Letters: Letters: Law Students, Loans and the Hunt for Jobs

Editor’s Note: Lucian Bebchuk is Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance at Harvard Law School. Robert J. Jackson, Jr. is Associate Professor of Law and Milton Handler Fellow at Columbia Law School.

(Tim Schreier)

We have not been shy about exposing the massive (and unsustainable) bubble of credit being blown into the economy via Student Loans from the government. We have not been afraid to note the dramatic rise in delinquencies among these loans - and the implications for the government.

Readers respond to “The Price to Play Its Way” (Dec. 18).

Readers respond to “Behind the Curve: How Law Students Lose the Grant Game, and How Their Schools Win” (May 1).

Vermont Law School has had a rough time lately. In an ominously titled post "Anatomy of a Law School Collapse," legal blog Constitutional Daily noted  Vermont Law recently took the unusual step of downsizing staff.

Law school tuition is projected to jump to historic levels in the next nine years. But one school's tour guide says you still don't need a plan before you go for your law degree.

Experts are predicting a shortage of primary care doctors in the next few decades, just when Boomers will need them the most — with skyrocketing medical debt to blame.