Comments on: Law Students Sue Law School for Racketeering and Fraud http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vince Treacy http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-52793 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:43:23 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-52793 Interesting follow up. As JT predicted, the lawsuit WAS dismissed. The law school itself changed its name to Alben Barkley law school. It closed in December 2008. Read all about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Justice_School_of_Law

]]> By: LAW SCHOOL IS A SCAM http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-41098 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:04:51 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-41098 LAW SCHOOL IS A SCAM – I went to a fourth tier school and I can tell you my degree isn’t worth the paper it is written on. I paid around $100K for my education, graduated, passed two bars and was then offered Attorney jobs paying between $28K and $35K per year. People with high school diplomas make more than that. If law school isn’t a scam, what is? I think more law suits should be brought against law schools to shut them down because they certainly aren’t doing anything to help anyone.

]]> By: Vince Treacy http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-2436 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:24:03 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-2436 I think you are right about the futility of a lawsuit. In 1970-71, GW Law students sued to block a $100 per term surcharge for the then new student center, but they must have lost, because I remember being nicked for the charge. There may be someone around GW Law who remembers this.

]]> By: jonathanturley http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-2396 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:37:18 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-2396 It remains a long and rough row to hoe. Courts are likely to be skeptical. It does not mean that the students are wrong. At our own school years ago, it was the students who rose up to object to the outrageous amount of money that the university was taking from the law school to fund the rest of the university – making law student subsidize building programs. However, most courts will likely see this as a slippery slope for future cases.

]]> By: PC http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-2382 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:20:50 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/law-students-sue-law-school-for-racketeering-and-fraud/#comment-2382 Maybe this case just might be that exception. The plaintiffs are students AND a shareholder of the school against three named individuals (including the dean and assistant dean), not the school itself. It is not just about disgruntled customers. The suit alleges mail fraud, intimidation, misrepresentation, contract violations, etc. Everyone wants the school to be successful but doesn’t see that happening unless those two individuals step aside and allow the organization to thrive.

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