Grads Lawsuits Against Law Schools Failing

Disgruntled law graduates began suing their alma maters in 2011, accusing law schools of misleading recruits about their chances of finding a job. But to date, none of those cases have succeeded, and just last week another suit filed in Florida was dismissed. Of the 15 similar lawsuits filed, only a handful remain, and none of have been certified as a class action. The lawsuits challenged the accuracy of employment statistics and salary data the schools reported to attract new students. A U.S. district court judge in Florida wrote that prospective students of Florida Coastal School of Law were “a sophisticated subset of education consumers, capable of sifting through data and weighing alternatives.”