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In Call for Law School Transparency, Ave Maria Steps Forward
We’ve been following out of the corner of our eye the situation with the student-run organization called Law School Transparency.
The group, started last year by two Vanderbilt law students, is on a mission to, well, make law schools more transparent, especially in regard to employment statistics. To that end, it’s trying to collect data from law schools around the country to “develop a more accurate picture of the employment opportunities at particular schools.”
In July, the group sent letters to 199 law schools, asking for more specific data on each school’s post-graduation employment record. The group asked for responses by Sept. 10.
The results, reported recently by the site itself as well as the National Law Journal, Above the Law, weren’t all that spectacular. By the 10th, only 11 schools had responded: none of them had complied with the group’s requests.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/09/17/...steps-forward/
We’ve been following out of the corner of our eye the situation with the student-run organization called Law School Transparency.
The group, started last year by two Vanderbilt law students, is on a mission to, well, make law schools more transparent, especially in regard to employment statistics. To that end, it’s trying to collect data from law schools around the country to “develop a more accurate picture of the employment opportunities at particular schools.”
In July, the group sent letters to 199 law schools, asking for more specific data on each school’s post-graduation employment record. The group asked for responses by Sept. 10.
The results, reported recently by the site itself as well as the National Law Journal, Above the Law, weren’t all that spectacular. By the 10th, only 11 schools had responded: none of them had complied with the group’s requests.
Read more...
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/09/17/...steps-forward/
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