The National Law Journal is reporting that class action attorneys are making good on their threats to sue several law schools for misrepresenting employment data. The intention to sue was announced last November. The schools in question are Albany Law…
Posts Tagged ‘Class’
Friday Fun: The Unemployment Crisis
06
Jan
… for people with facial tattoos! I’m not sure Title VII is intended to protect this class but I’m thinking some lawyer might try to make the case. [JH]
Just Below the Law: Odds are high that this may be your future, Class of 2012 grads
06
Jan
If you are not about to graduate from a top 10 national law school (even then, you damn well be pretty high in the class rank), your law school’s placement office staff may not adivse you of this except with…
Law School Theory Vs. Practical Skills, One More Time
16
Dec
Yale’s own Professor Stanley Fish provided his own response to David Segal’s recent article in the New York Times that berated law schools for not teaching practical legal skills. His lead example is his class on law, liberalism and religion…
15 More Law Schools Being Sued Targeted: Class Action Complaints Would Challenge Placement Stats (Updated)
05
Oct
Update: Karen Sloan is reporting the following based on a conference call with David Anziska and Jesse Strauss covering the law schools they are targeting for class action lawsuits: They have yet to secure enough name plaintiffs for those suits,…
The Plight of the JD Working Class: BLS Stats on Last Month’s Legal Industry Job Growth
06
Sep
Typically around Labor Day, the major media will produce stories about the plight of the working class. This is the year that the working class of employed, under-employed and unemployed newly minted lawyers reached the attention of the major, non-legal,…
Friday Fun: Understanding the Law after Lectures and Casebook Reading Assignments
19
Aug
An introduction to basic secondary sources available in the law library as study aids when class lectures and casebook reading assignments produce confusion. [JH]
