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Law Schools Award ‘B.S.’ Along With the J.D.

Following up on my post, The New Republic: Law Prof Investigates Placement Data Used in Rankings:  The Irreverent Lawyer, Law Schools Award a Degree of “B.S.” with the J.D. As They Fudge Post-Graduation Job Numbers:

“Law schools are misrepresenting their job numbers” so says Colorado law school professor Paul Campos in the latest exposé in a string of continuing reports about how law schools add B.S. to the J.D. they award their graduates. … As Professor Campos asserts in his article, the point of academics ought to be a search for truth, not “the defense of a professional cartel from which law professors benefit more than almost anyone else.”


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