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Unlv law
Why is the employment outcome for unlv law so abysmally low? It is ranked 68 and has a much lower employment outcome (60%) than lower ranked schools such as lsu which sits at 92%....
- TheSpanishMain
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Re: Unlv law
Also, at a certain point, rankings become pretty arbitrary. That's why people always recommend consulting LST for employment numbers rather than relying on USNWR.
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60% of the rankings are based on non-arbitrary criteria. You could point out that the weighting is arbitrary, but that would be consistent across tiers.TheSpanishMain wrote:Also, at a certain point, rankings become pretty arbitrary. That's why people always recommend consulting LST for employment numbers rather than relying on USNWR.
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Enough of the rankings are made up of crap that doesn't matter to make the whole thing pretty arbitrary and stupid. American is not better than LSU, I don't care how many non-arbitrary factors are factored in.SFrost wrote:60% of the rankings are based on non-arbitrary criteria. You could point out that the weighting is arbitrary, but that would be consistent across tiers.TheSpanishMain wrote:Also, at a certain point, rankings become pretty arbitrary. That's why people always recommend consulting LST for employment numbers rather than relying on USNWR.
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- A. Nony Mouse
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Re: Unlv law
The better way to ask this is, why is the ranking for UNLV so high when it has such a low employment outcome? Because a huge chunk of the rankings derives from asking law profs, deans, and judges/practicing lawyers (most of the latter of whom don't reply to the survey) about the school's reputation, which has nothing to do with employment.Kevinlomax wrote:Why is the employment outcome for unlv law so abysmally low? It is ranked 68 and has a much lower employment outcome (60%) than lower ranked schools such as lsu which sits at 92%....
Also, if by LSU you mean Louisiana State, it doesn't have a 92% employment score. It's 74%.
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I was probably a little imprecise. 60% of the factors may be quantifiable, but a lot of them meaningless in terms of impacting student outcomesSFrost wrote:60% of the rankings are based on non-arbitrary criteria. You could point out that the weighting is arbitrary, but that would be consistent across tiers.TheSpanishMain wrote:Also, at a certain point, rankings become pretty arbitrary. That's why people always recommend consulting LST for employment numbers rather than relying on USNWR.
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Casino Law hasn't been the same since Dennis Quaid started running off the mobsters.Kevinlomax wrote:Why is the employment outcome for unlv law so abysmally low? It is ranked 68 and has a much lower employment outcome (60%) than lower ranked schools such as lsu which sits at 92%....