Law School Scandal
The Tribune doing some fine reporting for the first time in a bit. John Kass continues his peerless take on it all:
- If there were any doubts that Illinois is the diseased poster child of political corruption, those doubts are long gone.
Friday's story in the Tribune exposes a widening pattern of corruption at the University of Illinois. This time, with the trading of law school admission for patronage-style jobs.
So any doubts about where this state stands should be erased. What remains is the smell.
And what a smell it is. The full Tribune report is here. The internal e-mails released finally prove support to a theory that cops have speculated on for years:
- [Law School Dean Heidi] Hurd's e-mail suggests that students getting the jobs are to be those in the "bottom of the class." Law school rankings depend in part on the job placement rate of graduates.
It wasn't immediately clear if the private sector or government jobs were provided.
Government lawyers, be they Corp Counsel, ASA's or various elected thieves, are usually the bottom of the barrel as far as Law School rankings are concerned. The U of I proves to be no exception to these expectations.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
22 Comments:
How do you think Daley got anywhere? On his intellectual ability? He has to be one of the dumbest sons of bitches in the world. World class thief, but one dumb son of a bitch.
Ah, Illinois. You never cease to amaze me with just how low you can sink. The Land of Stinkin'. We are an international disgrace. But we'll get Da Lympics.
Hey! I resent that! I was at the bottom of my law school class, took a couple of tries to pass the bar, and look how I turned out!
I'm rich suckas!!!
Signed,
Dick Daley
one word GREED.you will not find a stronger drug on the planet
Algonquin J. Calhoun was at the top of his law school class !! Rumor has it that he's responsible for helping shortshanks passing the bar exam.
Three cheers for the Mystic Knights of the Sea legal aid society.
Scandal? Here in Illinois? Nah.
The Law schools are what put this country in such dire strraits. The schools got way to greedy and began accepting anyone who applied regardless of grades or inteligence. They just kept churning out lawyers by the thousands. Then walla we have every tom, dick and harry creating bs lawsuits just to create business. If you look back in history people did not sue for every single bs thing that happened. Today every one you talk will say I will sue for this or that. To many lawyers become a drain on society just like to many welfare homes put a drain on society. Today we have to many lawyers and to many welfare homes. I am not sure how much longer the legit citizens will be able to stay afloat as long as we have these type of worthless drains on society.
I hate fucking Lawyers. To me a Lawyers are Greedy, Unethical Shits until her or she proves otherwise. We lock them up, the ASA throws out the case or looses it to incompetence etc., and the Greedy Lovey's of this City get paid, when they file a Civil Suit. Can someone tell me what we can do for this?
I was surprised to see the comment averring that ASAs are at the bottom of their law school classes.
I served on a Cook County grand jury for four weeks last year, and the majority of the ASAs who brought their bills for indictment and subpoena requests before us were very competent and efficient.
I was also impressed by the grueling detail in which they presented conspiracies, and their careful questioning of lock in witnesses.
I'll take people like these any day who can actually do their job, over those who are merely book smart.
Lawyers...
Lie, cheat, steal???
Naaah, right s-shanks Daley???
hi michael masters, thanks for the tip on lil d.
It all makes sense now. Corruption, deep as the ocean, high as a mountain and far as the eye can see.
It is in everything and everywhere.
Hey, no suprises here. Can anyone think of any person lower than whale shit than a lawyer? I would trust my used car salesman before a lawyer.
How many lawyer jokes are there? One.
The rest are true stories.
Anonymous said...
Algonquin J. Calhoun was at the top of his law school class !! Rumor has it that he's responsible for helping shortshanks passing the bar exam.
Three cheers for the Mystic Knights of the Sea legal aid society.
6/27/2009 12:43:00 AM
I'm willing to guess that 85% of the persons that read this blog have no idea what you're referring to.
A scandal? in liberal run academia?!
HOW DARE YOU SIR!
"Government lawyers, be they Corp Counsel, ASA's or various elected thieves, are usually the bottom of the barrel as far as Law School rankings are concerned."
Just because you keep repeating that crap doesn't make it any more true. Just like the idiots on other blogs and comment boards who drone on about how corrupt the police are.
Now if you have some sort of statistic that the government hires bottom of the class lawyers, go ahead. But you don't and you won't be able to.
Kingfish: "Uh dere Calhoun, I gots me this letter in the mail today. It looks kinda legal like and offical. What do it look like to you, Calhoun?"
Calhoun: ..."hmmm, dere Kingfish it's says here it's a 'Subpoena'."
Kingfish: "Subpoena? What do dat mean Calhoun?"
Calhoun: "Hmmm, Subpeona's. I sorta remember sumthin like this in law school. Let me try and break it down for you."
"Let's see ... hmmm, 'sub' means, 'below,' got it?
Kingfish: "Uh-huh!"
Calhoun:"Then we gots 'peonas,' hmmm, below da peonas?"
"Kingfish, it sound like they got you by da' balls!"
Hey! I resent that! I was at the bottom of my law school class, took a couple of tries to pass the bar, and look how I turned out!
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IIRC, he spent several years at the states attorneys office studying to pass the bar and finally barely passed on his third try.
I have problems with some ASA's and most PD's but it's total BS that most of them are culled from the bottom of their classes. Their jobs are mostly political and if they're not connected they better have come from the top.
I could see a politico trying to help a constituant.
I can see the Governor trying to help out a big contributor with a dumb fuck kid with a quid pro quo for that big contribution. I wonder if there will be additional federal charges for that one.
I can see a phone call made from one college buddy to another college buddy to help.
But the the thing that really honks me is giving a moron who wouldn't normally get into UofI a full ride while truly needy students get out of school over 100K in debt.
If the guy is an idiot and might not make the cut in the program, let him waste his (or Daddy's)money, not scarce aid money.
Wouldn't it be great if we got the Olympics and Daly was voted out of office before the games? Then the city could re-nig saying the little puke that wanted it all isn't here anymore.
was surprised to see the comment averring that ASAs are at the bottom of their law school classes.
I served on a Cook County grand jury for four weeks last year, and the majority of the ASAs who brought their bills for indictment and subpoena requests before us were very competent and efficient.
I was also impressed by the grueling detail in which they presented conspiracies, and their careful questioning of lock in witnesses.
I'll take people like these any day who can actually do their job, over those who are merely book smart.
6/27/2009 08:18:00 AM
How many times did you read the Sun-Times during testimony? I usually get preped to go before the grand jury 15 minuteds after I get to 26th and Cal?
How many times did you read the Sun-Times during testimony? I usually get preped to go before the grand jury 15 minuteds after I get to 26th and Cal?
6/28/2009 06:52:00 PM
Why would you write that?
'Scuse me, but I'm a gov't lawyer and it so happens I was at the top of my class.
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