Comments on: A Focus on Quality of Scholarship, Rather than Placement http://madisonian.net/2008/04/08/a-focus-on-quality-of-scholarship-rather-than-placement/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg Lastowka http://madisonian.net/2008/04/08/a-focus-on-quality-of-scholarship-rather-than-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-246550 Greg Lastowka Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:20:24 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1366#comment-246550 >> Now, I strenuously argue in favor of reading pieces, rather than substituting one biased gauge of quality (citations) for another biased gauge (placement). Me too! (And does anyone openly argue *against* that?) >> That, anyway, is the kind of law school I’d like to see–where hiring committees rally around a candidate by saying, “she wrote a great article!” rather than “she published in UCLA!” The fact that the latter doesn't strike us as *obviously* less desirable than the former, I think, is evidence of a problem. >> Now, I strenuously argue in favor of reading pieces, rather than substituting one biased gauge of quality (citations) for another biased gauge (placement).

Me too! (And does anyone openly argue *against* that?)

>> That, anyway, is the kind of law school I’d like to see–where hiring committees rally around a candidate by saying, “she wrote a great article!” rather than “she published in UCLA!”

The fact that the latter doesn’t strike us as *obviously* less desirable than the former, I think, is evidence of a problem.

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