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Clinical Credit Texas Southern University Law Students Sue Over Poor Grades
Texas Southern University Jonathan Chan and Karla Ford have created their own form of clinical education. They are suing the law school in the Southern District of Texas for the D grades given to them by adjunct professor Shelley Smith teaching a first-year contracts class...

Emotional Distress and 1L Grades
My 1Ls got their grades this week. This is always painful--for them and for me. Inevitably, there is a bright, eager student who had great insights in class whose grade doesn't reflect his or her abilities...

Students and Grades
This article from today's New York Times deals specifically with the issue of undergraduate students and their expectations about grades, and does not mention law schools. However, the grades students got as undergraduates definitely affect their perceptions of the grades they get in law school...

Motivating Students Post-Grades
It's that time of year; students are receiving their grades. Much has been written and said about motivating students after they receive their grades after their first semester of law school...

More on Students Betting on Their Grades
Following up on last week's post, Students Betting on Their Grades (Aug. 13, 2010): Wall Street Journal, Wager 101: Students Bet on Their Grades: Two New York entrepreneurs are offering college students the chance to put their money where their grades are...

Grades and Disabilities
This is the time of the year when grades start coming in, and distraught students soon follow. There are numerous prior posts on dealing with the aftermath from fall grades; if you are new to ASP, I would suggest scrolling...

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Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students
Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students

Auto Financing
Credit Acceptance Corp. agrees to $52.1 million class action settlement after overcharging consumers for fees and interest on automobile installment contracts.

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit

Western Culinary Institute
allegedly mislead and ill-prepared students.

BCTI Reaches Settlement with Students
BCTI Reaches Settlement with Students

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property