It was a good week for …
Large donations, after the Cornell Law School announced that it has been promised a $25 million donation from an anonymous alumni. The donor could have had a building named after him or her, given the size of the donation. University of Maryland even changed its name last year after it got a $30 million donation. For Cornell, this was the largest in the school’s history, and will be used to fund student scholarships and faculty research.
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It was a bad week for …
Altering the mindset of law school applicants, after a survey revealed that prelaw students place more importance on rankings than employment statistics.
In a survey by Kaplan, 32 percent said that a law school’s ranking was most important when determining which school to attend. Only 8 percent said that a law school’s job-placement statistics as most important.
The survey also highlighted the discrepancy between students’ expectations of jobs and the recent reality of the job market. Thirty eight percent of those surveyed said they hoped to work in a large law firm. Recent ABA reports show that roughly 10 percent of the class of 2011 landed jobs in firms with more than 100 attorneys.
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