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A Case For Grade Inflation In Legal Education, Joshua M. Silverstein
A Case For Grade Inflation In Legal Education, Joshua M. Silverstein
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This Article contends that every American law school ought to substantially eliminate C grades by setting its good academic standing grade point average at the B- level. Grading systems that require or encourage law professors to award a significant number of C marks are flawed for two reasons. First, low grades damage students' placement prospects. Employers frequently consider a job candidate's absolute GPA in making hiring decisions. If a school systematically assigns inferior grades, its students are at an unfair disadvantage when competing for employment with students from institutions that award mostly A's and B's. Second, marks in the C …
Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction To A Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz
Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction To A Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz
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