#law school grades

[ichlerneimmer]

first year of law school is done :)

remember that it is ok to stumble, ok to not be great at something. i really struggled with the first semester exams and it resulted in me being near the bottom of my class. but that is okay :) i worked twice as hard this semester and i did not let last semester’s grades determine this semester. keep pushing everyone

[ichlerneimmer]

grades came out and man, i didn’t get what i wanted, but i improved from last semester, and that’s all that matters! law school is fuckin hard but i will not let it win

[londonlawstudent]

The London Law Student Journey Series: Education

The London Law Student Journey Series: Education #studyinglaw #londonlawstudent #lawgrad

Since starting the @londonlawstudent account over on Instagram, I have received various requests to go into my journey of how I got a techlaw training contract at Clifford Chance. One of the common asks was that I talk a little bit more about my journey from education, work experiences to finally receiving the offer.

Over the next couple of posts, I will be sharing The London Law Student…

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[trentteti]

NY Times: Law School Grade Inflation and What it Means

We (and by “we” I mean “Colin”) reported a while ago that Loyola Law School was in the process of artificially inflating its grades to ostensibly put Loyola grads on a more even playing field than they had been previously (apparently Loyola averaged grades to a mean that was far below the mean at other schools). We posited that, instead, the powers that be at Loyola were actually looking to give their students a better chance at employment survival in the face of a broken economy.

“Law schools seem to view higher grades as one way to rescue their students from the tough economic climate — and perhaps more to the point, to protect their own reputations and rankings…the schools are now fielding complaints from more and more unemployed graduates, frequently drowning in student debt.”

The main gist of the piece is that grade inflation is just one of many responses law schools have had to the growing reality that there are more people graduating from law school in the next few years than can be adequately employed by a diminished legal job market.

Grade inflation actually may serve to help out some students in the first couple of years that law schools do this. The obvious trouble, however, is that even the most insular employers will adjust their employment practices as it becomes evident that everyone’s grades have been inflated.

To give an analogy, it would be as if various college basketball teams (USC, for example) suddenly raised each of its players scoring averages by three points to give them a better chance of employment in the NBA. A caveat, of course, is that USC is known for being a bunch of cheaters while these law schools are simply desperate to maintain the illusion that there are plenty of legal jobs for everyone.

But ignoring the trees, and examining the forest, this does not serve to actually solve the problem of diminishing jobs vs. increasing graduates. Artificially inflating grades will maybe help a few law school graduates get jobs who otherwise would not. But unless there is a fundamental change in the job market, there will still be the same finite number of jobs available, and a greater-than-that number of people graduating from law schools.

The issue law schools are facing is that, outside of stop gap measures, the real solutions to this problem are a little extreme, ranging from lowering tuition significantly so students have a lower debt burden upon graduation to actually admitting fewer students. Law schools in general will have a tough time doing either, so the hope apparently is that the economy fixes itself and the legal job market becomes as prosperous as it once was.

NY Times: Law School Grade Inflation and What it Means was originally published on LSAT Blog

[barredandboujee]

Gradewatch Captain's Journal June 17, 2014 | 1300 hours It has been 33 days since I took my Equal Protection Exam. The storm has settled and the ship is mostly unscathed, but the waters are too still. No wind to keep me moving. Stranded. Stuck between 2L and 3L. Thought I saw land today but was just a mirage. Still holding out hope for the last grade. Soon. Maybe soon.

[wheninlawschool]

My reaction after getting a B grade.

As a 1L:

As a 2L;

As a 3L:

[barredandboujee]

When a 2L Told one of My 1L Babies that If She Got Straight Bs, She Wouldn't Get a Job

[barredandboujee]

Gettin law school grades back like