tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post1364156487471279514..comments2023-10-23T18:40:13.347-04:00Comments on CLASS BIAS AND RANDOM THINGS LAW REVIEW: The Prissification of Law Profs: Leiter, the Scam-man, and CommentatorsJeffrey Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-60467033386830135812011-08-27T11:04:23.510-04:002011-08-27T11:04:23.510-04:00The misleading statistics issued by law schools is...The misleading statistics issued by law schools is important but very old news. The whole thing needs to be investigated and reported.<br /> As for overpaid professors, I think it should be assessed professor by professor. The law school blogosphere is up in arms because in the tiny world of law professors, who are desperate for gossip, this makes them feel important. For a tenure law professor to remain anonymous seems silly to me. In fact, I would say the propensity not to "own" what is said is symptomatic of a dysfunctional system.Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-6872466714334463202011-08-27T03:05:03.562-04:002011-08-27T03:05:03.562-04:00If it's so unimportant, then why is the blogos...If it's so unimportant, then why is the blogosphere up in arms about this? I think Scam-man has admitted to academia's dirty little (poorly hidden) secret: professors are overpaid, legal education (and many other grad degrees, for that matter) aren't worth the pricetag, and students are being actively lied to by admins to keep the good times rolling. This all seems highly important to me. Scam-man had good reason to stay anonymous. What good could come of biting the hand that feeds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-44745868158353897032011-08-26T12:30:28.633-04:002011-08-26T12:30:28.633-04:00Yes, I know but this post is not about all those o...Yes, I know but this post is not about all those other reasons.Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-79492702570735785612011-08-26T12:14:33.324-04:002011-08-26T12:14:33.324-04:00You do have a lot of reasons to be embarrassed, Je...You do have a lot of reasons to be embarrassed, Jeff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-536158508677044142011-08-23T20:34:55.328-04:002011-08-23T20:34:55.328-04:00I do not mean to be hard on Scam-man. In fact I ap...I do not mean to be hard on Scam-man. In fact I applaud him. It just seems weird to be anonymous when all of this is so unimportant.Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-40338539378996323282011-08-23T19:23:47.205-04:002011-08-23T19:23:47.205-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-59422741176724896492011-08-23T17:59:54.299-04:002011-08-23T17:59:54.299-04:00The funny thing about Leiter is unlike Scam-man (a...The funny thing about Leiter is unlike Scam-man (and the blog here), readers of Leiter's blog can't leave comments, presumably because they would likely dare to contradict the towering intellect. This is a guy who sees academia as a set of high school cliques, obsessively ranking schools and philosophy departments, with one of the main qualifications apparently being whether the department or school made the brilliant decision to hire Leither himself.<br /><br />I do think, Jeffrey, you're being a little harder on Scam-Man than he deserves. Most of what he's said anonymously he's also said publicly already.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01310705673888220968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-55520703719272970162011-08-23T16:19:02.798-04:002011-08-23T16:19:02.798-04:00This is typical of the legal academy. If you don&...This is typical of the legal academy. If you don't agree with someone's opinion/viewpoint (usually because that person is threatening the mediocrity of the status quo), silence dissenters with character assassination, rather than having heated discussion/debate. <br /><br />Whether or not Scam-man and many,many angry and unemployed law students are correct, people like Leiter have handled this like dirty politicians, rather than intellectuals/academics. Par for the course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-88268136302929390622011-08-23T12:45:52.239-04:002011-08-23T12:45:52.239-04:00lol hilarious post.lol hilarious post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-51169134622597070792011-08-23T09:56:35.161-04:002011-08-23T09:56:35.161-04:00Thanks Eric. I am always that last to know. And, y...Thanks Eric. I am always that last to know. And, yes, I feel better. For a bit I thought Leiter was channeling Nancy Grace.Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-34466762429588593062011-08-23T09:18:47.003-04:002011-08-23T09:18:47.003-04:00Jeff, you've been duped. This was all Performa...Jeff, you've been duped. This was all Performance Art.<br /><br /><br />There, feeling better?emfinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867009328118642419noreply@blogger.com