Law Graduate Gets Her Day in Court, Suing Law School

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"Nearly a decade has passed since an aspiring young lawyer in California, Anna Alaburda, graduated in the top tier of her class, passed the state bar exam and set out to use the law degree she had spent about $150,000 to acquire.

But on Monday, in a San Diego courtroom, she will tell a story that has become all too familiar among law students in the United States: Since graduating from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2008, she has yet to find a full-time salaried job as a lawyer." …

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/business/dealbook/court-to-hear-suit-accusing-law-school-of-inflating-job-data.html?

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I hope she wins.

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She lost.

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One ranking has her law school as #201 of 204, with an acceptance rate of 83% and a 49% bar pass rate. That’s a lot to overcome, especially having graduated just as the recession hit.