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Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
3. My first thought was Trump University, but clicking on the photo in ...
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:03 AM
Jan 2021

the posted tweet brought up a Salon article that stated the doofus actually graduated from the University of Texas School of Law.

Wow! The silly is strong with this one.

BlueMTexpat

(15,700 posts)
9. Wow!
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:34 AM
Jan 2021

If anything, events like those happening since Nov 2020 demonstrate that legal education accreditation and criteria need to be completely revamped.

So many lawyers betrayed their own oaths. Or never understood them in the first place.

Irish_Dem

(82,305 posts)
16. Good point. Don't they teach ethics in law school? For most professions this is a mandatory course
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 08:06 AM
Jan 2021

in graduate school. With continuing education requirements in ethics every two years.

I think some lawyers believe they are above the law and ethics because they think they can bully other people by threatening legal action.
And can manipulate the legal system? I have had personal experience with this type of lawyer.

Ford_Prefect

(8,664 posts)
15. You may note that W, among other fools, holds degrees from Yale & Harvard.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 07:16 AM
Jan 2021

I do not assume such a fool got his degree and passed the bar by honorable means nor without aid of unscrupulous nature.

You may also note he was fired by the insurance company he worked for when they saw his tweets. Stupid is......

greyl

(23,024 posts)
5. Always tension between knowledge, ignorance, and "who cares, it's all bullshit anyway."
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:11 AM
Jan 2021

Stretch it all in a good direction.

COL Mustard

(8,386 posts)
10. Frightening
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:39 AM
Jan 2021

This guy actually went to law school. I read most of the Salon.com article, and I lost brain cells from trying to follow the logic.

I think I’ll sue him for $8 zillion dollars as compensation.

tiptonic

(765 posts)
11. Charter
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:41 AM
Jan 2021

Charter/Religious schools seem about right. They're all about scamming money, that's all.

Grokenstein

(6,424 posts)
13. Daddy purchases them a degree
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 06:22 AM
Jan 2021

so they needn't sully their beautiful minds with studies, which are elitist.

ProfessorGAC

(77,270 posts)
14. Going To Class & Getting Educated Aren't The Same
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 07:15 AM
Jan 2021

It's actually easy to cheat one's way through classes.
The bigger the class, the easier it would be, I'd think. Harder to monitor 60 people in an exam than 15.
There are a lot of these "lawyers" I suspect snuck through school. Coulter, Giulianni, Powell, et al come to mind.
Their transcripts are complete, but how much they learned is open to question.

tanyev

(49,678 posts)
17. Well I would like a federal judge to install me as Chief of the Fashion Police.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 10:43 AM
Jan 2021

First thing on the chopping block--men's suits that are too small. You're welcome.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,221 posts)
19. As a graduate of the Close-Cover-Before-Striking School of Law and Taxidermy,
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 11:07 AM
Jan 2021

i hereby announce that I am filing suits on behalf of Yale, Stanford, Harvard, and all other legitimate law schools in the country, demanding that these asscarrots stop mentioning their names in word, print, or neon lights. it's past the point of embarrassment, it's losing them money.

We also request that the court award $20 zillion in compensatory damages, to be administered and proportioned by my office.

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