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Better to know (when for the hell of it)?

By tj

Dean O has announced that class rankings (for the Class of 2009) are available per request. From her email:

Please remember that disclosure of your class rank is permitted
exclusively for applications for judicial clerkships for after
graduation. You may also disclose it if you are applying for a law
teaching job. Any other use of the ranking information is a violation
of the Academic Honor Code.

Boalt has been known to lag in the number of students who pursue a career in either of the two above exceptions. Yet, even Dean O "expect[s] to be innundated with requests" from students seeking their class rank. This indicates to me that there's a high number of requests from students that just want to know for the hell of it.

So I ask: is it better to know?

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).