Thoughts on Human Capital Contracts

Okay folks, back from a break and ready for at least one good substantive post this week. A while back I promised my thoughts on the benefits and drawbacks of human capital contracts (HCCs). Richard Vedder, the first serious HCC advocate in higher education (I suspect it’d work even better far better for professional education, [...]

No Bubble, Just ROCK!!! Vol. 2

Folks, I said I’d be busy for a few days, so here’s some music to keep your thoughts focused.  Actually, I thought I’d be putting these up more often! Okay, meditate on these truths, primates: This Byrds psychedelic instrumental is my new theme song [sorry for the redirect ]. Not to be outdone, the Soft [...]

Sweetlinks of the Rodeo—“Dean” Tamanaha Destroys His Law School to Save It

Three quick links: (1) Brian Tamanaha, “My ‘Dean’s Vision’ Acceptance Speech,” in Balkanization Anti-law school tuition bubble superhero Brian Tamanaha writes a speech that would likely cause faculty to flee in rage while his law school’s US News ranking irreparably plummets…until the tuition bubble pops. I deliver unto you Dean Tamanaha’s prophecy, behold! No one [...]

Linkth Dimension—Law School Buildings

Three links.  I know I haven’t placed any substantive posts (or doodles) recently, but work has kept me busy. (1) Josh Dawsey, “Law School Struggles,” in The Daily Gamecock (University of South Carolina student newspaper), part I, part II, & part III & Editorial, “In Our Opinion: Law School Needs New Building, Vision” in The [...]

To Everything, There Is a Link—Third Tier Surreality? Carnegie Mellon’s Pre-Law Society Webpage Tells Us Its Law School of the Week

(1) Debra Cassens Weiss, “Why a Better Economy Is Bad News for Some BigLaw Partners,” and, “Largest Law Firms Still Shrinking, Shedding 1,400 Lawyers This Year,” in the ABA Journal There’s only the thinnest slice of plausibility in which these two articles don’t facially conflict.  It would require clear evidence of economic recovery in the [...]

Quick Link– “Creative Hustler” Says Stuff about Law School Tobacco Warnings, Champions Creative Hustling

Ari L. Kaplan, “Would Law School Warning Labels Make Any Difference?” in National Law journal When someone opens an article with, “People smoke.  People speed.  They don’t exercise or get enough sleep.  They go to law school,” my eyes roll.  Mr. Kaplan, allow me to direct you to your comparison’s flaws: Tobacco is extremely chemically [...]

Mr. Tambourine Links—NY Daily News Sides with Students, Kaplan Scams the Troops

Ah the Byrds… Editorial, “College Costs Just Keep Going Up, Hobbling Graduates with Unfair Burdens of Debt,” in New York Daily News Quote of the day: [The financial aid compensating for rising tuition] comes largely from the federal government. Meaning, out of your pocket. And ours. And out of the pockets of families scraping to [...]