W&L c/o 2016 Forum

[SteelPenguin]

I was WL a couple of weeks ago and haven't sent in a LOCI, but I just received an e-mail asking if I am interested in attending, because there will likely be a few spots available. Did anyone else get this?

Just got this as well.

Numbers anyone? PM?

165/3.79

[bean412]

I was also WL'd a few weeks ago, but sent an LOCI and had an individual visit. I wonder if this is for everyone WL'd or just those who haven't sent anything or visited?

[dirtrida2]

I was also WL'd a few weeks ago, but sent an LOCI and had an individual visit. I wonder if this is for everyone WL'd or just those who haven't sent anything or visited?

[InBetweenDays]

I was also WL'd a few weeks ago, but sent an LOCI and had an individual visit. I wonder if this is for everyone WL'd or just those who haven't sent anything or visited?

I didn't receive an email. I was WL'd a few weeks ago, never sent a LoCI, and I did not visit.

[lhanvt13]

165/3.79

prob yp

[SteelPenguin]

165/3.79

prob yp

I also didn't apply until February though. I ended up getting one of the mass WL e-mails.

[wannabelawstudent]

I was WL a couple of weeks ago and haven't sent in a LOCI, but I just received an e-mail asking if I am interested in attending, because there will likely be a few spots available. Did anyone else get this?

This is good. That means we're not likely to have another 180 student class.

I don't think you'll have a 180 class but I know they took people off the waitlist last year.

[lhanvt13]

I was WL a couple of weeks ago and haven't sent in a LOCI, but I just received an e-mail asking if I am interested in attending, because there will likely be a few spots available. Did anyone else get this?

This is good. That means we're not likely to have another 180 student class.

I don't think you'll have a 180 class but I know they took people off the waitlist last year.

Yeah hopefully they're more cautious this round and get a 130 class.

[nbahri05]

I was also WL'd a few weeks ago, but sent an LOCI and had an individual visit. I wonder if this is for everyone WL'd or just those who haven't sent anything or visited?

I visited the school and interviewed...I thought it went fairly well however I did not receive that particular e-mail. That concerns me.

They did say during the visit that they had already eliminated people off the WL who they had not heard from. So I am not sure what they are doing right now.

Did anyone who visited the school receive this e-mail?

[dirtrida2]

I was also WL'd a few weeks ago, but sent an LOCI and had an individual visit. I wonder if this is for everyone WL'd or just those who haven't sent anything or visited?

I visited the school and interviewed...I thought it went fairly well however I did not receive that particular e-mail. That concerns me.

They did say during the visit that they had already eliminated people off the WL who they had not heard from. So I am not sure what they are doing right now.

Did anyone who visited the school receive this e-mail?

There would be no reason for you to receive this email. They are looking for responses from people they have yet to hear from.

It would be a bad sign if you got this email, not a good one...

[lhanvt13]

So when are people moving in.

[JayJones78]

So when are people moving in.

if attending I'll prob move 8/1
do you know when does orientation begin?

[lhanvt13]

So when are people moving in.

if attending I'll prob move 8/1
do you know when does orientation begin?

http://law.wlu.edu/calendar/page.asp?pageid=1230

[JayJones78]

So when are people moving in.

if attending I'll prob move 8/1
do you know when does orientation begin?

http://law.wlu.edu/calendar/page.asp?pageid=1230

many thanks

it starts much later than I thought!!

[wannabelawstudent]

Did anyone else get a waitlist update e-mail just now with an absurd amount of typos? 6 in one paragraph alone.

[InBetweenDays]

Just received an email basically saying that I might hear from them in the next two weeks regarding the wait-list. I have not sent a LOCI or anything, but the email only said specifically to contact them if my "arrangements for law school have changed". Should I send a LOCI? Did anyone else receive a similar email? To be clear... it didn't ask if I was still interested (some other wait listed TLSers said they received emails inquiring about their continued interest). Is this good, bad, neutral? Also, the email was full of typos... almost ridiculously so...

[DoveBodyWash]

Did anyone else get a waitlist update e-mail just now with an absurd amount of typos? 6 in one paragraph alone.

that is honestly just pathetic.

[InBetweenDays]

Did anyone else get a waitlist update e-mail just now with an absurd amount of typos? 6 in one paragraph alone.

that is honestly just pathetic.

They even had a "teh" in there somewhere lol

[JayJones78]

Did anyone else get a waitlist update e-mail just now with an absurd amount of typos? 6 in one paragraph alone.

that is honestly just pathetic.

They even had a "teh" in there somewhere lol

Oh my. Dean McShay is prob on a day off!!

[Xs20]

Did anyone else get a waitlist update e-mail just now with an absurd amount of typos? 6 in one paragraph alone.

that is honestly just pathetic.

They even had a "teh" in there somewhere lol

Oh my. Dean McShay is prob on a day off!!

How do you not even take the time to spellcheck the thing, though? That kind of laziness reflects really poorly on a school IMO.

[lhanvt13]

Did anyone else get a waitlist update e-mail just now with an absurd amount of typos? 6 in one paragraph alone.

Share the LOL's pm me the email please?

[wannabelawstudent]

Did anyone else get a waitlist update e-mail just now with an absurd amount of typos? 6 in one paragraph alone.

that is honestly just pathetic.

They even had a "teh" in there somewhere lol

Oh my. Dean McShay is prob on a day off!!

I hope not. I would hate it if a school was falsely signing e-mails.

I like how they just sent another typo-free email immediately afterwards. Like "hey, ignore that other one, this one's good"

[wannabelawstudent]

So what do you guys think of the new 3L program? Here's an article about how W&L's placement has dropped since instituting the new program. http://outsidethelawschoolscam.blogspot ... d-lee.html

Another article out this week ranking W&L 135 in terms of placement: http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2013/04 ... .html#more

ETA: third link is apparently blocked here. but look up deceptive clerkship numbers and you should find info about it.

[lhanvt13]

So what do you guys think of the new 3L program? Here's an article about how W&L's placement has dropped since instituting the new program. http://outsidethelawschoolscam.blogspot ... d-lee.html

Another article out this week ranking W&L 135 in terms of placement: http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2013/04 ... .html#more

Article on how W&L is gaming the placement numbers: http://T14 Paradise.blogspot.com/2013/04/deceptive-clerkship-placement-figures.html

can you relink the 3rd one I can't seem to open it

[JMCPopcorn]

I can't link to the third article, but I will try to give its highlights here. It was discussing rankings on clerkships done by US News, which are here: http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/c ... clerkships

W&L came out as #12 in the country in the US News federal clerkship rankings, with Percent of 2011 employed J.D. grads with federal judicial clerkships at 9.7%. W&L also had 10.6% in state/local clerkships using the same formula, but its ranking in that category was not shown as some other schools had numbers in the 30% range such as Seton Hall.

These are US News rankings, not W&L's, so there is no allegation that W&L manipulated any stats here, the article was just quibbling over whether US News should have calculated as percentage of the employed versus the whole class, which is probably a good point. If you use the whole class, the percentages for everyone go down by about a point or two, but the relative rankings don't change much. Someone should redo the rankings for all the schools with that in mind, but I do not think you would see a significant difference. No matter how you slice it, W&L does better than most other schools in federal clerkships.

The third article makes a better point about some of the schools that had particularly large numbers of state and local clerkships, particularly the schools in New Jersey (where there are a lot of traffic court clerkships), but W&L did not figure in the state and local rankings anyway. The more significant clerkships are generally the federal ones, and that is where W&L ranked highly.