Law School Transparency Data Forum

[imbored25]

Anyone have any idea on when the class of 2010 data will come out

[rad lulz]

You could email em and poast back here; they are pretty nice dudes.

[imbored25]

You could email em and poast back here; they are pretty nice dudes.

email sent

[jenesaislaw]

You could email em and poast back here; they are pretty nice dudes.

email sent

Really? We didn't get it. I don't think the plugin we're using works very well...will just program one from scratch I guess. Fortunately I got a Google Alert for the OP.


In any case, we're really close to releasing 2010 data. It will be by far the most comprehensive release of law school employment data ever. We are combining data from three sources to provide the most complete picture possible for each school, and then will make it so the data are comparable. We have data from U.S. News, school websites, and school-specific NALP reports (for 45 or so schools only, sadly and incredibly). Once the ABA releases data, we will add that too (though it won't be much more than we've already managed to snag).

It is an incredibly labor-intensive task to fit the data together from three sources because there's some amount of data drift due to the different reporting deadlines. As such, it isn't as easy as just plugging data into the spreadsheet. We have to comb over each school to see what's going on. The result will be imperfect, but should be reliable broadly.

[rad lulz]

JNSL, you and Obs should poast here moar bro

[jenesaislaw]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

[rad lulz]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

I have poasted thousands of times for free!

[imbored25]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

I'll donate once I start making that big law salary

[imbored25]

You could email em and poast back here; they are pretty nice dudes.

email sent

Really? We didn't get it. I don't think the plugin we're using works very well...will just program one from scratch I guess. Fortunately I got a Google Alert for the OP.


In any case, we're really close to releasing 2010 data. It will be by far the most comprehensive release of law school employment data ever. We are combining data from three sources to provide the most complete picture possible for each school, and then will make it so the data are comparable. We have data from U.S. News, school websites, and school-specific NALP reports (for 45 or so schools only, sadly and incredibly). Once the ABA releases data, we will add that too (though it won't be much more than we've already managed to snag).

It is an incredibly labor-intensive task to fit the data together from three sources because there's some amount of data drift due to the different reporting deadlines. As such, it isn't as easy as just plugging data into the spreadsheet. We have to comb over each school to see what's going on. The result will be imperfect, but should be reliable broadly.

Thanks for the info and hard work

[minnbills]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

thank you for your work, it is definitely appreciated!

[john1990]

+1

LST is a great resource. Keep up the good work

[sunynp]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

How much do you need? I think part of the problem is that students are generally broke.

[romothesavior]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

I have poasted thousands of times for free!

Not thousands yet. You're only at 1,700.

[rad lulz]

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[jenesaislaw]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

How much do you need? I think part of the problem is that students are generally broke.

Yup, exactly. Those who benefit most have no money. Those who are the most sympathetic are also broke. Turns out that our policy work doesn't interest many (if any) grant-making foundations.

[Gail]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

How much do you need? I think part of the problem is that students are generally broke.

Yup, exactly. Those who benefit most have no money. Those who are the most sympathetic are also broke. Turns out that our policy work doesn't interest many (if any) grant-making foundations.

Is there any way to expand it past law school? If you could do the same for undergraduate, I think there might be some funding for that. If I had known what college actually entailed, I never would have gone to undergrad. I would have gotten a technical degree and done something useful.

Would be a gigantic project though. A lot of resources.

[rad lulz]

If we had sufficient funding that'd be a lot easier...

How much do you need? I think part of the problem is that students are generally broke.

Yup, exactly. Those who benefit most have no money. Those who are the most sympathetic are also broke. Turns out that our policy work doesn't interest many (if any) grant-making foundations.

If I get an offer from my summer jerb, I'll cut yall a hundy.

Is it tax deductible?

[jenesaislaw]

It is tax deductible, but it's doubtful that you'd have enough other deductions for that to be relevant (i.e. your personal exemption deduction of $3800 is probably more than the sum of all other deductions you could make).

Re: the idea of expanding to colleges, it would be a huge (and different) challenge with more likely funding. But, we're not just after funding for the sake of funding. Expanding to colleges simply amounts to too much mission creep for us to do through LST.

That said, we've already seen LST as an example for how to deal with colleges and had these conversations with higher education thinktanks. We were also mentioned in an Atlantic article on applying job outcome transparency to all of higher ed, as is the general plan for the Obama administration. We have a lot to contribute on this front and will do so, but it will only be in a consulting role for now.

[imbored25]

you bros think the data will be out by the end of the month