“A New York trial judge has dismissed a proposed class action brought against New York Law School by nine alumni who claimed the school misrepresented its graduates’ success in finding legal jobs,” CtLawTribune reported today.
“The issues posed by this case exemplify the adage that not every ailment afflicting society may be redressed by a lawsuit,” Judge Melvin Schweitzer ruled.
“Schweitzer wrote that the plaintiffs decided to attend law school before the “full effects of the [economic] maelstrom hit, and have now turned their disappointment and angst on their law school for not adequately anticipating the possibility of the supervening storm and presenting the most complete job-related data that could possibly have been compiled.” The suit was one of 14 similar cases brought by a coalition of plaintiffs attorneys against law schools nationwide, and the first to be considered for dismissal by a judge. Those attorneys have threatened another 20 law schools with litigation.”
