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The University of Instapundit

Posted on | June 22, 2010 | 19 Comments

Reflecting on grade inflation at law schools, Fisherville Mike reckons that he should qualify for a juris doctor through daily reading of Professor Glenn Reynolds.

And when your blog gets linked at Instapundit, that’s like becoming editor of the university law review.

Category: Education, Fishersville Mike, Instapundit

Comments

19 Responses to “The University of Instapundit”

  1. Joe
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 4:06 am

    Congratuations.

  2. Joe
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 12:06 am

    Congratuations.

  3. Estragon
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 4:09 am

    Hmmm, never thought of that! I’ve just been trying to qualify for a pension over there . . .

  4. Estragon
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 12:09 am

    Hmmm, never thought of that! I’ve just been trying to qualify for a pension over there . . .

  5. Jeff Weimer
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 5:03 am

    Quit fishing Chris, you’ve been linked how any times now?

  6. Jeff Weimer
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 1:03 am

    Quit fishing Chris, you’ve been linked how any times now?

  7. Matthew
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 5:08 am

    Editor of Harvard Law Review, too

  8. Matthew
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 1:08 am

    Editor of Harvard Law Review, too

  9. Roxeanne de Luca
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 5:31 am

    Sadly, there’s actually a reasonable explanation for this nonsense: law firms are too stupid to look at class rank.

    My alma mater used to not grade-inflate at all; the sad result was that top law firms would look at our top graduates and shriek, “Why should I hire someone with a 3.7?”. Alums, students, and Career Services would point out that the aforementioned 3.7 puts a student firmly within the top 5% of the class, to which the law firm hiring manager would reply, “But the top 5% at other schools all have 3.9s!”

    So your options are either to beat your head against a desk at the utter innumeracy of lawyers, or cave in and give firms what they are looking for.

  10. Roxeanne de Luca
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 1:31 am

    Sadly, there’s actually a reasonable explanation for this nonsense: law firms are too stupid to look at class rank.

    My alma mater used to not grade-inflate at all; the sad result was that top law firms would look at our top graduates and shriek, “Why should I hire someone with a 3.7?”. Alums, students, and Career Services would point out that the aforementioned 3.7 puts a student firmly within the top 5% of the class, to which the law firm hiring manager would reply, “But the top 5% at other schools all have 3.9s!”

    So your options are either to beat your head against a desk at the utter innumeracy of lawyers, or cave in and give firms what they are looking for.

  11. And you wonder why we're in tr
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 5:54 am

    And 90% of the people running our government and our economy are lawyers.

    Might I suggest that running an economy requires some minimal understanding of numbers?

  12. And you wonder why we're in trouble now?
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 1:54 am

    And 90% of the people running our government and our economy are lawyers.

    Might I suggest that running an economy requires some minimal understanding of numbers?

  13. Estragon
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 7:13 am

    “Everybody does it” is a defense which nearly always works in court, or so I am told – but it was by lawyers, so the opinion could be inflated.

    🙂

  14. Estragon
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 3:13 am

    “Everybody does it” is a defense which nearly always works in court, or so I am told – but it was by lawyers, so the opinion could be inflated.

    🙂

  15. smitty
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 11:57 am

    @Weimer,
    (a) This was an RSM post, and
    (b) “You’ve been linked sufficient times by Insty” is a non-falsifiable proposition.
    (c) You realize, as you move closer to the Hagerstown Singularity, more will be required of you.

  16. smitty
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 7:57 am

    @Weimer,
    (a) This was an RSM post, and
    (b) “You’ve been linked sufficient times by Insty” is a non-falsifiable proposition.
    (c) You realize, as you move closer to the Hagerstown Singularity, more will be required of you.

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    June 23rd, 2010 @ 7:59 am

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  18. Robert Stacy McCain
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 2:45 pm

    “The Hagerstown Singularity” = Great name for a rock band.

  19. Robert Stacy McCain
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 10:45 am

    “The Hagerstown Singularity” = Great name for a rock band.