<p>This is going to sound monstrous, but I don’t have much sympathy for the coffee-shop girl. She apparently sent only 100 resumes? How good was her search? She seemed like the person who expected a law job to fall in her lap, which is not a good idea even in a good economy for someone merely in the top half at Georgia State. </p>
<p>And that’s the problem with the mentality. It’s not only T14 students who feel entitled. Law students in general enter the field because they think it’s license to print money. </p>
<p>In general, I think the predominant mindset in America is that it is better to be over-credentialed than under-credentialed, no matter what the cost. Even worse is the mistaken belief that if you have better credentials, you will necessarily obtain higher earnings. This is no longer the case.</p>