Grades
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Law Schools, Transfer Students
Open Thread: It's Transfer Time
For many law students, the path to Biglaw riches looks something like this: Step 1: Get into cheap law school. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit. A lot of kids fill in “Step 2” with the idea of trading up to a “better” law school after a successful 1L year. Now that finals have wrapped […] -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups, William and Mary School of Law
Hey, Teacher ... Give Those Kids Their Grades!Grades delayed at W&M, UT - Austin... anywhere else?
How long should students have to wait for fall semester grades? Two weeks? A month? Some students at William and Mary School of Law are still waiting for fall semester grades — and they might not be alone. I understand that law professors would rather drink wine straight from the box than grade a paper. […] - Sponsored
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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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Bill Clinton, Law Professors, Law Schools
All You Ever Wanted To Know About Law School Exams
Ed. note: This is a guest post by Anonymous Law Professor (“ALP”), who may be writing occasionally for these pages. Given how stressed-out law students are right now — as reflected in, among other things, their exam-time tweets — we asked ALP to offer some advice on the dreaded law school exam, from the professorial […]
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