By John Hudson
Law school just isn’t what it used to be. According to The New York Times, law schools across the country are inflating students’ grades to increase their job prospects after graduation. In one case, a school retroactively tacked on 0.333 to every grade recorded over the past few years. The Times counts at least 10 law schools, including New York University, Georgetown and Tulane, that have adjusted their grading systems “to make them more lenient.” In the blogosphere, the story piqued the interested of these pundits (each of whom has a law degree):
