Law School Transparency reports today that the law firm pursuing class action lawsuits against Thomas M. Cooley Law School and New York Law School will file class action complaints against 15 more law schools challenging each school’s post-graduate employment rates:

1. Albany Law School, which reports rates of between 91% and 97%
2. Brooklyn Law School, which reports rates of between 91% and 98%
3. Hofstra Law School, which reports rates of between 94% and 97%
4. Pace University School of Law, which reports rates of between 90% and 95%
5. St. John’s University School of Law, which reports rates of between 88% and 96%
6. Villanova University School of Law, which reports rates of between 93% and 98%
7. Widener University School of Law, which reports rates of between 90% and 96%
8. University of Baltimore School of Law, which reports rates of between 93% and 95%
9. Florida Coastal School of Law, which reports rates of between 80% and 95%
10. Chicago-Kent College of Law, which reports rates of between 90% and 97%
11. DePaul University School of Law, which reports rates of between 93% and 98%
12. John Marshall School of Law (Chicago), which reports rates of between 90% and 100%
13. California Western School of Law, which reports rates of between 90% and 93%
14. Southwestern Law School, which reports rates of between 97% and 98%
15. University of San Francisco School of Law, which reports rates of between 90% and 95%

The average debt load for 2009 graduates of these fifteen schools is $108,829.

Update:

• ABA Journal
• Above the Law
• Inside Higher Ed
• National Law Journal