Yet that same student was featured on Foggy Bottom propaganda enticing students to attend that school. Gordy interviewed one of these students and learned that he had quit his job because his salary was decreased each year. Gordy additionally uncovered that Rackley partially owned four law firms that would hire graduates from Foggy Bottom at good initial salaries.

Gordy had done research on Foggy Bottom Law School, the school they were attending and had discovered that it was owned partially by Hinds Rackley, a man who was getting rich off it and seven other for-profit schools he owned. Their disorganized plan was soon discovered and the three are charged with their crimes but they are not located before they managed to scam the man whom they believed was responsible for their problems and disappear out of the country.ĭuring Christmas break before their last semester of law school Mark, Todd and Zola bonded together to help their friend Gordon “Gordy” Tanner when he stopped taking his medication for bipolar disorder. With fake names, the three hustled law clients in courtrooms and hospitals even though they did not have licenses to practice law. Zola, who faced her own nightmare when her immigrant family was scheduled for deportation along with law school and student debt stress, went into hiding with Mark and Todd because she was afraid she would be deported even though she was an American citizen. In The Rooster Bar by John Grisham, law school students Mark Frazier and Todd Lucero decided to fight back against the for-profit law school and student loan system that they believed had lied about their chances at profitable jobs and left them with loads of debt. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Grisham, John.

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