tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post112136097416449270..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: L&S: Varieties of IgnoranceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121498222490175102005-07-16T00:17:00.000-07:002005-07-16T00:17:00.000-07:00Tom, I think your observations are consistent with...Tom, I think your observations are consistent with the mainstream belief that the legal community consists largely of unprincipled societal leaches - that the majority of lawyers are in it for the money and, without a foundation of principles, are interested from the get-go in career issues over the ideals and substance of law. What percentage of law students go you suppose could be classified this way?<BR/><BR/>ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121466588593171182005-07-15T15:29:00.000-07:002005-07-15T15:29:00.000-07:00i think the uninteresting reason for the nature of...i think the uninteresting reason for the nature of the conversation was that you specifically opened the floor to questions not just about substantive topics but also career advice, and the first question led to further ones. and it's true that those of us who haven't started law are still thinking about whether it's a good idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121413322326752752005-07-15T00:42:00.000-07:002005-07-15T00:42:00.000-07:00"I thus face a great many students with only an ou..."I thus face a great many students with only an outsider's understanding of the law's inner workings. My colleagues, in contrast, face students who have already begun taking classes in economics, history, or philosophy, as the case may be."<BR/><BR/>So why is it that an undergraduate student can take as many classes as he can stand in economics, history or philosophy, but is denied the opportunity to study law in any serious way, or even to get an undergraduate degree in law?<BR/><BR/>Is it for their own good? Cui bono?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121395711863636642005-07-14T19:48:00.000-07:002005-07-14T19:48:00.000-07:00Anon. of 12:10: To study for the LSAT take practi...Anon. of 12:10: To study for the LSAT take practice tests, over and over and over. To finance law school do the obvious: take out loans, work while attending part time, or sell a kidney. Upon graduation . . . whew. Consider any of them that pay and that don't offend your sense of ethics.<BR/><BR/>Jeanne Marie: Sorry! You know where to find me if you want to talk about that, though.Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121376472462778602005-07-14T14:27:00.000-07:002005-07-14T14:27:00.000-07:00I personally was hoping for to explore as a group ...I personally was hoping for to explore as a group the effect of contracts (and the importance) and such, as well as law itself on the C.L. tradition, but oh well.<BR/><BR/>I guess it was difficult for our specific group because it is harder to draw upon common veins of thought when perhaps only half have been exposed to the law veins of thought. I haven't through school yet, but I am a law geek!Jeanne Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141680322340048218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121368228657339292005-07-14T12:10:00.000-07:002005-07-14T12:10:00.000-07:00Could you discuss, however brief, the insight you ...Could you discuss, however brief, the insight you gave on how to study for the LSAT, how to finance law school, and what sort of jobs to consider upon graduation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com