Above the Law

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Region
Southwest
State
California
Dean
Jeffrey S. Brand
Enrollment
739
Student/Faculty Ratio
14.8
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Notable alumni include: Ming Ching (CA Supreme Court justice), Cupcake Brown (author of A Piece of Cake), Kimberly Guilfoyle (co-host on Fox News)


Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

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Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 / 2:45 PM

Back in October, we informed our readers that law school litigators Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to file class action lawsuits against 15 additional schools, on top of the two they’d already filed against Cooley Law and New York Law School. In mid-December, we brought you an update on the status of those potential filings after Anziska told us that at least three named plaintiffs had been secured for 11 out of the 15 law schools on October’s target list. And now, about a month and a half later, have we got some news for you….

Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012 / 2:53 PM

Back in October, we brought you the news that Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to sue 15 more law schools over their post-graduate employment rates, in addition to their already pending class action suits against Cooley Law and New York Law School. As mentioned during their October 5 media conference, Team Strauss/Anziska will not…

Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 / 4:02 PM

Kurzon Strauss, the law firm that brought us some of the most prolific class action lawsuits of the year has split up. Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you’ve got major cases to deal with. So, what’s a lawyer to do? Apparently the solution is to file fifteen more class action lawsuits against law schools with questionable post-graduate employment data. Is your law school or alma mater a defendant?

Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011 / 2:50 PM
  • Ratings*

    Student Rating ? B+
    Alumni Rating ? B
      Student Alumni
    Academics A+ B-
    Practical/Clinical Training A+ A-
    Career Counseling B- B-
    Financial Aid Advising B B+
    Social Life B- B+
  • Employment

    Total Employed ? 87%
    LST
    Score ? 21%
    School Funded 9.00%
    Large Firm 6.80%
    Federal Clerkships 0%
    Government 4.95%
    Public Interest 8.56%
  • Cost

    Tuition   $42,284
    Total Investment ?   $229,128
  • Admissions

    38.0 / 100
    applicants are accepted.
    1.70 / 10
    admitted students enroll.
     
    LSAT (25/75) 155/161
    GPA (25/75) 3.16/3.63
  • US News Rank

    144