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Jan	Feb 22 Class of 2012 NLJ 250 Statistics	Mar 4 Law School Transparency releases annual index of law school disclosure 28 LST executive director honored by the National Law Journal	Apr 1 Law School Graduates Continue to Face Brutal Entry-Level Market
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Background

Law School Transparency is a nonprofit legal education policy organization. It was founded by two Vanderbilt University Law School students in 2009. Our mission is to improve consumer information and to reform the traditional law school model. LST operates independently of any legal institutions, legal employers, or academic reports related to the legal market.

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ABA Journal
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The American Lawyer
Legal Broadcast Network
National Jurist
National Law Journal
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Jan	Feb 28 Progress Update	Mar	Apr 6 Class of 2007 U.S. News Employment Summary Data 7 Chicago Class of 2009 Uncertified List 8 A Way Forward 21 Your Role Moving Forward 23 Components of the LST Standard 26 Are Schools Capable of Producing These Lists? 28 Chicago employment list clarification
May 3 Vanderbilt Class of 2009 Uncertified List 21 Site Updates 22 Certified v. Uncertified Lists	Jun 3 Deferral treatment under the LST standard 6 The Role of Local and State Bar Associations in Promoting Transparency 7 ABA Journal Podcast Discussion on Transparency 14 A Response to the JD Surplus Argument 17 Summarizing the ABA Podcast with Dean Polden and Dean Van Zandt 22 Class of 2008 U.S. News Employment Summary Data	Jul 3 Quick Update 12 Law Schools Are on Notice	Aug 6 Ethan Haines Hunger Strike 24 LST’s Origins
Sep 1 The “Salary Source” Component 10 End of Initial Request Period 13 Preliminary Report on LST’s Initial Request 14 Initial Request Responses 15 Support Our Mission? Nominate LST as a Top Law Blog 16 Ave Maria Agrees to Disclose According to LST’s Standard	Oct 7 A Big Tent: With LST Compliance, Everyone Wins 13 Reminder About the Upcoming Finalization of the 2010 Guidelines 23 Florida Coastal Law School Still Undecided 25 Potential Regulatory Reforms on the Horizon	Nov 11 Introduction to the ABA’s Initiatives on Law School Transparency 15 2010 LST Standard Guidelines 15 Law School Transparency Reports: The Initial Request 16 Second Official Request from Law School Transparency 17 LST Executive Director to Discuss Recent Report on DBL Podcast 18 Why Involve Admissions Offices?	Dec 3 Shocked about Kaplan’s Survey Results? New Information Comes to Light 5 Reaching the Scambloggers 10 U.S. News to Reform Its Disclosure of Surveyed Employment Information 11 Call for Comments 14 A Note from Our Co-Founders 18 Post-Mortem of the ABA Questionnaire Committee Meeting 21 U.S. News Expresses Support for Greater Employment Transparency 23 Questionnaire Committee Hearing Recap 29 How You Can Help LST in 2011

Jan 7 January ABA Standards Review Commitee Meeting 24 ABA Journal Podcast on Transparency	Feb 1 Helping Future Generations of Lawyers 6 ABA President Zack: Law School Transparency Needed to Clarify Attorney Salary Misperceptions 10 Law School Transparency Reports: The Second Request 14 Coming Soon: Class of 2010 Employment Data 14 ABA’s Young Lawyers Division Adopts Transparency Resolution 17 Is a Stanford Degree Worth It? 23 Apathy For Applicants Continues: Ave Maria Backs Out 25 Ave Maria’s Official Statement	Mar 9 California Bar President Favors More Transparency 10 U.S. News Asks Law School Deans to go Beyond ABA Standards 16 Class of 2010 NLJ 250 Statistics 18 Standard 509 Subcommittee Posts Proposal 22 The Current Employment Information Reported to the ABA 23 Three Critical Features for the ABA’s Collective Solution to Employment Reporting 27 The 509 Subcommittee’s Draft Proposal: An Explanation and Evaluation 29 LST’s Proposal: The Job Outcome List and a National Salary Database 31 Breaking: Senator Boxer Calls on ABA to Ensure Accurate and Transparent Reporting by Law Schools	Apr 10 Class of 2009 U.S. News Data 28 Have a Complaint about Your School? How to File with the ABA 29 NYLS’s Deceptive Practices 30 Proposing a New Standard to Require Scholarship Retention Information
May 18 SBA President Coalition Endorses Ideas Behind New Bill 20 Senator Boxer Calls for Auditing, Better Access to Information 20 ABA President Stephen Zack Responds to Sen. Boxer 27 Breaking: Class Action Suit Filed Against Thomas Jefferson School of Law 31 TJSL Representative Speaks Out About Class Action Suit	Jun 11 ABA Reforms Employment Outcome Disclosure	Jul	Aug 2 Revisiting the ABA Section of Legal Education as a Captured Agency 3 NALP and the ABA Must Compromise 5 NALP, ABA Find A Way Forward 6 ABA Section of Legal Education to Collect Graduate-level Data 10 Breaking: Class action suits filed against Cooley and NYLS 10 Class Actions as a Tool of Social Change
Sep 14 Potential admissions data fraud at Illinois 20 Law School Transparency Petition 20 Q&A at Concurring Opinions 22 Op/Ed in the NLJ: ABA should make law schools provide better job statistics now 29 Illinois admits admissions data fraud	Oct 4 The Need for Auditing of Law School Admission Data 5 Breaking: 15 more ABA-approved law schools to be sued 5 Update: Exhibits for Class Action Press Call 6 Senator Boxer Questions ABA's Resistance to Basic Change 10 Case Update: Amended Alaburda Complaint Includes New Allegation 12 Op/Ed in Today’s NY Post: Do law schools defraud students? 14 Breaking: Coburn, Boxer Call for Department of Education to Examine Questions of Law School Transparency 31 Reimagining Legal Education	Nov 2 A Law School Fantasy: Slashing Costs and Improving Preparedness 7 Illinois Admissions Data Fraud Update 11 Class Action Updates: Motions to Dismiss; Cooley Adds 8 11 Rankings Pressure as a Motivating Force for Fraud 11 LST’s Statement to the Standards Review Committee 13 Senate Hearing on Law School Transparency Is Being "Strongly Considered"	Dec 13 Op/Ed on The Careerist: The Cooley Strategy Exposed 14 LST Requests Class of 2010 Employment Information From Law Schools 14 Great Suggestions from Charles Cooper 18 For Law Schools, a Price to Play the ABA’s Way 22 Breaking: ABA sued by Duncan School of Law 22 Why Law Schools Should Report “Gainful Employment” 23 Class Action Updates: Plaintiffs' Reply to Cooley's Motion to Dismiss 23 Should [Faculty] Compensation Be Transparent? 29 The Law School Bubble: How Long Will It Last if Law Grads Can’t Pay Bills? 29 Congressman Duncan: ABA decision on LMU law school arbitrary 31 The year the chickens came home to roost

Jan 3 ABA Files Brief in Opposition to Duncan School of Law Complaint 5 Elephant in the Room 6 AALS hears words of caution from departing dean 6 ABA head has little sympathy for jobless lawyers 6 Crisis or Opportunity? 9 What They See, What They Get 10 Legal education under fire from critics 10 Law professors dismayed at 'out of touch' comments by ABA pres 10 A prescription for law schools: Go back to the basics, return to 'terra firma' 12 [California] Bar considers practical experience requirement for would-be lawyers 13 Applying the alternative fee model to law school tuition 14 Legal Education Reform: Week in Review 15 The better angels of our profession 16 Support LST in 2012 16 Do Law Schools Cook Their Employment Numbers? 17 Winter 2012 Transparency Index Report 22 Reforming Law Schools And The Job Market: What To Do, If Anything? 25 Class Action Suit Against Thomas Jefferson School of Law Now in Discovery	Feb 1 Breaking: 12 more law schools facing class actions 16 LST Obtains 34 Class of 2010 NALP Reports 27 Class of 2011 NLJ 250 Statistics 29 Progress Towards Law School Transparency	Mar 16 Updates to the ABA Accreditation Standards 21 For 2nd Year, a Sharp Drop in Law School Entrance Tests 21 ABA backs off making law schools report graduates' salaries 21 National Jurist grades transparency; another school provides LST with its NALP report 21 NYU to Professor Campos: Come at me, bro! 22 Suit Against New York Law School Rejected	Apr
May 2 NYU Plays 'Hide the Ball' With Employment Data 17 Data Clearinghouse Updates 20 LST Calls for Dean's Resignation and ABA Investigation 22 Rutgers - Camden School of Law's Dean Stands by Marketing Campaign	Jun 10 Judge rejects Cooley's ABA/NALP defense in fraud case 14 Law degree loses luster amid weak economy, globalization 15 Class of 2011 legal employment and underemployment numbers are in, and far worse than expected 18 Update to 2011 Clearinghouse 18 Failing Law Schools 28 LST Requests Class of 2011 NALP Reports 29 These Data Will Fundamentally Reshape the Legal Education Industry	Jul	Aug 6 ABA House of Delegates Approves Standard 509 and Rule 16
Sep	Oct 23 Breaking: Ex-CSO assistant director from Thomas Jefferson admits to fraud, alleges deliberate scheme by law school 29 TJSL Responses to Media Reports on Past Admin's Admitted Fraud 31 New Alternative to U.S. News Law School Rankings	Nov	Dec 29 Complaint Filed With ABA Against Rutgers -- Camden