tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post4783115500274728882..comments2024-02-23T04:59:26.907-05:00Comments on But I Did Everything Right!: Running Around Like Chickens Without Heads: MU School of LawAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-42493379447838726362010-04-19T13:51:02.616-04:002010-04-19T13:51:02.616-04:00Sorry. Everything outside of T14 is a toilet to m...Sorry. Everything outside of T14 is a toilet to me.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-48019821368943746692010-04-17T03:02:40.027-04:002010-04-17T03:02:40.027-04:00http://www.law.drake.edu/newsEvents/details.aspx?e...http://www.law.drake.edu/newsEvents/details.aspx?eventID=usNewsRank<br /><br />"Drake Law School ranks among the nation's best in intellectual property, legal writing<br />Drake University Law School's programs in intellectual property and legal writing are ranked among the top programs in the nation in the 2011 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools," published by US News & World Report magazine. <br /><br />The magazine has ranked Drake's intellectual property program 25th and its legal writing program 26th among the more than 180 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association."<br /><br />Guess what?! You are still ranked in the third tier!!Nandohttp://thirdtierreality.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-42203751793870680562010-04-16T22:58:22.087-04:002010-04-16T22:58:22.087-04:00Unfortunately, jobs in Columbia and the surroundin...Unfortunately, jobs in Columbia and the surrounding area are pretty scarce. It is a relatively small city surrounded by even smaller towns. <br /><br />As a current 3L at Mizzou, I bristle at the term "toilet" being used for a school that's been around since 1872. It's not one of the nameless schools that have cropped up in recent years. I feel that the professors are intelligent and that I'm as well equipped for the practice of law as any other law student, if I ever find gainful employment. But I suppose most law students feel the same way about their own schools, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-8407557808746160312010-04-16T12:21:36.348-04:002010-04-16T12:21:36.348-04:00Angel, thank you for pointing this school out. I ...Angel, thank you for pointing this school out. I generally do not go after state schools or truly affordable private law schools - UNLESS they have shown themselves to lie about employment and salary figures, such as the University of Utah S.J. Quinneu College of Law.<br /><br />http://thirdtierreality.blogspot.com/2009/11/response-from-sj-quinney-college-of-law.html<br /><br />You can see where the school admitted to an "error" on its data. (Funny how these "errors" are always in favor of the house, isn't it?!)<br /><br />Anyway, to your main point: honesty is not rewarded, but punished. I remember the backlash when UT-Austin put out accurate numbers, and when Colorado-Boulder did the same thing. These rankings truly are subjective - as reputation counts for so much of USNWR's formula.<br /><br />http://volokh.com/posts/1206548422.shtml<br /><br />As for other factors, many of these can be easily manipulated or distorted by the schools themselves. There are no audits of the numbers.<br /><br />Look at this link. The "professors" are aware that placement figures are often made up - even by the elite schools, such as Cal-Berkeley and Columbia.Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.com