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Just wanted to give TLS some employment data updates. First class of 2012, then class of 2011.

Class of 2012: These data are trickling out on school websites now. Under the accreditation standards, every school must post their ABA Reports (with c/o 2012 data) on their websites by March 31st. Sometime soon, probably in the second week of April, the ABA will post all of these data. At that point, LST will release its updated Score Reports with more to follow this summer once schools get their NALP Reports (June).

Class of 2011: We just updated data for 40 schools (listed below). The updates follow our latest Transparency Index. The number of updates added varies, but I've tried to give some indication below.

A few entries of note: Columbia, NYU, and Berkeley are now publishing NALP Reports. These schools join Michigan as the only elite schools making this effort.

The total number of schools publishing a NALP Report, either on their website or directly to LST, is now 90, a massive improvement over zero (duh). See the list here, but note that I've not uploaded the new NALP Reports yet -- just go to the NALP Report format page on the school's profile to see the data.

Albany Law School (NALP Report added)
Berkeley (NALP Report added)
Charlotte School of Law (Some new data)
Columbia (NALP Report added)
CUNY (NALP Report added)
DePaul University (Some new data)
Florida Coastal School of Law (Partial NALP Report added)
Hastings (Partial NALP Report added)
Hawaii (Partial NALP Report added)
Chicago-Kent (Some new data)
Iowa (NALP Report added)
Lewis & Clark (NALP Report added)
Loyola Marymount (Partial NALP Report added)
Loyola -NOLA (NALP Report added)
Mississippi College (NALP Report added)
New Hampshire (NALP Report added)
Northern Illinois (NALP Report added)
Northwestern University (Some new data)
NYU (Partial NALP Report added)
Pacific (NALP Report added)
Phoenix School of Law (Some new data)
Roger Williams University (Some new data)
Rutgers -- Newark (NALP Report added)
Santa Clara University (Partial NALP Report added)
Southern Illinois (NALP Report added)
St. Thomas (Partial NALP Report added)
Stanford University (Some new data)
Texas Tech (NALP Report added)
University of Miami (Some new data)
University of Minnesota (Partial NALP Report added)
University of Pennsylvania (Some new data)
University of Richmond (Some new data)
University of San Francisco (NALP Report added)
University of Virginia (Some new data)
University of Wyoming (Some new data)
Vanderbilt University (Some new data)
Vermont (NALP Report added)
West Virginia (NALP Report added)
Western State (NALP Report added)
William Mitchell (Partial NALP Report added)

I know it's been said before but I just wanted to thank you again for your incredible work with LST.

Bronck wrote:I know it's been said before but I just wanted to thank you again for your incredible work with LST.

I'm new around here, but LST already seems incredibly useful. Truly an invaluable resource.

LST has truly changed the world when it comes to understanding law school data. Maybe the best thing to ever happen in the realm of law school decisionmaking.

I would like to add to the above gratefulness as LST has been such a huge benefit to me in choosing between law schools.

romothesavior wrote:LST has truly changed the world when it comes to understanding law school data. Maybe the best thing to ever happen in the realm of law school decisionmaking.

It really has. Whenever I discuss law school with prospective applicants in person or in tutoring or anything, LST is usually the first website I recommend. I also can't thank you guys enough.

Just read the report for my school, incredibly depressing. More incredible, if I talk to my 2L friends, they still repeat the mantra that we will all get jobs and that most of the class has jobs at graduation, when that's objectively not true.

Bronck wrote:I know it's been said before but I just wanted to thank you again for your incredible work with LST.

Yes. I also cannot thank you enough.

Thanks everybody. I really appreciate your nice words. I really do believe our work has made a difference, keeps me working hard.