Grouchy Grads

Many law school graduates are having a tough time finding jobs, evidently leaving them with plenty of spare time to sue their alma maters. The flurry of lawsuits started in February, when a group of recent graduates sued 12 law schools, including DePaul Law, Golden State, Hofstra Law and John Marshall Law School, claiming that the institutions misled them about their post-graduation job prospects. The plaintiffs' lawyers continued their crusade in March, suing 20 more schools, several of whom filed motions to dismiss the lawsuits.

Those efforts were successful for two schools: Back in March, a Manhattan judge tossed the $200 million class action suit against New York Law School, ruling that would-be lawyers should be well aware of the dismal state of the economy. And last week, a Michigan court dismissed a similar $250 million suit against Cooley Law School, saying that the students “unreasonably relied upon” employment data when opting to attend Cooley.