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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by JamesDean1955 » Wed May 01, 2013 12:33 pm

I like it because it ranks the school I'm going to higher than USNWR 8) :lol: .

Now it's time for Aberzombie to troll "CCN --> CP" :P

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by JamesDean1955 » Wed May 01, 2013 12:43 pm

rad lulz wrote:
JamesDean1955 wrote:Now it's time for Aberzombie to troll "CCN --> CP" :P
Don't poast CP

Unless you want to get arrested
LOL.

Also, University of Miami at 49 on par with Fordham...wtf?

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by lhanvt13 » Wed May 01, 2013 12:43 pm

rad lulz wrote:
JamesDean1955 wrote:Now it's time for Aberzombie to troll "CCN --> CP" :P
Don't poast CP

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by SportsFan » Wed May 01, 2013 12:46 pm

rad lulz wrote:
JamesDean1955 wrote:Now it's time for Aberzombie to troll "CCN --> CP" :P
Don't poast CP

Unless you want to get arrested
We have a "Course Portal" that has all our class information (syllabus's, readings professors put online, etc.) that I never abbreviate to CP when I mention it in my notes because I'd feel dirty. :|

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by JamesDean1955 » Wed May 01, 2013 12:47 pm

Posting GeorgeTTTown is still ok I'm guessing?

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by westphiladelphia » Wed May 01, 2013 12:48 pm

JamesDean1955 wrote:I like it because it ranks the school I'm going to higher than USNWR 8) :lol: .

Now it's time for Aberzombie to troll "CCN --> CP" :P
CP.

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ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by rickgrimes69 » Wed May 01, 2013 12:49 pm

Above the law is now throwing their hat into the law school rankings game. Their methodology focused primarily on positive outcomes, with cost, employment score, and desirable job placement constituting 75% of the ranking. Here are the results:

http://abovethelaw.com/careers/law-school-rankings/

1. Yale (Most SCOTUS Clerks; Most Federal Clerks)
2. Stanford
3. Harvard
4. Chicago
5. Penn (Best Employment Score; Best Quality of Jobs)
6. Duke
7. University of Virgina
8. Columbia
9. Berkeley
10. NYU
11. Cornell
12. Michigan
13. Northwestern
14. UT-Austin
15. Vandy
16. Georgetown
17. UCLA
18. Notre Dame
19. UGA
20. USC
21. BC
22. SMU
23. BU
24. UNC
25. WUSTL

Thoughts / comments?

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by Doorkeeper » Wed May 01, 2013 12:51 pm

It's ridiculously stupid for them to give 7.5% to SCOTUS clerks (They should've just used federal clerkships) and 7.5% for active federal judges, but other than that I like the rankings they use.

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by SportsFan » Wed May 01, 2013 12:58 pm

JamesDean1955 wrote:Posting GeorgeTTTown is still ok I'm guessing?
Considering UT and Vandy are above them, its more like GeorgeTTTTown.

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by bearjew » Wed May 01, 2013 12:59 pm

rickgrimes69 wrote:Above the law is now throwing their hat into the law school rankings game. Their methodology focused primarily on positive outcomes, with cost, employment score, and desirable job placement constituting 75% of the ranking. Here are the results:

http://abovethelaw.com/careers/law-school-rankings/

1. Yale (Most SCOTUS Clerks; Most Federal Clerks)
2. Stanford
3. Harvard
4. Chicago
5. Penn (Best Employment Score; Best Quality of Jobs)
6. Duke
7. University of Virgina
8. Columbia
9. Berkeley
10. NYU
11. Cornell
12. Michigan
13. Northwestern
14. UT-Austin
15. Vandy
16. Georgetown
17. UCLA
18. Notre Dame
19. UGA
20. USC
21. BC
22. SMU
23. BU
24. UNC
25. WUSTL

Thoughts / comments?
I think Alabama belongs in the T25. Nice instate tuition, 71% LST score with small percentage of that being school-funded and a handful of federal clerkship jobs.

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by hephaestus » Wed May 01, 2013 1:03 pm

This is actually far more legitimate than I'd expect from ATL

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by RetakeFrenzy » Wed May 01, 2013 1:03 pm

UGA and SMU wow

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by North » Wed May 01, 2013 1:07 pm

I like it.

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by DoveBodyWash » Wed May 01, 2013 1:23 pm

effin WUSTL breaking my heart. and poor harvard :?

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by sinfiery » Wed May 01, 2013 1:25 pm

My school is worse off so these rankings are obviously shit.


Also, it is clear that they used those judge statistics because otherwise their rankings would be CPD for the top 3. I mean, the justification was just awful for as why those were distinguished from the whole of clerkships and then the fact that they were given such a shockingly disproportionate value relative to their actual numerical existence makes me completely ignore the validity of anyone who thought that would be a good ranking method.

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by Bronck » Wed May 01, 2013 1:28 pm

Lol, SCOTUS clerkships as a percent of the ranking

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by laxbrah420 » Wed May 01, 2013 1:33 pm

"we don't use inputs. we consider school costs"...

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by dirtrida2 » Wed May 01, 2013 1:36 pm

Step in the right direction, so glad to see American off the board.

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by romothesavior » Wed May 01, 2013 1:42 pm

I like it and hope they keep to do it. That said, it is flawed. Couple things I'd change:

1) Use firms of 100+ instead of NLJ data. It's far more useful and accurate.
2) Include clerkships with state's highest court, if that's available
3) I'm a little confused by the "Cost" methodology. Are they just using tuition as the metric for cost? Because some schools are incredibly stingy and others very generous. I couldn't really understand what they meant when they explained their methodology here.

Solid effort though, I like it.

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by Lavitz » Wed May 01, 2013 1:50 pm

JamesDean1955 wrote:I like it because it ranks the school I'm going to higher than USNWR 8) :lol: .
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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by dirtrida2 » Wed May 01, 2013 2:09 pm

Lavitz wrote:
JamesDean1955 wrote:I like it because it ranks the school I'm going to higher than USNWR 8) :lol: .
+1

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Re: ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings 2013

Post by Real Madrid » Wed May 01, 2013 2:11 pm

Which schools had SCOTUS clerks?

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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by Micdiddy » Wed May 01, 2013 2:18 pm

dirtrida2 wrote:
Lavitz wrote:
JamesDean1955 wrote:I like it because it ranks the school I'm going to higher than USNWR 8) :lol: .
+1
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Re: ATL's Law School Rankings

Post by TaipeiMort » Wed May 01, 2013 2:18 pm

Problem with these rankings is that they don't correct for self-selection of those with prior work experience into particular schools. That is why Penn and NU occasionally outperform peers.

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