Rankings from "ATL" Journal w/ fantastic video Forum

[dudley12]

ATL the journal apparently released its own school rankings system recently...

Here's a video from Bloomberg explaining their rankings methodology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCudMhAMPNk

And the link to their rankings: http://abovethelaw.com/careers/law-school-rankings/

[JamMasterJ]

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[Danger Zone]

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[dixon02]

Also like that it was referred to as Above The Law the journal

[Br3v]

We should add these to the TLS ranking page.

[hephaestus]

Also like that it was referred to as Above The Law the journal

Prestigious, peer reviewed publication right there

[dudley12]

The Law Journal also has also linked to a promotional video to bolster funding for the rankings system.

[Lavitz]

Actually, the Bloomberg video is news to me. I didn't see it discussed on the other thread.

Lol @ Elie trying to claim that Columbia and NYU dropped in the rankings because the NYC market was the "hardest hit" in the recession and not because cost was included in the methodology.

[dr123]

ATL isn't a journal, it's a fucking gossip blog. C'mon, man.

[untar614]

Actually, the Bloomberg video is news to me. I didn't see it discussed on the other thread.

Lol @ Elie trying to claim that Columbia and NYU dropped in the rankings because the NYC market was the "hardest hit" in the recession and not because cost was included in the methodology.

srsly. I wish I could get my hand on their raw data so I could see how the rankings play out if the educational cost (which is the most blatantly idiotic part of their ranking methodology) were removed.

[Br3v]

Actually, the Bloomberg video is news to me. I didn't see it discussed on the other thread.

Lol @ Elie trying to claim that Columbia and NYU dropped in the rankings because the NYC market was the "hardest hit" in the recession and not because cost was included in the methodology.

srsly. I wish I could get my hand on their raw data so I could see how the rankings play out if the educational cost (which is the most blatantly idiotic part of their ranking methodology) were removed.

How is that idiotic? In the very slim chance ATL ranking actually go mainstream it will give schools the incentive to reduce costs. The only part I had somewhat of a problem with was SCOTUS clerkships but Eli's explanation about it being the stand in for "prestige" or whatever actually made me less suspicious of it.

[untar614]

Actually, the Bloomberg video is news to me. I didn't see it discussed on the other thread.

Lol @ Elie trying to claim that Columbia and NYU dropped in the rankings because the NYC market was the "hardest hit" in the recession and not because cost was included in the methodology.

srsly. I wish I could get my hand on their raw data so I could see how the rankings play out if the educational cost (which is the most blatantly idiotic part of their ranking methodology) were removed.

How is that idiotic? In the very slim chance ATL ranking actually go mainstream it will give schools the incentive to reduce costs. The only part I had somewhat of a problem with was SCOTUS clerkships but Eli's explanation about it being the stand in for "prestige" or whatever actually made me less suspicious of it.

Because having sticker cost influence the ranking makes them far less useful for prospective law students to weighing their options. The idea they claim to have is that they are outcomes-based. If this were true, it would be great for a prospective student to be able to weigh "outcome success" vs what they would pay. For an individual student though, they will already know what they would be paying before making a decision - and there is great variability among prospective students, so skewing the supposed outcomes with sticker costs makes them far less useful. And there is still little incentive for schools to lower cost so long as they maintain an effective price fixing thing. Any one of them attempting to game these ranks (if they should ever care) would just prompt a race to the bottom with respect to their income, so why would they want that?

[dudley12]

^exactly. my cousin's roommate was also wondering.

[FattyMcFatFat]

Actually, the Bloomberg video is news to me. I didn't see it discussed on the other thread.

Lol @ Elie trying to claim that Columbia and NYU dropped in the rankings because the NYC market was the "hardest hit" in the recession and not because cost was included in the methodology.

srsly. I wish I could get my hand on their raw data so I could see how the rankings play out if the educational cost (which is the most blatantly idiotic part of their ranking methodology) were removed.

How is that idiotic? In the very slim chance ATL ranking actually go mainstream it will give schools the incentive to reduce costs. The only part I had somewhat of a problem with was SCOTUS clerkships but Eli's explanation about it being the stand in for "prestige" or whatever actually made me less suspicious of it.

Because having sticker cost influence the ranking makes them far less useful for prospective law students to weighing their options. The idea they claim to have is that they are outcomes-based. If this were true, it would be great for a prospective student to be able to weigh "outcome success" vs what they would pay. For an individual student though, they will already know what they would be paying before making a decision - and there is great variability among prospective students, so skewing the supposed outcomes with sticker costs makes them far less useful. And there is still little incentive for schools to lower cost so long as they maintain an effective price fixing thing. Any one of them attempting to game these ranks (if they should ever care) would just prompt a race to the bottom with respect to their income, so why would they want that?

You seem dumb.

[untar614]

How is that idiotic? In the very slim chance ATL ranking actually go mainstream it will give schools the incentive to reduce costs. The only part I had somewhat of a problem with was SCOTUS clerkships but Eli's explanation about it being the stand in for "prestige" or whatever actually made me less suspicious of it.

Because having sticker cost influence the ranking makes them far less useful for prospective law students to weighing their options. The idea they claim to have is that they are outcomes-based. If this were true, it would be great for a prospective student to be able to weigh "outcome success" vs what they would pay. For an individual student though, they will already know what they would be paying before making a decision - and there is great variability among prospective students, so skewing the supposed outcomes with sticker costs makes them far less useful. And there is still little incentive for schools to lower cost so long as they maintain an effective price fixing thing. Any one of them attempting to game these ranks (if they should ever care) would just prompt a race to the bottom with respect to their income, so why would they want that?

You seem dumb.

Wow, such brilliant insight! There is clearly no way I could come back against such a compelling argument. Please share more of your sagely wisdom with us.

[Danger Zone]

How is that idiotic? In the very slim chance ATL ranking actually go mainstream it will give schools the incentive to reduce costs. The only part I had somewhat of a problem with was SCOTUS clerkships but Eli's explanation about it being the stand in for "prestige" or whatever actually made me less suspicious of it.

Because having sticker cost influence the ranking makes them far less useful for prospective law students to weighing their options. The idea they claim to have is that they are outcomes-based. If this were true, it would be great for a prospective student to be able to weigh "outcome success" vs what they would pay. For an individual student though, they will already know what they would be paying before making a decision - and there is great variability among prospective students, so skewing the supposed outcomes with sticker costs makes them far less useful. And there is still little incentive for schools to lower cost so long as they maintain an effective price fixing thing. Any one of them attempting to game these ranks (if they should ever care) would just prompt a race to the bottom with respect to their income, so why would they want that?

You seem dumb.

Wow, such brilliant insight! There is clearly no way I could come back against such a compelling argument. Please share more of your sagely wisdom with us.

no u

[PRgradBYU]

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Hahaha. Didn't ATL release its rankings chart two or three weeks ago?

[Danger Zone]

Yep, and we had like a ten page thread on it then.

[dudley12]

I'm not sure if this is related but I found another promotional video for ATL The Journal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7M01IELv4c

[dr123]

Dood, why do you keep calling it atl the journal? The fuck, man.

[dudley12]

Hahaha. Didn't ATL release its rankings chart two or three weeks ago?

I think a couple months ago yea so it's still pretty fresh news