[Jim Noble]

presumably most have done it not to get rich but because they thought they could make a difference

OK, things are different now. They have reached their goal of "making a difference".

Hope they're happy.

IMO, the "make a difference" faction will be lucky to avoid mass executions and just be allowed to return to productive work, but part of the charm of Obamunism is that no one, myself included, has a CLUE about how and when it will come to an end.

[ottbmare]

It might be as well to recall that some people who went to law school because they wanted to be good lawyers, honest, hardworking advocates instead of the LA Law sort or bloodsucking connivers. Class envy aside, there's nothing wrong with wanting to work in one of the professions and have a clean shirt at the end of the day. Bear in mind that if someone is graduating from law school this spring, he or she started three years ago, back when life was normal and it was reasonable to expect that hard work, high intelligence, and talent would earn appropriate rewards. Now things are different. Would you blame someone because economic conditions have changed?