It was a GOOD week for …
Getting objective employment data, after Forbes revealed the 25 law schools where recent graduates make the most money. Forbes pulled its data from Payscale.com, which collects salary info from users who want to see how much they are worth. The site found salaries for 31,000 graduates, 9,100 who had less than five years of work experience. Columbia University led all schools with a median salary at $165,000. The median work experience for respondents is two years.
LSAT lovers, after a committee of the American Bar Association recommended keeping the exam as part of the requirement for accreditation. Some in the ABA had suggested dropping the requirement for a “valid and reliable admission test.”
It was a BAD week for …
Letting bygones be bygones, after the University of Texas regents voted four to three to approve another external review into the forgiveable loans that former dean Larry Sager handed out to professors. Sager received a $500,000 loan himself a year before resigning in 2011. Some criticized the first review because it was soft on bill Powers, President of UT who started the loans when he was dean of the law school.
