"Applicants to law school are up 32% thus far, which admissions experts attribute to everything from the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the fact that would-be law students have more time on their hands.' - Karen Sloan, Law.com, November 17, 2020.
Of course, that doesn't mean that the lion's share of those applicants accepted will show up next fall to take a pricey seat in a law school. However, let the deans enjoy this development.
The meme is: Law school is the hot ticket.
The endless speculation of why this is happening is fun. And we will grab fun wherever we can find it.
For Ok, Boomers this chase after the law degree brings back memories of the counterculture.
It was predictable that the protest against The Establishment Everything would wind up in the admissions office of law schools. Traditional middle class youth got it that they could scare the jesus out of the power structure. During the Eisenhower Administration they had been socialized to revere authority.
Intoxicated with finding out the authority figures could be shaken to the core, they then often took the next logical step to keep acquiring influence over The System. That was becoming a lawyer.
They had the perfect lawyer model. The hero of one of the movements within counterculture was lawyers Ralph Nader. His mission was getting a fair deal for consumers. Among the strategies for reform Nader used the courts. That was in addition to his books such as "Unsafe at Any Speed" and his youth movement Nader Raiders.
The ethos of the counterculture may have resurfaced because of the current era of extreme activism. Along with old-line theatre in the street, there are now the platforms of social networks and digital-native media outlets. Within minutes those protesting can find out how much reach their points of view have had. In counterculture days the wait was until the evening broadcast news.
On campuses like the University of Michigan which were safe harbors for the front lines of the counterculture, law students were perceived as the good buys. M.B.A. students were scorned. They were headed, it was assumed, to fill the offices of GM - a main target of Nader's attackz.
Like then, right now business could take it on the chin. Its shot at salvation could be to participate in reimaging capitalism. Nader brought about the concept of consumer protection. The new gen of activist lawyers could take on capitalism as it has functioned since Puritan times.
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Oh my. I need to go look up more about Mader Raiders!
Posted by: Anna | 11/19/2020 at 01:49 PM
I mean Nader Raiders. LOL
Posted by: Anna | 11/19/2020 at 01:50 PM