Scenario: Law School Rankings

[CatTruxillo]

This is a discussion forum for the activities in the Transparency module of the Free SAS e-learning course, Responsible Innovation and Trustworthy AI.

Scenario: Law School Rankings

Consider This: 

What metrics do you think should be disclosed so that prospective students are able to make more informed decisions about where to apply?

Please share your ideas in this discussion. 

[DavidGould]

To be worthy of trust, where recommendations are meant to be independent rather than proprietary, all criteria for recommendations ought to be published. Think of the 'Consumer Reports' buyers guide and their breakdown of all factors that go towards their recommendations. 

[FRCARO]

Make the evaluation body public, and this body must not be funded by any private entity. In my opinion, the parameters to be made public should be:
The teachers' average years of experience
How long they have been teaching at that school
The student/teacher ratio
What sports and educational facilities do they have?

[jomana-khatib]

Law schools have raised concerns about the lack of transparency in popular rankings, especially the heavy focus on graduate starting salaries, which may discourage public sector careers. To help prospective students make informed decisions, ranking systems should disclose key metrics such as:

• Graduation and bar passage rates

• Employment outcomes in both private and public sectors

• Student debt levels and repayment success

• Faculty qualifications and student-faculty ratios

• Curriculum quality and experiential learning opportunities

Clear disclosure of these metrics would create a more balanced and meaningful evaluation of law programs.