It was a BAD week for…
CONVICTED MURDERERS, after Above the Law spilled the beans that Tulane University first year law student Bruce Reilly was convicted of murder 18 years ago, and served 12 years in prison. The news quickly circulated through the school, the blog-o-sphere and in newspaper articles. The Tulane law dean issued a statement about its admissions process, and Above the Law then published details about the crime.
TRUTH IN NUMBERS, when an administrator at the University of Illinois got a lesson in ethics for posting incorrect LSAT median scores and GPAs of its incoming Class of 2014.
Paul Pless, assistant dean for admissions in the law school, was reportedly put on leave as a result of the false data, which has since been erased from the school’s website. The news is a blow to the reputation of one of the better public law schools in the country.
Inflating grades and standardized test data is not just misleading students being wooed and those comparing how they stack up to the current class. The numbers carry significant weight with the U.S. News & World Report, which uses them to rank schools.
The inflation infraction doesn’t go unseen. Just last month, the ABA censured Villanova University’s law school for disseminating incorrect data about their incoming class.
It was a GOOD week for…
GIRL POWER, after the national list of the 50 best law firms for female lawyers was released by the National Association of Female Executives, a division of Working Mother Media, and consulting firm Flex-Time Lawyers.
The firms on the list raise the bar when it comes to supporting their female lawyers, both personally (with flex-time, work life balance, child care) and professionally (with mentoring, networking and putting more women in senior-level seats).
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