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The Cardinal Lawyer: J. Bruce Miller's misleading characterization of the Law School

In its July 6, 2009, edition, the Louisville Courier-Journal published letters to the editor that responded to a June 28, 2009, opinion column by J. Bruce Miller, "Louisville's two educational myths." I understand that further responses from the University of Louisville are forthcoming.

In the meanwhile, I wish to address a highly misleading statement in Mr. Miller's column. He mentions the University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law in one sentence: "It's [sic] law school stands at 98th out of 100 American law schools, . . . ." This statement is misleading. U.S. News and World Report's current survey of American law schools ranks the University of Louisville 98th — out of 184 programs, not out of 100. As that magazine reports in the online version of its survey, "U.S. News surveyed 184 accredited programs to get the information used in the ranking of top law schools."

In support of his assertions, Mr. Miller wrote, "You can't make this stuff up. It's true." With respect to his statement about the Law School, he did make stuff up. And it's misleading.

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Full post as published by University of Louisville Law Faculty on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).