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Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
I was surprised last year to read a New York Times article listing Fordham's JD as the highest paying among the JDs, even higher than Columbia or NYU. Their admissions website baldly claims:
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
The falsity of these claims is nothing new on these forums. Everyone knows that the median salary outside the top 15 or 16 schools is a much more modest $60,000, and that other schools saying their median grads, private sector or not, pulling $160,000 is total bullshit. I could have picked any law school, but Fordham is the most expensive and posts the most exaggerated statistics.
To the best of my knowledge, if you try to pitch securities type investments and use false data of any sort about past earnings, knowingly and with the intention of attracting bigger investments, then you're guilty of fraud. You have to compensate that individual for what they lost.
The social affect is staggering. Every year, the line of law school applicants grows a bit longer, ready to pay $40k a year with the promise that $160,000 salaries will soon follow. The ABA is supportive of these fraudulent practices. In 1996 the Department of Justice successfully prosecuted the ABA for abusing the accreditation process, most notably to engage in price-fixing law school salaries.
Law schools in general should be liable for the fraud they've committed. Why hasn't there been a lawsuit regarding the fraudulent use of employment statistics among law schools? A large portion of any of several dozen law schools' student body should be eligible for some damages.
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
The falsity of these claims is nothing new on these forums. Everyone knows that the median salary outside the top 15 or 16 schools is a much more modest $60,000, and that other schools saying their median grads, private sector or not, pulling $160,000 is total bullshit. I could have picked any law school, but Fordham is the most expensive and posts the most exaggerated statistics.
To the best of my knowledge, if you try to pitch securities type investments and use false data of any sort about past earnings, knowingly and with the intention of attracting bigger investments, then you're guilty of fraud. You have to compensate that individual for what they lost.
The social affect is staggering. Every year, the line of law school applicants grows a bit longer, ready to pay $40k a year with the promise that $160,000 salaries will soon follow. The ABA is supportive of these fraudulent practices. In 1996 the Department of Justice successfully prosecuted the ABA for abusing the accreditation process, most notably to engage in price-fixing law school salaries.
Law schools in general should be liable for the fraud they've committed. Why hasn't there been a lawsuit regarding the fraudulent use of employment statistics among law schools? A large portion of any of several dozen law schools' student body should be eligible for some damages.
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
Really, it does? I can't find that anywhere. Can you link to it?Snooker wrote:Their admissions website baldly claims:
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
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http://law2.fordham.edu/ihtml/cp-2JDPro ... ml?id=1709BaiAilian2013 wrote:Really, it does? I can't find that anywhere. Can you link to it?Snooker wrote:Their admissions website baldly claims:
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
What proof do you have that they are lying???
They could just have some really high extremes which throws the median off
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They could be including in bonuses or education forgiveness grants for incoming lawyers, etc...
They could just have some really high extremes which throws the median off
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They could be including in bonuses or education forgiveness grants for incoming lawyers, etc...
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He said fraud.Cranium wrote:What proof do you have that they are lying???
They could just have some really high extremes which throws the median off
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They could be including in bonuses or education forgiveness grants for incoming lawyers, etc...
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
MrOrange wrote:http://law2.fordham.edu/ihtml/cp-2JDPro ... ml?id=1709BaiAilian2013 wrote:Really, it does? I can't find that anywhere. Can you link to it?Snooker wrote:Their admissions website baldly claims:
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
Since you're speaking of fraud, how would it be reasonable to rely on a claim of the "median salary is $160,000?"
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
Statistics Fail.Cranium wrote:They could just have some really high extremes which throws the median off
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Hey I have got an idea. Let's try to sue a bunch of academic lawyers with JD's from the top of Harvard's class. It's going to end well!
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
Since when does median = mean?Cranium wrote:They could just have some really high extremes which throws the median off
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
The median is the middle of a data set
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
beat me to itLxw wrote:Statistics Fail.Cranium wrote:They could just have some really high extremes which throws the median off
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
Here are the numbers from the site:
Going off of these, you would only need at most 44ish percent of all students to get placed at firms paying $160k (or higher). Considering this is a well-ranked school that doesn't push out clerkships like its higher-ranked competitors in the area, it's not outlandish that Fordham could be supplying large amounts of associates for law firms in NY. Even non-biglaw was paying $160k in 2008. Fordham may also be able to skew the stats a little higher relative to other NY schools since they have the highest ranking PT program in the area. A bunch of working professionals who could have gone to better schools if they had chosen the FT route along with enough IP grads, and these numbers aren't impossible. Misleading, of course, but not impossible.General Employment Statistics (99.15% of the Class of 2008 reported employment information)
At Graduation Employment Rate: 85.34%
9 Month Out Employment Rate: 95.05%
Salary Information:
Average Salary: $131,477
Median Salary: $160,000
With 87.13% of graduates reporting salary information...
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False.Cranium wrote:The median is the middle of a data set
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
The mean is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 5. There are no extremes in your data set. An extreme should be at least 2 standard deviations from the mean.
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
Lxw wrote:False.Cranium wrote:The median is the middle of a data set
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
The mean is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 5. There are no extremes in your data set. An extreme should be at least 2 standard deviations from the mean.
THE MEDIAN !!!
OP is using MEDIAN NOT MEAN -- BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
+1zanda wrote:beat me to itLxw wrote:Statistics Fail.Cranium wrote:They could just have some really high extremes which throws the median off
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hahahaha future lawyers babbby!Cranium wrote:Lxw wrote:False.Cranium wrote:The median is the middle of a data set
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
The mean is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 5. There are no extremes in your data set. An extreme should be at least 2 standard deviations from the mean.
THE MEDIAN !!!
OP is using MEDIAN NOT MEAN -- BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
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A difference you are apparently unable to see.Cranium wrote:Lxw wrote:False.Cranium wrote:The median is the middle of a data set
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
The mean is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 5. There are no extremes in your data set. An extreme should be at least 2 standard deviations from the mean.
THE MEDIAN !!!
OP is using MEDIAN NOT MEAN -- BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
Yes, the median is the middle number and the mean is the average.mctj wrote:A difference you are apparently unable to see.Cranium wrote:Lxw wrote:False.Cranium wrote:The median is the middle of a data set
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
The mean is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 5. There are no extremes in your data set. An extreme should be at least 2 standard deviations from the mean.
THE MEDIAN !!!
OP is using MEDIAN NOT MEAN -- BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
Extremes can have a greater impact on the median than mean which is why I bet they are reporting the median
No, I think you don't see it !!!
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Re: Should Fordham Law be Sued for Fraud?
OK... cranium is correct in his calculation of the median of the provided data set. The issue is that cranium used the term extremes - which holds a specific statistical definition that cranium either didn't know about or didn't understand. They are arguing different things.mctj wrote:A difference you are apparently unable to see.Cranium wrote:Lxw wrote:False.Cranium wrote:The median is the middle of a data set
If you have the numbers
0, 1, 2, 10, 10, 10, 12
Here the median is 10 so it is a bit to the extreme considering the gap from low to high
The mean is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 5. There are no extremes in your data set. An extreme should be at least 2 standard deviations from the mean.
THE MEDIAN !!!
OP is using MEDIAN NOT MEAN -- BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
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word.betasteve wrote:OK... cranium is correct in his calculation of the median of the provided data set. The issue is that cranium used the term extremes - which holds a specific statistical definition that cranium either didn't know about or didn't understand. They are arguing different things.mctj wrote:A difference you are apparently unable to see.Cranium wrote:Lxw wrote: False.
The mean is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 5. There are no extremes in your data set. An extreme should be at least 2 standard deviations from the mean.
THE MEDIAN !!!
OP is using MEDIAN NOT MEAN -- BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
"The median salary for the class of 2007 was $160,000."
that and, if his post is read as he seemingly wants us to read it, his post says that Fordam could "just" have half of their graduates earning 160k plus, which is something that can hardly be explained away with only a "just," as it would in fact be an extremely surprising statistic.
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Whoops, maybe I should have just said -- too many outliers !!! Better word choice ???
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but they aren't outliers if they're HALF of the graduating class, which is what is required for the median salary to be 160k.Cranium wrote:Whoops, maybe I should have just said -- too many outliers !!! Better word choice ???
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