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August 25, 2010

Web Hoaxes: Would You Trust This Lawyer?

Like many frauds and charlatans in an undemanding culture, Evans has succeeded in being accepted by the media as a serious critic of a genuine problem, using lies as an attention-getting strategy. (Wouldn’t you think the Wall Street Journal and U.S.A. Today would be reluctant to highlight an advocate for “law school transparency” who has not been transparent about her own identity or career status?) Continue reading →

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August 9, 2010

The Strange Case of the Starving Lawyer

Newly minted and unemployed lawyer Ethan Haines has gone on a hunger strike in the name of all unemployed former law students, to protest misleading law school employment statistics, commercial school rankings, and antiquated career counseling programs.

He is confused. Continue reading →

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