The majority of this article would more aptly be titled "Why you shouldn't go to law school if the only reason you wanted to was for the money", and most of the

The majority of this article would more aptly be titled "Why you shouldn't go to law school if the only reason you wanted to was for the money", and most of the same arguments would have been perfectly valid 10 years ago when everyone was trying to get a degree in CS because it was the next big thing. That says almost nothing, in my opinion, about law school in its own right. As far as the rest of the article is concerned, it is a collection of generalizations that are unconvincing. The best thing to takeaway, I think, is this: "As I said, there are some people who are happy with the practice of law. But the data are [sic] not in your favor. Make this decision very carefully. Don't just drift into it because you're not sure what else to do with a humanities degree."