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StudentAction 11 - 10 Mar 2010 - Main.DevinMcDougall
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< | Eben has suggested a few times that there be a mass student movement to stand up and change the law school. I am interested. In all seriousness, why not? | >
> | Discussion page for improving law school. If interested, add your name, and add your ideas! | | | | |
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< | Here is what I propose. Sign your name on this wiki entry in the list below if you would also be interested.
There are no set goals at this point. Just an initial evaluation of interest. There is a discussion below about what goals to pursue.
My own goals are the following, but you do not need to agree with any of them to sign: (1) lower tuition if possible (and I am nearly 100% sure it is possible), (2) move to some kind of pass/fail system, (3) be honest with the student body and especially admitted students and potential applicants that Columbia may not be an easy ticket to a $160,000 job anymore. Potential students especially need honest information in order to make a decision of whether or not to apply to Columbia; a good start would be to update the employment statistics on the website that still reflect the numbers from the class of 2008.
Current Names
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> | Interested People
| | | Nona Farahnik
Devin McDougall?
Jessica Cohen
| | | Kalliope Kefallinos
Goal Suggestions
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| | | Nona - move to a high pass/pass/fail grading basis
Devin - assembling signatures for a petition to withdraw from US New and World Report rankings
Jessica - possibly haggling about tuition; wants to see a line-item asset/liability sheet for the Law School
Chris - (1) lower tuition significantly if at all possible, (2) move to a pass/fail grading system, (3) provide honest information about career prospects
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< | Also: Below, Nona mentions that any movement will require class-wide 1L participation as well as 2L/3L participation. I agree; such participation would be required for the administration to take us seriously. I think this wiki is the best start, though. If we get significant support from this class, then we can move on to attempts to attract support from the rest of the class and from 2Ls and 3Ls. | >
> | Strategy Planning Suggestions
. Clarify and find consensus on goals and strategies
. Obtain classwide support, as well as other years
. Discuss on the wiki
. Discuss with LCS classmates
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< | -- ChristopherCrismanCox - 10 Mar 2010 | | | You have my signature. The only problem as I see it is you offer no clear goal. In my estimation, whatever plan would have to get something like 2/3 1L class-wide participation (and preceding that, consensus). I think the most tenable, realistic, and favored change could be making the first semester at CLS to be evaluated on a high pass/pass/fail basis, but I am always in for positive change. |
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