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,…
Posts Tagged ‘law schools’
Applications Are Down At Law Schools – Does It Matter?
27
Sep
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting on the drop in law school applicants nationally and at law schools located in Minneapolis. The latest statistics from the Law School Admissions Council shows an 18.7% drop in LSATs administered in June of…
"Trust Me"? Might Be Time to Verify LSAT/GPA Stats Self-Reported to the ABA by Law Schools
23
Sep
It is at the Univ. of Illinois College of Law. After an internal investigation, the University of Illinois reported that its College of Law’s median LSAT score was 163, not 168, and median GPA was 3.70, not 3.81, for the…
Law Grad Jobs, The ABA, And U.S. News
01
Sep
Two stories on the law student job market caught my eye today. One is from the Associated Press via Google News. It’s called Law Schools Lure Fewer Students As Jobs Dry Up. It relates how law schools in Missouri are…
Even More Law School Unhappiness
26
Aug
Law schools are easy targets for lawsuits these days, what with students suing their schools for fraud or faculty suing their administrators when collegiality is replaced by bad blood. One of the latest comes against the University of Pittsburgh, which…
Are BigLaw Firms Gaming AmLaw Rankings?
23
Aug
We all know that some, many, most, whatever, law schools game placement stats for US News Law School Rankings but Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group is reporting that more than half of the nation’s top 50 law firms could…
A Bit More on Senator Grassley And The ABA
17
Aug
I wrote yesterday about the most recent letter Senator Charles Grassley sent to the ABA seeking additional information about the organization’s oversight of law schools in regard to mounting graduate debt and poor job prospects. See my post Grassley to…
Location, Location, Location: Feeder Law Schools for BigLaw Associate Hiring and Promotion to Partnership
12
Aug
Two B-school profs, Paul Oyer and Scott Schaefer, have published the results of their study at American BigLaw Lawyers and the Schools that Produce Them: A Profile and Rankings: We profile the lawyers that work at the largest 300 American…
Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Thomas Cooley Law School and NYLS Yesterday
11
Aug
Law School Transparency is reporting that class action lawsuits were filed against Thomas Cooley Law School and NYLS on August 10, 2011 alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation and deceptive business practices The plaintiffs claim that their law schools knowingly inflate reported…
