…you've no doubt come across the legions of law school bashers in cyberspace, most rather badly informed and not too sharp.  (I used to engage this "law school is a scam" crowd, for which my reward  was mountains of vile and often defamatory abuse and campaigns of character assassination–they're a charming crowd.)  There are real issues about legal education prospective students should consider, but for a more sober perspective I commend the work on the labor economics of legal markets by Michael Simkovic at Seton Hall University; he has posted discussions and summaries of much of it at my law blog.