tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post3594972127959355855..comments2023-10-23T18:40:13.347-04:00Comments on CLASS BIAS AND RANDOM THINGS LAW REVIEW: Tabloids,Pathetic Law Professors, and Their UseJeffrey Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-33379291606579252442012-11-02T11:26:08.656-04:002012-11-02T11:26:08.656-04:00With respect to his personal attacks. here we go a...With respect to his personal attacks. here we go again: (from the Leiter bog) I just happened upon this exchange in the comments at TaxProf blog from late August, but it is quite something. At some point, Deborah Jones Merritt, an actual scholar at Ohio State (though perhaps not one with terrific judgment) joined the Campos blog. Blog Emperor Caron, being an equal opportunity linker (i.e., he has no standards!), has linked to several of her items, but now a reader of his blog has taken to replying. Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-69012373138622217232012-11-02T00:17:39.349-04:002012-11-02T00:17:39.349-04:00I actually know more about Leiter than I indicated...I actually know more about Leiter than I indicated in the blog but not all this. He also know of his "ways" so to speak and his penchant for the ad hominen attack on people he does not agree with. Increasingly he appears to be the poster child for what is wrong with legal education.<br />Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-70676043431899591532012-11-01T20:36:30.526-04:002012-11-01T20:36:30.526-04:00What you have to understand is that Leiter is very...What you have to understand is that Leiter is very interested in Prestige which means that he is very interested in rankings because rankings are how Prestige is measured.<br />Prestige is zero-sum and relative to nothing save the Prestige of other participants, making rankings the perfect measurement. <br /><br />Leiter has been ranking law schools for a long time, and philosophy departments since he was a grad student. Rankings is his business, and since he teaches at the T14 University of Chicago, business is good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-69966205910524128792012-10-31T12:34:20.407-04:002012-10-31T12:34:20.407-04:00Keep in mind that Fourth Tier Thomas M. Cooley Law...Keep in mind that Fourth Tier Thomas M. Cooley Law School is ranked 2nd, in its own comical rankings scheme, "Judging the Law Schools."<br /><br />http://www.cooley.edu/news/2011/020411_judging_the_law_schools.html<br /><br />I despise rankings too, but students usually base their decisions to attend on a school's ranking. Plus, large firms want to hire from top law schools. It's pretty sick that rankings published by a defunct magazine - US "News" & World Report - set the stage. This is madness.Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-38763981936950136592012-10-31T01:14:14.798-04:002012-10-31T01:14:14.798-04:00you think that's bad.
New York Law School is...you think that's bad. <br /><br />New York Law School is spending money on a law review symposium focused on Dr. Seuss. <br /><br />That's $50,000 of tuition, lit on fire. Then they urinated on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com