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Education

Dec. 30, 2010

ABA Seeks More Law School Transparency

By next fall, applicants to some prominent law schools will be able to learn more about graduates' job prospects and, within a year or so after that, all major law schools will post detailed information about the jobs held and salaries earned.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


At one end is the postcard boasting that 79 percent of USC Gould School of Law's graduates have jobs in private practice and are earning a median salary of $160,000.


At the other end is the want ad for a small, Chicago general practice firm offering to pay a new associate minimum wage.


In between the glittering promise and the gloomy reality, lies the fury of law students and grad...

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