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Why Graduates Suing Their Law Schools Isn’t Going to Fly

Lately there have been a number of unsuccessful lawsuits involving law students suing their alma maters (such as Cooley Law School and New York Law School).

The story goes something like this: Law Student A looks at Law School Z’s post-graduation employment statistics and decides that graduation from Law School Z virtually guarantees a job. Law Student A graduates. Law Student A can’t find a job and Law School Z gets sued. Yay!

Wait…

What Law Student A failed to realize was that the reporting requirements for those figures are very, very loose and can include part-time and sole practitioner work.
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Aug 2, 2012 - 6:12 pm - By Alex Davis
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Logical Reasonings / 8.2.12

A) You already read Alex Davis’s thoughts on law grads suing their alma maters. What about suing your law school because you didn’t get in? Inside Higher Ed. B) Hazing in law school? It happens. Inquirer. C) To the undocumented … Read Entire Article…

Aug 2, 2012 - 3:22 pm - By Hank
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