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New York Magazine: The Case(s) Against Law School
Mainstream press has apparently caught wind of the recent class action suits against law schools, if the New York magazine article this week is any indication. (Click the link to go to the article.) Did they get it right? Is this attention good or bad for the pending suits? Is it good or bad for law schools? Will people continue to enroll regardless? Read the article; share you thoughts!
The ABA Journal, Aug. 10, reports:
Graduates of New York Law School and Cooley Law School, respectively, filed lawsuits against their alma maters claiming that the schools were deceitful in the reporting of their graduate employment statistics. Plaintiffs in both the suit against Cooley (PDF) and the suit against New York Law School (PDF) are represented by the New York City-based Kurzon Strauss law firm. Cooley filed a lawsuit (PDF) against Kurzon Strauss last month in response to solicitations the firms posted on Craigslist and JD Underground that included a draft of a purported class action complaint contending that Cooley incorrectly reported its graduates’ job placements. David Anziska told the ABA Journal at the time that the firm intended to countersue Cooley as well as the school’s lawyers at Miller Canfield. Cooley filed a separate lawsuit (PDF)…
The full text of the article appears in the link in the title.
Do these lawsuits have any merit? Even so, should a court of law be the place to bring about change in the way law schools disclose post-graduation employment statistics and other information? Thoughts? Comments?