Failing law schools / Brian Z. Tamanaha.
On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisers, and government officials. Yet behind the flourishi...
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| 520 | |a On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisers, and government officials. Yet behind the flourishing facade, law schools are failing abjectly. Recent front-page stories have detailed widespread dubious practices, including false reporting of LSAT and GPA scores, misleading placement reports, and the fundamental failure to prepare graduates to enter the profession. Addressing all these problems an. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: A Law School in Crisis (Circa 1997); Part I : Temptations of Self-Regulation ; One: The Department of Justice Sues the ABA; Two: Why Is Law School Three Years?; Three: Faculty Fight against Changes in ABA Standards; Part II : About Law Professors; Four: Teaching Load Down, Salary Up; Five: The Cost and Consequences of Academic Pursuits; Six: More Professors, More Revenues Needed; Part III : The US News Ranking Effect; Seven: The Ranking Made Us Do It; Eight: Detrimental Developments in Legal Academia; Part IV: The Broken Economic Model. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Nine: Rising Tuition, Rising DebtTen: Why Tuition Has Gone Up So Quickly; Eleven: Is Law School Worth the Cost?; Twelve: Warning Signs for Students; Thirteen: Alarms for Law Schools; Fourteen: Going Forward; Epilogue: A Few Last Words; Appendix A: List of Abbreviations; Appendix B: List of Law Schools Referenced; Notes; Index. | |
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