Failing law schools /

"On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisers, and government officials. Yet behind the flo...

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Main Author: Tamanaha, Brian Z
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012], ©2012
Series:Chicago series in law and society
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-222) and index 
505 0 |a A law school in crisis -- The Department of Justice sues the ABA -- Why is law school three years? -- Faculty fight against changes in ABA standards -- Teaching load down, salary up -- The cost and consequences of academic pursuits -- More professors, more revenues needed -- The ranking made us do it -- Detrimental developments in legal academia -- Raising tuition, rising debt -- Why tuition has gone up so quickly -- Is law school worth the cost? -- Warning signs for students -- Alarms for law schools -- Going forward -- A few last words 
520 |a "On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisers, and government officials. Yet behind the flourishing facade, law schools are failing abjectly. Recent front-page stories have detailed widespread dubious practices, including false reporting of LSAT and GPA scores, misleading placement reports, and the fundamental failure to prepare graduates to enter the profession. Addressing all these problems and more in a ringing critique is renowned legal scholar Brian Z. Tamanaha. Piece by piece, Tamanaha lays out the how and why of the crisis and the likely consequences if the current trend continues. The out-of-pocket cost of obtaining a law degree at many schools now approaches 200,000. The average law school graduate's debt is around 100,000--the highest it has ever been--while the legal job market is the worst in decades, with the scarce jobs offering starting salaries well below what is needed to handle such a debt load. At the heart of the problem, Tamanaha argues, are the economic demands and competitive pressures on law schools--driven by competition over U.S. News and World Report ranking. When paired with a lack of regulatory oversight, the work environment of professors, the limited information available to prospective students, and loan-based tuition financing, the result is a system that is fundamentally unsustainable. Growing concern with the crisis in legal education has led to high-profile coverage in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and many observers expect it soon will be the focus of congressional scrutiny. Bringing to the table his years of experience from within the legal academy, Tamanaha has provided the perfect resource for assessing what's wrong with law schools and figuring out how to fix them"--Provided by publisher 
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