for exposing journalistic bias. He would record interviews from talking head shows on TV and have his staff edit out all the answers. When they played all the questions in rapid-fire succession the bias would become quiet obvious, as would the fact that the interviewer was trying to steer the interview toward his or her foregone conclusions. I don't think he does that anymore, but I think it is because he forced journalists to actually do some work and consider how their questions would sound in that format before asking them.<br /><br />Although I will concede that Diamond's parenthetials seem to owe more to e.e. cummings than Rush Limbaugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post-74460756260315517512017-04-30T16:40:13.429-07:002017-04-30T16:40:13.429-07:00Steven, is that you?Steven, is that you?Law School Truth Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166092871374037640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post-64406124758786436792017-04-30T11:56:46.011-07:002017-04-30T11:56:46.011-07:00Steven Di(a)m(ond).
Steven Di(a)m(ond).<br />Old Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399124824529778710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post-46588447777797903412017-04-30T11:37:51.344-07:002017-04-30T11:37:51.344-07:00Yet, you can't even spell his name correctly.Yet, you can't even spell his name correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363936253583148153.post-76001297365185468842017-04-30T10:49:57.780-07:002017-04-30T10:49:57.780-07:00“One myth out there is that lower ranked schools h...“One myth out there is that lower ranked schools have somehow turned into horrible schools once the credit crisis hit – in fact, lower ranked schools have always had much lower placement rates.” <br /><br />Wow, Steve Diamond finally acknowledges a fact that law school scam bloggers have been making for years. Of course he left out that before the credit crisis, these schools reported 99% employment, with private practice salaries averaging $100k. <br /><br />Notice how his argument has changed in response to being viciously destroyed on Tax Prof Blog and Rodriguez’ blog. First he argued that Whittier should stay open, because the Orange County legal market was booming, and lawyers were making $160k according to BLS data. After many commenters pointed out how dishonest he was for ignoring facts and data to make a terrible case to keep Whittier open, he now concedes that less than a quarter of Whittier grads actually get legal jobs. So now he argues the school should stay open because the students know Whittier is a terrible school when they enroll. The school adds diversity to the legal profession because it provided “access” to the legal profession for almost a quarter of the class! Funny how he doesn’t get that a board of trustees of a college didn’t think this was a good justification to keep a terrible law school open.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com