A Manhattan judge has a current-events lesson for a group of New York Law School students who sued their alma mater after failing to land high-paying jobs — there’s a recession going on.
Justice Melvin Schweitzer tossed the suit by nine NYLS graduates, saying, “The issues posed by this case exemplify the adage that not every ailment afflicting society may be redressed by a lawsuit.
“The action here is brought by nine plaintiffs, some of whom may be experiencing the real aftershocks that have hit the legal profession since America’s Great Recession of 2008,” he wrote.
“They entered law school with the most optimistic of expectations, and instead find themselves without work and competing in a logjam of young lawyers, none of whom have any experience to offer employers.”
He disagreed with their contention that NYLS vastly overinflated employment statistics for its graduates — the school said 90 to 95 percent had a job within nine months, while the plaintiffs said the true number was closer to 50 percent.
Schweitzer said their job issues aren’t the school’s responsibility.
The lawyer for the graduates, David Anziska, said, “We intend to appeal.”
“Moreover,” he added, “we fully intend to soldier on and to sue many more law schools in the forthcoming weeks and months.”