Cornell Gets Top NY Bar Exam Passage Rate
95 per cent of
Cornell Law School students who took the New York State bar exam for the first time in July 2005 passed it, giving Cornell the
highest bar passage rate of New York law schools.
New York University was close behind, with a 94 per cent passage rate, while
Columbia
had a 90 per cent passage rate. Other schools reporting their
passage rates were St. John's (89 per cent), Fordham (88 per cent),
Cardozo (86 per cent), Brooklyn (84 per cent), Buffalo (80 per
cent), and Albany (78 per cent).
Stanford Switching to Quarter System
Stanford Law School is converting its academic calendar from a
semester to a quarter system. The change, which will take place over
four years, will put the Law School on the same schedule with the
rest of Stanford University. The change will make it easier for law
students to pursue joint degrees and conduct interdisciplinary
research, and will allow law students to take a wider range of
electives within the Law School. A student spokesperson, however,
expressed some concern that the quarter system might make it more
difficult for future students to pursue summer internships. The quarter calendar would have students in class until June,
whereas internships usually start in May.
The switch from semesters to quarters will begin this fall, with
the introduction of a modified semester system for the 2006-2007
academic year. The quarter system will be completely in place in
fall 2009.
Diversity Improves Law Education, Study Suggests
A recent study found that law students who
interact with peers from different social and economic backgrounds get more out of their
legal education than students working in more homogenous environments do. The Law School Study of Student Engagement, which was conducted from Indiana University, suggests that
diversity in the classroom is not only an important goal in its own right but also contributes to better legal education, researchers said.
The study, which
collected data from 28,000 law students at 73 law schools, also found that school debt remains a significant concern for law students.
90 per cent of the students surveyed said they had taken out loans to pay for all or part of their schooling. Graduating J.D.s were found to be leaving school with an
average of $77,000 in school debt.
Florida CSL Ends Winter Admissions
The Florida Coastal School of Law will no longer admit a spring
class of JD students, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record. The final
spring
class will enroll at FCSL in January 2006. From that point onward, FCSL will only admit students in the fall. The change is
meant
to facilitate class scheduling and faculty recruitment. FCSL, a
private, ABA-accredited law school that enrolled its first students
in 1996, has a reputation for admitting non-traditional law students
and maintaining a diverse student body. It scored the highest
bar-passage rate of any of Florida's law schools in 2005, with 81.9
per cent of its students passing the Florida Bar Examination on
their first try.
An Insider's Look at the Rankings "Silly Season"
A University of Cincinnati law professor gives an insider's look at what he calls the law school ranking
"silly season" in his blog.
He cites his own and other professors' experience to illustrate how superficial some of the assessments that go
into the rankings are. It's an interesting look at what goes on behind the scenes -- and underlines our point
that law school applicants should look past the rankings and focus instead on identifying the law schools
that are best suited to their interests, values, and ambitions.
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