Law Schools’ Errors and Omissions
No matter how bad your day is going, you can be thankful you don’t work in the admissions office of Northeastern Law School.
Earlier this year, the office sent acceptance letters to more than 4,000 people who had applied to attend Northeastern. The letters were later revealed to have been sent in error, turning the recipients’ joy into disappointment.
“The university sent the ‘erroneous email’ to a total of 205 current applicants due to a ‘technical error,’” reports CNN. “The university said 3,930 applicants from last year also received the mistaken email. ‘Admissions decisions will not be finalized until later in the academic year,’ the statement said. The law school ‘quickly sent a clarifying email explaining the error… Individual outreach is also taking place to applicants with concerns. The School of Law deeply regrets this unintended mistake and is taking steps to ensure that it will not happen in the future.’”
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Yale and Harvard Law Schools Ditch U.S. News Rankings
Yale Law School and Harvard Law School, which historically top the annual survey by U.S. News and World Report of the best law schools, have announced they will no longer participate in the magazine’s ranking system.
From The Hill: “The decisions from two of the nation’s top law schools mark a major blow for the magazine, which for years has issued some of the most prominent annual rankings of colleges. The two law schools’ deans wrote separate messages that echoed similar criticisms of the ranking system, arguing it disincentivizes the schools from prioritizing financial aid based on need and encouraging students to take on public interest careers, which typically come with lower salaries. ‘Rankings are useful only when they follow sound methodology and confine their metrics to what the data can reasonably capture — factors I’ve described in my own research on election administration,’ Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken said in a statement, noting it is ditching the system despite taking the top spot each year in the ranking.”
Sources:
Why Yale and Harvard law schools are ditching US News rankings | The Hill
Northeastern's law school mistakenly sent acceptance letters to over 4,000 applicants | CNN
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