Grade Reform
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Biglaw, Grade Reform, Job Searches, Law Schools, LSAT
K&L Gates Still Cares About Your LSAT Score
Whether or not you think that the LSAT should be important, we all know that it is important. Scoring well on the LSAT is absolutely crucial to getting into a good law school. But usually the power of the LSAT fades after you matriculate to a law school. Usually people who are concerned about your […] -
Education / Schools, Grade Reform, Law Schools
Law School Grading Controversies: Open Thread
We have a message for law school deans and administrators everywhere. To paraphrase Chris Crocker, “Leave… the grades… alone!” Stories about changes to law school grading schemes aren’t much fun for us to write. But every time you deans tinker ever so slightly with your law school’s curve, we here at Above the Law get […] - Sponsored
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Grade Reform, Law Schools
Harvard Law School Will Now Hide GPAs (Or At Least Force Employers to Buy a Calculator)
Let’s close the loop on the latest changes to the Harvard Law School grading system. Last month, we reported on stealth grade reform at HLS. The school decided to attach numerical values to all of its grades — and place students numerical GPAs on their transcripts. That was a big deal because Harvard made a […]
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Grade Reform, Law Schools, Martha Minow
Harvard Law School to Stealth Grade Reform
Last year, Harvard Law School abandoned letter grading and went to a High Pass/Pass/Low Pass/Fail system. The news was greeted with much fanfare, as it seemed like HLS was trying to become a kinder, gentler academic environment — one that wouldn’t be dominated by cutthroat competition to beat the curve. You know, something like a […] -
Grade Reform, Law Schools, Loyola Law School, Television, Videos
Stephen Colbert Rips Loyola-L.A.'s 'Foolproof Plan to Get Their Graduates Better Jobs'
Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) hoped to quietly jump on the grade-inflation bandwagon in order to help make its students more competitive in the legal marketplace. The school bumped letter grades up a notch, so that a C- became a C, a B became a B+, and an A+ became an A+you’reasuperamazinggunnerrockstar. But the quiet […] -
Grade Reform, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools
A Brawl at DePaul Over Grades
We’ve done a lot of reports on schools that have instituted grade reform to make it easier on their students. But at DePaul College of Law, the administration decided to strictly enforce its curve as a way of combating wanton grade inflation. Apparently not all of the professors were on the same page. Professor Howard […] -
Grade Reform, Law Schools
Tulane: The Latest School to Adopt Grade Reform
By this point, you know the drill with grade reform: A) Law school experiences embarrassing employment outcomes. B) Administration refuses to admit legal education is ridiculously overpriced given the soft job market. C) Students demand immediate administrative action to help students find work. D) Administration has precisely zero ideas on how to help students get […] -
Grade Reform, Loyola Law School
Loyola Law School (L.A.) Retroactively Inflates Grades
We reported in November that Loyola Law School of Los Angeles was thinking about artificially raising grades. In response to the terrible economy, the school has acted on the proposal. Here’s the opening line of the message from Loyola Law Dean Victor Gold: Last week the faculty approved a proposal to modify the grading system. […] - Sponsored
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Grade Reform, Law Schools
New York Law School Student Plea for Pass/Fail Grading Results in Epic Fail
Here’s a little rule I just made up: People who do poorly in legal writing at New York Law School should not file pro se complaints against their school. It’s a good rule for people who don’t want to embarrass themselves. I think I’ll call my brand-new maxim the “Timothy Keefe Rule.” The kid deserves […] -
Grade Reform, Law Schools
Harvard Law and Georgetown Law Make Grading Easier
Given the state of the legal economy, I don’t have a problem with grade inflation at top law schools. The job market is terrible enough as it is. If an extra (inflated and totally BS) third of a grade helps a student get a job right now, I think that is fine. Whatever, sometimes you […]
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