ambivalent comment

You're right about the merry-go-round and all the stupid numbers/credentials/distinctions games. I do think some legal employers play them, though; they went to law school, too, and that's how they learned the system so they perpetuate it that way. Obviously, that doesn't mean the rest of us have to play it, and as more of us reject it, perhaps the system itself will begin to change.

Your points here are implicit in the critique of legal education being developed over at Law School Can Be Different. They're talking more theoretically, I think, but your practical experience could add a lot to what they're doing.