being dismissed by judges across the country. frankly, if somebody were smart enough to get into law school, you would think that they would understand it s not a guarantee of a job. reporter: california s southwestern law school says it follows the american bar association s requirements which is since changed way jobs are reported here and nationwide. but the lawyer trying to get four california cases consolidated as a single class action suit says that does nothing for those already through law school and struggling to find work. for those students who did incur the expense of going to the schools where the information was provided was inhashtly misleading, we re going to seek monetary damages. reporter: driving this in large part the tough job market and a lawyer glut in 2011, the number of full time jobs for practicing lawyers nationwide hit 65.4%, the lowest ever. for southwestern university, it s worse. in 2012, just under 47% of graduates got full or part time