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StudentAction 4 - 10 Mar 2010 - Main.JessicaCohen
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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?

Here is what I propose. Sign your name on this wiki entry if you would also be interested. I imagine that after a week there will be zero signatures on this. And then I will just delete this wiki entry and pretend like it never happened. But it would be interesting if a bunch of people added their names, and we were then compelled to actually put some wild plan into action.

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 I think a feasible early goal could be assembling signatures for a petition requesting that CLS withdraw cooperation from the US News and World Report rankings. I don't know of anyone who would oppose this (I have never met a defender of the US News and World Report rankings), and it could get the ball rolling for a broader discussion about defining excellence in legal training.

-- DevinMcDougall - 10 Mar 2010

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>		I'm in...but maybe we should talk about what we want? Maybe a bit of haggling about tuition is in order. I agree with Nona, but I also think that some sort of line-item asset/liability sheet for Columbia Law should be made public to us. I have similar feelings about tuition as I do about (not) bargaining with the clerk in Morton Williams - somehow the price has been rationally and fairly arrived at. I'd just like to see EXACTLY how.

Also - Devin, your idea about withdrawing from the rankings is interesting but I am very confident that the administration would oppose it. After all, it serves quite an Arnoldian power-enhancing purpose.

-- JessicaCohen - 10 March 2010


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