Double Header: WashPo is Kaplan's Bitch and Pychology's Explanation for Top Law Schools

Aussies have been reading BIDER and the discussion of the scam blogs and the legal industry spurred this discussion.  Kudos to Donna Gordon for putting a name of the "affliction" suffered by many lemmings, as evidenced by discussion at Top Law Schools.

	elnoobocompo writes... Real problem is employers expecting some initiative (work experience or the likes for real world experience) and  graduates only offering a degree then searching for months for a job whilst the kid who had work experience  because the employer knew there's no way (unless they attended Uni earlier) the student could have any and  is thus showing initiative and willing to work hard. I'll use your statement to put across my 2c, again. Blaming individual students for not getting jobs is a bit silly. There are simply not enough jobs (as lawyers,  that people actually want when they start a law degree) to go around.
	O.P. this post was edited dzhay writes... Blaming individual students for not getting jobs is a bit silly. There are simply not enough jobs (as lawyers, that people actually want when they start a law degree) to go around. I agree. I think that some people here need to understand the meaning of "Fundamental attribution error". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or  attribution effect) describes the tendency to over-value dispositional or personality-based  explanations for the observed behaviors of others while under-valuing situational explanations for those behaviors. The fundamental attribution error is most visible when people explain the behavior of others. It does not explain interpretations of one's own behavior—where situational factors are  often taken into consideration. This discrepancy is called the actor– observer bias. As a simple example, if Alice saw Bob trip over a rock and fall, Alice might consider Bob to be  clumsy or careless (dispositional). If Alice later tripped over the same rock herself, she would  be more likely to blame the placement of the rock (situational).

Tell me that doesn't describe lemmings to a tee.  It's not us, it's the legal industry.  Stop trying to blame the "victim" and see for a second that you can be in the same situation as all of the unemployed and underemployed attorneys out there.

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A reporter from Washington Post called me for an article that was published last Sunday.  What a loser article.  When the article was first published, it said that the founders of Law School Transparency were Villanova students--this mistake has since been fixed as they are in fact students at Vanderbilt.  The article is tepid at best, saying that the ABA passed a resolution requesting that the law schools be more truthful.  No mention of Villanova's recent scandal:

Villanova University School of Law “knowingly reported” inaccurate admissions information to the American Bar Association for years leading up to a new dean’s arrival in 2010, the school’s dean said Monday.

My biggest problem with the article is that she spoke to ME and didn't mention our interview or BIDER, but instead chose to cite Esq Never.  Although Esq Never was a great blog, it has been defunct since August 8, 2010--although recently updated with one post (literally explaining Esq Never's absence).  Way to go, Washington Post! I can only hypothesize, but the reporter's reluctance to tell the real story may be related to Kaplan's ownership of Washington  Post.  You don't want to trash the boss' business.  I expected a story at least as fair as Washington Post's story on Kaplan opening a law school in D.C.
Washington Post, try publishing a real story next time. Also, don't bother calling me unless you're going to quote me or one of my contemporaries.