Comments on: Law Schools Behaving Badly? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/11/law_schools_beh.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:53:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AJW http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/11/law_schools_beh.html/comment-page-1#comment-56406 AJW Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:39:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/11/law-schools-behaving-badly.html#comment-56406 Where do I sign up for one of those exploding offers? Hey Northwestern, send one my way! Where do I sign up for one of those exploding offers? Hey Northwestern, send one my way!

]]> By: Michael Froomkin http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/11/law_schools_beh.html/comment-page-1#comment-56405 Michael Froomkin Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:27:10 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/11/law-schools-behaving-badly.html#comment-56405 How about a list of schools that <i>don't</i> make exploding offers? Like the University of Miami, for example. How about a list of schools that don’t make exploding offers? Like the University of Miami, for example.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/11/law_schools_beh.html/comment-page-1#comment-56404 Anonymous Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:53:18 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/11/law-schools-behaving-badly.html#comment-56404 This is a few years back, but my previous school -- a top-35 public law school -- gave me a one week offer that was deliberately timed to explode before two other schools at which I had callbacks could realistically make me an offer. Being somewhat risk adverse, I accepted the offer -- but never forgave the Dean for playing such hardball (one of the other schools was my first choice, and I had a very good shot of getting an offer from them). Most galling of all was that I had moved up the callback at my previous school 10 days at their request! Needless to say, when my current school offered me a lateral position, I felt no need to show even the slightest loyalty to my old school. The moral of the story: exploding offers are unfair and counterproductive. Kudos to the AALS for their recommendation. This is a few years back, but my previous school — a top-35 public law school — gave me a one week offer that was deliberately timed to explode before two other schools at which I had callbacks could realistically make me an offer. Being somewhat risk adverse, I accepted the offer — but never forgave the Dean for playing such hardball (one of the other schools was my first choice, and I had a very good shot of getting an offer from them). Most galling of all was that I had moved up the callback at my previous school 10 days at their request! Needless to say, when my current school offered me a lateral position, I felt no need to show even the slightest loyalty to my old school.

The moral of the story: exploding offers are unfair and counterproductive. Kudos to the AALS for their recommendation.

]]> By: Daniel Solove http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/11/law_schools_beh.html/comment-page-1#comment-56403 Daniel Solove Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:39:28 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/11/law-schools-behaving-badly.html#comment-56403 Can AALS do anything other than make a gentle recommendation without violating antitrust law? Can AALS do anything other than make a gentle recommendation without violating antitrust law?

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