Hunger Strike

On August 5, 2010, I emailed the following Notice to administrators of ten randomly selected law schools ranked in the Top 100 of the 2010 U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings. These schools were selected because they stand to gain the most from keeping the current rankings structure in place.

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Official Notice

Attention Law School Administrators:

My name is Ethan Haines. I stand in place of countless law students and recent law graduates who have been disillusioned by law school employment statistics, commercial school rankings, and antiquated career counseling programs. I designated myself class representative since these students are not able to come forward themselves for fear that vocalizing their concerns will negatively affect their careers.

On August 5, 2010, I will begin a hunger strike to bring awareness to the concerns of my classmates. Their primary concerns are inaccurate employment statistics, ineffective career counseling, and rising tuition costs. My intention is to have these concerns addressed by law school administrators.

This hunger strike was motivated by the recent Report issued by the American Bar Association (ABA), the organization charged with regulating legal education, which investigated U.S. News & World Report’s annual law school rankings. It specifically examined the methodology behind the rankings and the public’s overwhelming reliance on these controversial rankings. The Report identified U.S. News’ rankings as having an adverse effect on law students by increasing the cost of legal education, discouraging need-based financial awards, and reducing the incentive to enhance diversity in the legal profession.

My greatest concern with the Report is its conclusion: “there is relatively little that leaders in legal education can do to change [the adverse effects of U.S. News' rankings] in the short term.” I disagree. My classmates are pawns in this legal education standoff and are powerless to resolve any of the aforementioned concerns without the full cooperation and support of law school administrators.

I initiated this hunger strike to propel immediate change in legal education and to begin an open, honest dialogue between law students, recent law graduates, and law school administrators. My classmates, through the blog www.unemployedjd.com, will begin the conversation via posted accounts of their experiences, which you may consider when responding to this Notice.

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Effective August 5, I will reject food until the recipients of this Notice address the following pleas:

(1) Agree to comply with Law School Transparency’s (LST) employment disclosure request or state whether it anticipates declining their request. Provide written confirmation of your intent to comply with LST’s request.

(2) Agree to audit your career counseling programs for effectiveness, resourcefulness, and accuracy. Provide written confirmation of your intent to comply with this request.

Please forward your responses to [email protected] and further note that I reserve my right to publish any correspondence with your school. I have no affiliation with the Law School Transparency organization, but I will forward your compliance statements to their email address: [email protected].

By issuing a favorable response to this request, you will restore my classmates’ belief in the future of legal education and your institution’s commitment to their professional success.

Respectfully,

Ethan Haines

J.D. Class Representative