Whats the other? Marquette U? They are Tier 2, aren't they?
Red, I usually find myself in agreement with you so often that someone felt compelled to introduce me to the term GAK. But on this I disagree. The quality of a school should mostly be a reflection of the quality of the faculty, specifically the faculty's influence on the student body. We don't have a standard of measure for law school to show this, but it would be measured by pre and post testing. If a school can take an average student body and create above average graduates, it's a good school. If a school can regularly take a student body with credentials lower than their peer schools and create graduates who clearly outperform their peer schools' graduates, then they are underranked. I think that is why so many of us value the U of Chicago. Some people pick NYU and Columbia over Chicago, but usually because of either geography or the perception that it is much more difficult than other law schools. If anything, Fordham's strong student body (I haven't looked at it, but trust you) should be a mark against it.
The correct answer is Fordham. A school should be measured by the quality of its student body and by the quality of their career opportunities afterward. There's no way that Fordham is 27th by that metric. It's a T14 that isn't recognized as such by USNews.
Quote from: red. on March 22, 2006, 03:42:24 PMThe correct answer is Fordham. A school should be measured by the quality of its student body and by the quality of their career opportunities afterward. There's no way that Fordham is 27th by that metric. It's a T14 that isn't recognized as such by USNews.i have read in a couple of books that Fordham kids r seen as very hard working but not rediculously bright. i have never met someone who attends fordham nor am i saying this is true. i just found it interesting that it appeared in more than one book i was reading.
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