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Aspirants for law school teaching jobs should early in their professional careers establish networks of faculty members who have taught them, know them well and can advise them about teaching careers, test their interest by teaching workshops, and repay student loans in preparation for earning lower salaries than in law firms. In August of the year they wish to make the career change they should contact the Association of American Law Schools for a list of teaching jobs available. Working as an adjunct faculty member or teaching in a community college can also be alternatives.
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The ABA and the Ass'n of American Law Schools (AALS) Council called a press conference roundly criticizing US News and World Report's annual ranking of American law schools as deceptive and calling on the magazine to stop the rankings' publication. The main criticism of a study commissioned by the AALS is that the rankings claim to rely on a number of factors but bases its rankings on two, the average LSAT scores of incoming students and the results of a reputational survey which asks respondents their opinions of law schools about which they might know almost nothing.
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Law school ratings would be more meaningful if their bases are made plain and their biases revealed, and legal educators, practicing lawyers, journalists as well as experts on the methodology of assessment should participate in this job. Law schools should be compared within categories rather than assuming that all are alike. Consensus criteria, based on core values such as student and teacher quality, strength of educational program, and student-faculty ratio should be used. Finally, the rating system should be simpler than at present.
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