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1. Economist
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   I see some parallels in academia. It seems really hard to get tenured at a top-25 (or so) department. But you can always go elsewhere for another job (academic or not). I suspect it's a similar thing with those who don't get to stay at a Biglaw.
   Don't think the XOXOers are reading this though.
   No, it's not easy to find work if you got laid off or you didn't land BIGLAW at 2L OCI.

   Is it really that grim? A classmate's wife is a lawyer who got her law degree from Northeastern and works in the DC area (where I am). There are also a couple of acquaintances who went to some local law schools and are gainfully employed. They are all doing fine as of now. So maybe I'm being too optimistic.

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2. Economist
   0ce5
   

   This:
   Never trust the stats published by law schools, even the reputable ones.
   See here:
   See here:
   http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html?_r=2&src=me&ref=homepage

   "WHEN he started in 2006, Michael Wallerstein knew little about the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, other than that it was in San Diego, which seemed like a fine place to spend three years."

   Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a bottom-5 law school. Like MTSU/Utah State to us.

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3. Economist
   f30b
   

   ^yes, but keep reading. E.g.:

   When I was a candidate for this job,” said Phillip J. Closius, the dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law, “I said ‘I can talk for 10 minutes about the fallacies of the U.S. News rankings,’ but nobody wants to hear about fallacies. There are millions of dollars riding on students’ decisions about where to go to law school, and that creates real institutional pressures.”

   Mr. Closius came from the University of Toledo College of Law, where he lifted the school to No. 83 from No. 140, he said. Among his strategies: shifting about 40 students with lower LSAT scores into the part-time program. Because part-time students didn’t then count in the U.S. News survey — the rules have since been changed — Toledo’s bar passage rate rose, which helped its ranking.

   The article does not talk about Rutgers but it casts serious doubts on these rankings.

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4. Economist
   f30b
   

   Another interesting link is here:

   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/business/22law.html

   Obviously this is about grade inflation at law schools and not on rankings per se. But you get the flavor of what law schools, in this case even top-notch ones, are ready to do to make their graduates more marketable, so that they can justify their high tuitions.

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5. Economist
   476d
   

   xoxohth is mostly HYSCCNMVPDNCG bros

   Another interesting link is here:
   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/business/22law.html
   Obviously this is about grade inflation at law schools and not on rankings per se. But you get the flavor of what law schools, in this case even top-notch ones, are ready to do to make their graduates more marketable, so that they can justify their high tuitions.

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6. Economist
   30e6
   

   xoxohth is mostly HYSCCNMVPDNCG

   tbf there was a guy from UT Austin at one point.

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7. Economist
   ae8c
   

   私のちんちんを食べろ

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