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Hypocrisy, after Above the Law published its first ever law school rankings. The legal gossip site vilified The National Jurist when it released its rankings in March, and it has been very critical of other organizations that rank law schools. Elie Mystal, one of the site’s more acerbic writers, wrote a story on everything that is wrong with its own rankings.
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Passion over greed, after a Kaplan Test Prep survey found that 71 percent of pre-law students applied to law school “to go into a career I am passionate about.” Only 5 percent listed salary potential as the primary reason. But, Kaplan pointed out, passion only goes so far. Without financial assistance, 43 percent say they are likely to postpone or alter their plans to attend law school if they don’t get the financial aid package they were hoping for.
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The cost of legal education, after the Arizona Board of Regents approved an 11 percent tuition cut for in-state residents at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. It approved an 8 percent reduction for nonresidents, or about $3,500 a year. It is the first school to cut tuition and did so in hopes that it will be more competitive in the future. Applications are down 10 percent at the school, but it is still accepting applicants. Arizona State will keep tuition flat.
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News, as absolutely nothing happened this past week. No, I am only joking. We are on Spring break this week. But we are looking for a student editor to take over this post. The position last from late May until next March and requires about three hours a week, with the exception of December. We take time off for finals and the holidays. If interested contact Jack@Cypressmagazines.com
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Ending rising debt, after the Illinois State Bar Association issued a 55-page report on how to improve legal education — which included recommendations that the federal government cap loans available to law students, and impose outcome-based requirements for schools to maintain loan eligibility. Those actions could force law schools to be more careful about raising tuition and admitting students who can't pass the bar exam.
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University of Nebraska, which catapulted 28 spots in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings, moving up from 89 to 61. The University of Mississippi saw the largest increase, moving up 33 spots to no. 102. Several other schools saw strong improvements, thanks largely to the use of more detailed employment data for the first time. There was little movement in the top 14 law schools. Harvard moved back up a notch to No. 2, tying Stanford. The University of Alabama moved up 8 spots to land at no. 21.
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Deans from outside the system, after Tom Keefe stepped down as interim dean of St. Louis University School of Law after holding the position for less than seven months. Keefe had been appointed in August after the prior dean resigned abruptly over a spat with the university president. He had been a trial attorney and had never worked in academia.