Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Israeli Minister Tells Students: Stop Going to Law School

Blaze reports:
There’s been a lot of media coverage about the lack of job prospects for law school graduates, including this headline in The Atlantic: “The Jobs Crisis at Our Best Law Schools Is Much, Much Worse Than You Think.”

In Israel, which has the highest rate in the world of lawyers per capita, the Economy Minister is railing against the glut of lawyers and stated bluntly on Tuesday that young Israelis should find another subject to study.

“Stop studying law, the entire State of Israel,” Economy Minister Naftali Bennett told the Knesset. “This nonsense needs to be stopped. Whoever really likes it, that’s fine. I also studied law, [which was] unnecessary. The manufacturers are calling out [for workers]; so is the high-tech [industry].”
Pearls of wisdom for many.