Stanford Law sneaks its way to the top, but the real story is yet more bad news for achievement, standards, and the fight against racial rigging in academia.
I think it's important to attend schools where your classmates are as smart (or ideally just a little bit smarter) than you are. One good thing about "fetishizing" the SAT and LSAT is that it promotes this state of affairs.
I blogged for nearly 20 years with one such classmate (undergrad). Now, I'm blogging with another (law school).
I'm happy that their places at Dartmouth and Stanford (respectively), as well as mine, didn't go to lesser intellects.
In my day, professors considered it highly desirable to teach the smartest students their institutions could attract. Maybe now, they are more worried about students' skin color -- or must pretend to be.
Bill, as always you hit the nail on the head. Higher Ed doesn’t believe in metrics at all. Anything which might reveal the insidious nature of the admissions process has to be jettisoned. All in the name of a more “just” society. The interesting thing about legal academia is that most of them weren’t superstars in private practice. When they talk public service it’s the ACLU and similar organizations
We can solve this problem by taking Yale's approach one step further and conclude that law school attendance is not an indicator of competence as a lawyer, so states should eliminate law school as a requirement to take the bar exam.
I think it's important to attend schools where your classmates are as smart (or ideally just a little bit smarter) than you are. One good thing about "fetishizing" the SAT and LSAT is that it promotes this state of affairs.
I blogged for nearly 20 years with one such classmate (undergrad). Now, I'm blogging with another (law school).
I'm happy that their places at Dartmouth and Stanford (respectively), as well as mine, didn't go to lesser intellects.
In my day, professors considered it highly desirable to teach the smartest students their institutions could attract. Maybe now, they are more worried about students' skin color -- or must pretend to be.
Bill, as always you hit the nail on the head. Higher Ed doesn’t believe in metrics at all. Anything which might reveal the insidious nature of the admissions process has to be jettisoned. All in the name of a more “just” society. The interesting thing about legal academia is that most of them weren’t superstars in private practice. When they talk public service it’s the ACLU and similar organizations
I imagine my alma mater Georgetown will soon join the ranks.
The next day, I believe.
Go Hoyas
We can solve this problem by taking Yale's approach one step further and conclude that law school attendance is not an indicator of competence as a lawyer, so states should eliminate law school as a requirement to take the bar exam.