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Leiter's anti-top-14 rant . . .

http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2006/03/from_the_b...
Aphrodisiac avocado pistol lodge
  03/19/06
It's Leittter. What did you expect?
domesticated hyperactive multi-billionaire athletic conference
  03/19/06
"I think that the more likely rationale is that these a...
insecure locale reading party
  03/19/06
You're an incredible idiot.
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
O RLY?
insecure locale reading party
  03/19/06
Yep. t14 is a USN designation but it also reflects the fact ...
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
NO WAI
insecure locale reading party
  03/19/06
You think you're pretty funny and clever, don't you? Keep po...
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
O RLY?
insecure locale reading party
  03/19/06
moron.
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
You're a douche. Kill yourself.
Excitant Awkward Toaster
  03/19/06
hi "90210markII"!
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
you're a douche. kill yourself.
impertinent violent theater alpha
  03/19/06
Oh, hello Brian. For a second, when I clicked on your "...
twisted hell
  03/19/06
He doesn't like top 6 or top 3 either. Jerk. :(
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
"Here's the bizarre part: the only rationale for this ...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
LOL
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
Another gem. "Rankings--even carelessly designed and...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
lol
domesticated hyperactive multi-billionaire athletic conference
  03/19/06
I chose a t14 over a tier three because of US News and now m...
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
Every single day I cry myself to sleep because I took Penn o...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
I nearly shot myself when I read Leiter's blog and saw that ...
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
how actionable
Jade garrison half-breed
  03/19/06
So it's ridiculous to say top 14, but "top 15"? N...
Vivacious bawdyhouse
  03/19/06
Priceless
Lemon principal's office new version
  03/19/06
What's even funnier is that those same rankings he claims di...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
Leiter is such an idiot.
Internet-worthy roast beef azn
  03/19/06
Clearly, Leiter's life and career has been damaged by this d...
snowy fragrant place of business native
  03/19/06
"In the real world of lawyers, judges, and law professo...
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
Philosophy, dude.
tripping university
  03/19/06
What's funny is that multiple law school admissions guideboo...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
WHere did the Top 14 as an expression first start being wide...
Comical hilarious crackhouse famous landscape painting
  03/20/06
Yeah.
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
It is pretty halarious to assert a "conventional wisdom...
twisted hell
  03/19/06
Bullshit people in practice said top 14. They would say top...
cobalt diverse area sweet tailpipe
  03/19/06
Read below: Leiter himself uses top 14.
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/19/06
I've heard Top 14 used many times in person by students, adm...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
Really? People actually say "Top 14" - doesn't th...
Comical hilarious crackhouse famous landscape painting
  03/20/06
The term existed long before xoxo.
twisted hell
  03/20/06
You might want to re-read my post. I didn't say that they co...
twisted hell
  03/20/06
Yeah, and reread my post as well. My only point was that &q...
cobalt diverse area sweet tailpipe
  03/20/06
I agree. Lawyers say top 5 and top 10, not top 15. Though ...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
...
jet community account patrolman
  03/20/06
Yeah, I clarified the post. I think people have differe...
lime puppy macaca
  03/21/06
I totally ignored the T14
180 bull headed sanctuary international law enforcement agency
  03/19/06
"I don't care about rankings. I cared only about my fut...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
that was
180 bull headed sanctuary international law enforcement agency
  03/19/06
I wonder why comments are disabled. Comments are enabled on ...
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
Even though they're enabled in the other posts he still hand...
slap-happy galvanic stain space
  03/20/06
I almost forgot why Brian Leiter hates us. And then I glanc...
tripping university
  03/19/06
That dipshit needs to keep up with the times. We killed tha...
razzle-dazzle bearded factory reset button ladyboy
  03/19/06
My god, this guy's obsession with law school rankings is eve...
Titillating crawly whorehouse marketing idea
  03/19/06
It is disappointing that Chicago asked him to visit. I've al...
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
I promise you, an elaborate, legendary PWNing is already in ...
charismatic balding associate
  03/20/06
Yeah, it's lovely how he just throws out this idea about a T...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
Yeah, but you can leap over any logical fallacy with "c...
twisted hell
  03/19/06
i hate that leiter was invited by chicago as well. he is su...
swollen amethyst clown rigpig
  03/20/06
Leiter makes a lot of sense. I agree with him. His ranking...
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
And yet they don't support his claim of a T15 at all (or at ...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
You're right about that. I just never liked the concept of ...
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
Arguably defensible.
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
I always knew Fordham was top 20.
Vibrant topaz meetinghouse
  03/19/06
It is a top 20 school, reputation aside.
motley fishy rehab
  03/19/06
oh fordham, if only you could reach 50% of your potential th...
Vibrant topaz meetinghouse
  03/19/06
I'm happy he compiles lists of all sort. They are interestin...
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
His faculty quality and faculty movers lists, though, are pu...
twisted hell
  03/19/06
The faculty quality list is based on surveys sent to other f...
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
It's especially funny when he claims someone left the school...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=284778&mc=3&...
razzle-dazzle bearded factory reset button ladyboy
  03/19/06
Why's this guy catch so much flak on here? He doesn't seem t...
silver histrionic base
  03/19/06
You haven't been around long enough.
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
I've been here almost two years. That seems like a pretty lo...
silver histrionic base
  03/19/06
Aside from the fact that he's an incredible fucking douche, ...
twisted hell
  03/19/06
For one, it's probably not a good idea to do a study designe...
Vivacious bawdyhouse
  03/19/06
Are you kidding?
silver histrionic base
  03/19/06
I wish I were: http://www.leiterrankings.com/jobs/2003job_n...
Vivacious bawdyhouse
  03/19/06
Yeah that is a horrible study.
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
Even putting Vault differences aside, can you really get a g...
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
Except it's even worse than that. See my post below -- he *c...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
Now I'm really mad at that dood. Thank you for your study. ...
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
are you talking about that ranking that just chose 3 firms i...
Jade garrison half-breed
  03/19/06
"but it depends what 'national' means, i suppose."...
Vivacious bawdyhouse
  03/19/06
That and he doesn't even examine all the lawyers at those 3 ...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
He picked FIVE Texas firms? What a douche.
Mewling Abode Codepig
  03/20/06
Don't forget the fact that his "study" completely ...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
Wow. I didn't know that.
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
Didn't know that. Awesome.
Vivacious bawdyhouse
  03/19/06
It's truly amazing. Those omissions, as well as his extreme ...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
Columbia/NYU doesn't seem that strange, given that Columbia ...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
You're greatly underestimating the impact leaving out Cravat...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
I'm sure Leiter's survey is highly flawed. I'm just saying ...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
I think you're misunderstanding the problem here. Most of th...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
...
twisted hell
  03/19/06
"Why's this guy catch so much flak on here?" He...
Flushed Dashing Public Bath Cuckoldry
  03/20/06
How can Leiter possibly say that the top 14 doesn't exist an...
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/19/06
OMFG pwned.
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
Can I get a 180, or least a 174 on that one?
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/19/06
180+, it really is a great find. YOu should post it on the ...
Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy
  03/19/06
For the record, in the anti-14 rant, Leiter concedes that UT...
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/19/06
How does his top 14 differ from US News?
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
It has Texas, of course. Plus, it's faculty quality not ove...
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/19/06
I wonder who he kicked off.
Magical telephone piazza
  03/19/06
i thought he hated duke for some reason. maybe they're "...
Vibrant topaz meetinghouse
  03/19/06
Columbia University University of California, Berkeley ...
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/19/06
180.
Razzle Fanboi
  03/19/06
Download that one, because he has to change it!
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/19/06
pwn3d. his hypocrisy rivals gto.
Navy Site Boistinker
  03/20/06
1-fucking-80
bat shit crazy pervert
  03/20/06
You guys may not like him, and yes, he is an unbelievable as...
misanthropic pink gaping
  03/20/06
You can't say "top 14" is utterly meaningless and ...
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/20/06
"The same 16 schools have been ranked in the top 16 slo...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
I don't think Gtown has ever been in the top 10. Also, NU on...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
1993
Adventurous Startling Headpube Electric Furnace
  03/20/06
Link?
lime puppy macaca
  03/21/06
"this 'Sweet 16' has only been intact for 5 or 6 years ...
marvelous indian lodge
  08/28/06
"Is there a precipitous drop in reputation or placement...
mentally impaired vengeful french chef temple
  03/20/06
I don't think there is a big drop. Is SUNY Ithica, the third...
racy crusty friendly grandma
  03/20/06
By every objective measure that matters to students, yes.
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
texas is a fucking ttt you homosexual troll. eat shit and li...
Navy Site Boistinker
  03/20/06
i didn't know Ithaca had 2 more law schools, each better tha...
Metal rambunctious church building
  03/20/06
He's stuck in NYU-bash mode
Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon
  03/20/06
Yeah, sometimes it's hard to keep all my trolling in order. ...
racy crusty friendly grandma
  03/21/06
You could debate UT, or even maybe UCLA, but I don't think U...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
did leiter even go to texas? Didnt you go to Michigan? The d...
razzmatazz striped hyena school cafeteria
  03/20/06
us?
heady erotic dog poop
  03/20/06
he threatened "subpeonas" for anyone insulting him...
razzmatazz striped hyena school cafeteria
  03/20/06
subpoenas are perfectly real, and don't require quotations m...
heady erotic dog poop
  03/20/06
you just took the life out of this entire thread. Enjoy hell...
razzmatazz striped hyena school cafeteria
  03/20/06
no danger of this common enemy losing its allure here
heady erotic dog poop
  03/21/06
i know this reply is several months late, but this seems lik...
Electric trump supporter fat ankles
  08/28/06
moron
Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon
  03/20/06
I love how he retains the idea of a "Top 15", thou...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
"It seemed to be the operative premise in Justice Thoma...
Puce business firm
  03/20/06
Ha, good find.
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
CHEFHYPOCRITPWNED!!!!
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
I wonder if that post was intended as a parody of himself. I...
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
It really does a good job of distilling his paranoia, hyproc...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
PS: It's sad he cited LSD for the T14 concept on the intern...
lime puppy macaca
  03/20/06
he'd never cite this board after the tubgirl incident and wh...
Puce business firm
  03/20/06
Wouldn't be the first time.
Razzle Fanboi
  03/20/06
you actually find it "sad"?
heady erotic dog poop
  03/21/06
Tragic may be a better word.
lime puppy macaca
  03/21/06
kind of pathetic, yes, that he bends over backwards not to a...
Electric trump supporter fat ankles
  08/28/06
Unrelated, but interesting: http://rightreason.ektopos.com/a...
Magical telephone piazza
  03/20/06
What an insufferable asshole. EDIT: I re-read it and no...
charismatic balding associate
  03/20/06
holy shit. gto, you need to add this to 'why leiter hate...
Navy Site Boistinker
  03/20/06
omg, what a disgusting man. this is completely indefensible.
Puce business firm
  03/20/06
Holy shit, what a fucking asshole
Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon
  03/20/06
Jesus. What a complete asshole. This really gives weight to...
Titillating crawly whorehouse marketing idea
  03/20/06
Wow the whole comments section on that is fucking awesome. L...
Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon
  03/21/06
Wow, he didn't just out him -- he "outted" him.
lime puppy macaca
  03/21/06
honestly, what the fuck is wrong with this guy? has anybody...
Nighttime Arrogant Giraffe Library
  03/20/06
Curious that no one ever answers this query.
provocative deep hunting ground becky
  03/20/06
this incident and thread has made the anti-Leiter blog ht...
Puce business firm
  03/20/06
I love xo
Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon
  03/20/06
I didn't apply to Texas or Chicago because of Leiter. Don't ...
slap-happy galvanic stain space
  03/20/06
What the hell is wrong with this guy, seriously? He acts lik...
Titillating crawly whorehouse marketing idea
  03/20/06
Most 6-year-olds aren't that vindictive.
Mewling Abode Codepig
  03/20/06
He left out one rationale for the T14 rationale that is whol...
curious ape windowlicker
  03/20/06
I saw Leiter at the Chicago-Midway airport wearing a UChicag...
Pea-brained mad-dog skullcap
  03/20/06
I really don't understand why he obsesses over the rankings ...
Big Chad
  03/20/06
perhaps GTO can explain the roots of this obsession. it is ...
heady erotic dog poop
  03/20/06
I think his major problem in academia is just that he has a ...
alcoholic transparent address
  03/20/06
I think his major problem in academia is just that he's a pr...
Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon
  03/21/06
A+
Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon
  03/21/06
this made me laugh.
bateful regret
  08/28/06
The anit-Leiter blog is asking if Leiter knows German. Anyo...
shivering godawful hall wrinkle
  03/21/06
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Leiter&o...
Electric trump supporter fat ankles
  08/28/06
http://www.arin.net/whois/
Magical telephone piazza
  08/28/06
Search results for: brian leiter No match found for bri...
Electric trump supporter fat ankles
  08/28/06
looking up 70.112.222.175 (the IP that keeps deleting things...
exciting idiotic kitchen elastic band
  08/28/06


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Date: March 19th, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac avocado pistol lodge

http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2006/03/from_the_bowels.html

"Here's the bizarre part: the only rationale for this grouping is that all these schools have been ranked in "the top 14" by U.S. News and World Report since roughly the early-to-mid-1990s!"

I think that the more likely rationale is that these are the schools with truly national placement. Or could it be that no rational grouping of top schools would include a school that would hire an asshole as big as Leiter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377739)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:47 PM
Author: domesticated hyperactive multi-billionaire athletic conference

It's Leittter. What did you expect?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377746)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:47 PM
Author: insecure locale reading party

"I think that the more likely rationale is that these are the schools with truly national placement."

Um, no, actually the reason why they're the T14 is because they've always been the "Top 14," whatever that's supposed to mean.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377748)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:50 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

You're an incredible idiot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377781)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:51 PM
Author: insecure locale reading party

O RLY?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377785)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

Yep. t14 is a USN designation but it also reflects the fact that those 14 schools have truly national placement and have held this position consistently.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377806)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:54 PM
Author: insecure locale reading party

NO WAI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377813)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:55 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

You think you're pretty funny and clever, don't you? Keep posting idiotic internet slogans and ignoring all rational posts, you fucking idiot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377822)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:57 PM
Author: insecure locale reading party

O RLY?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377841)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:59 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

moron.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377854)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:11 PM
Author: Excitant Awkward Toaster

You're a douche. Kill yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378491)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:14 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

hi "90210markII"!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378519)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:18 PM
Author: impertinent violent theater alpha

you're a douche. kill yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378560)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:52 PM
Author: twisted hell

Oh, hello Brian. For a second, when I clicked on your "carelessly designed and gameable rankings" link, I thought it had taken me to your own law school rankings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377799)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

He doesn't like top 6 or top 3 either. Jerk. :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377752)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

"Here's the bizarre part: the only rationale for this grouping is that all these schools have been ranked in "the top 14" by U.S. News and World Report since roughly the early-to-mid-1990s!"

Yeah, that's the only reason. Whatever you say Brian...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377759)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:50 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377776)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:52 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Another gem.

"Rankings--even carelessly designed and gameable rankings like U.S. News--can provide genuine information; but they provide nothing but naked misinformation (misinformation that may damage careers and lives) when they turn into literally meaningless categories like "top 14" and "third tier.""

Yeah, lives have been ruined because the T14 concept has caused people to turn down Texas for GULC. Whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377793)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: domesticated hyperactive multi-billionaire athletic conference

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377811)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:54 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

I chose a t14 over a tier three because of US News and now my life is ruined.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377815)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:59 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Every single day I cry myself to sleep because I took Penn over Temple w/ money. If only those damn rankings hadn't been there to feed me misinformation!!!!!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377853)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

I nearly shot myself when I read Leiter's blog and saw that rankings don't mean anything. And to think I would get a better job out of a t14 than Quinipiac!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377859)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:17 PM
Author: Jade garrison half-breed

how actionable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377991)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: Vivacious bawdyhouse

So it's ridiculous to say top 14, but "top 15"? No problem:

"It is conventional wisdom that there are 15 top law schools, with a few others (UCLA, USC, perhaps Vanderbilt) on the cusp, and then a drop-off in quality and reputation"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377866)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: Lemon principal's office new version

Priceless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377884)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:04 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

What's even funnier is that those same rankings he claims disprove the concept of the T14 also disprove the concept of a T15.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377894)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:05 PM
Author: Internet-worthy roast beef azn

Leiter is such an idiot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377902)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: snowy fragrant place of business native

Clearly, Leiter's life and career has been damaged by this distinction.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377889)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:55 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

"In the real world of lawyers, judges, and law professors, it is conventional wisdom that there are 15 top law schools, with a few others (UCLA, USC, perhaps Vanderbilt) on the cusp".

Why isn't 15 from the "real world" just as arbitrary than the 14 from the "unreal world"?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377820)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:55 PM
Author: tripping university

Philosophy, dude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377823)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:57 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

What's funny is that multiple law school admissions guidebooks explicitly reference the T14 concept, like Susan Estrich's book and Anna Ivey's guide. It's not like it's some internet-only thing, and it's not like it's exactly new.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377835)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:36 AM
Author: Comical hilarious crackhouse famous landscape painting

WHere did the Top 14 as an expression first start being widely used? I remember it on the old PR Board (I'm old, I have had many different user names).

Is that where it first started being commonly used?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379123)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:52 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Yeah.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379226)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:17 PM
Author: twisted hell

It is pretty halarious to assert a "conventional wisdom" where none exists. Every person--judge, lawyer, professor, or student--I've EVER heard refer to top schools has used the terms "top fourteen," "top five," or "top ten."

I guess it wouldn't surprise me if people at Texas use the "top fifteen" phraseology, as it would be self-serving to link themselves with top schools. Perhaps Leiter has just taken an anecdote that applies to his own life and assumed it must also be true elsewhere. If that's the case, it's truly amazing that this guy has a job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377992)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:46 PM
Author: cobalt diverse area sweet tailpipe

Bullshit people in practice said top 14. They would say top 5, top 10, and top 20, but not top 14. not saying that top 14 isn't valid, I completely think it is, but you are BSing when you claim judges, professors, and lawyers say top 14.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378811)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:49 PM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

Read below: Leiter himself uses top 14.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378828)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:54 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

I've heard Top 14 used many times in person by students, administrators, professors, etc., and it's also appeared in several published law school guides. It's not exactly an obscure term.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378877)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:38 AM
Author: Comical hilarious crackhouse famous landscape painting

Really? People actually say "Top 14" - doesn't that show they post here? I know I would never admit to posting here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379132)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:01 AM
Author: twisted hell

The term existed long before xoxo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379288)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:16 AM
Author: twisted hell

You might want to re-read my post. I didn't say that they commonly said "top fourteen." Rather, I listed three phrases that I believe to be far more common among practioners and students alike than "top fifteen." Two of those phrases were two of the three that you mention.

My point, which was quite clear, was that there is no conventional wisdom in favor of "top fifteen."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379366)





Date: March 20th, 2006 11:20 PM
Author: cobalt diverse area sweet tailpipe

Yeah, and reread my post as well. My only point was that "top 14" as used by practioners is rare. That was all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5386042)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:01 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

I agree. Lawyers say top 5 and top 10, not top 15. Though they may think different T14 schools are T10.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379904)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:28 PM
Author: jet community account patrolman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382918)





Date: March 21st, 2006 1:55 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

Yeah, I clarified the post.

I think people have different definitions of what is a "Top 10" school, but most will probably fall within that category in at least some people's minds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5387529)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:58 PM
Author: 180 bull headed sanctuary international law enforcement agency
Subject: I totally ignored the T14

I totally ignored the petty T14 law school rankings by USNews when applying to law school.

I applied to a wide variety of schools based on my own research available from the ABA and additional reported statistics from the schools themselves along with indpendant third parties.

I don't care about rankings. I cared only about my future as a lawyer. I looked for schools which would place me in spots that would make for a lucrative career and perhaps interesting career.

I also valued the actual quality of teaching faculty and student quality - again completely ignoring rankings.

Imagine my surprise as my acceptances started to roll in and other law applicant geeks would say 'wow thats a T14 school'.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377847)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

"I don't care about rankings. I cared only about my future as a lawyer. I looked for schools which would place me in spots that would make for a lucrative career and perhaps interesting career."

How were you able to determine this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377860)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:02 PM
Author: 180 bull headed sanctuary international law enforcement agency
Subject: that was

failed internet sarcasm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377879)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:12 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

I wonder why comments are disabled. Comments are enabled on other posts. See, e.g., http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2006/02/national_and_re.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377950)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:57 PM
Author: slap-happy galvanic stain space

Even though they're enabled in the other posts he still hand screens them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382658)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:52 PM
Author: tripping university

I almost forgot why Brian Leiter hates us. And then I glanced at the top of the page and found a useful link explaining why he hates us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377802)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle bearded factory reset button ladyboy

That dipshit needs to keep up with the times. We killed that "sweet 16" nonsense a while ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377812)





Date: March 19th, 2006 9:59 PM
Author: Titillating crawly whorehouse marketing idea

My god, this guy's obsession with law school rankings is even more absurd than this board's.

He opens with this line pronouncing the existence and validity of a Top 15:

"In the real world of lawyers, judges, and law professors, it is conventional wisdom that there are 15 top law schools, with a few others (UCLA, USC, perhaps Vanderbilt) on the cusp, and then a drop-off in quality and reputation (though not necessarily in national placement)."

And then closes with this gem:

"Rankings--even carelessly designed and gameable rankings like U.S. News--can provide genuine information; but they provide nothing but naked misinformation (misinformation that may damage careers and lives) when they turn into literally meaningless categories like "top 14" and "third tier."

So, Top 14 = literally meaningless categorie that may damage careers and lives. But Top 15 = truth? Okay.

What a pathetically self-conscious UT troll. I can't believe Chicago invited this guy to visit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377856)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:01 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

It is disappointing that Chicago asked him to visit. I've always heard Chicago was this place where debate was open and vigorous, but always respectful. This is not what Leiter is all about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377868)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:37 PM
Author: charismatic balding associate

I promise you, an elaborate, legendary PWNing is already in the works among certain students....

I can't say more, since we're always TWO SUBPOENAS AWAY from disaster here on XOXO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5381607)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:02 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Yeah, it's lovely how he just throws out this idea about a T15 without any substantiation. Especially funny that several of those rankings he links to in his post call that T15 concept into question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377877)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:19 PM
Author: twisted hell

Yeah, but you can leap over any logical fallacy with "conventional wisdom."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378019)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:42 AM
Author: swollen amethyst clown rigpig

i hate that leiter was invited by chicago as well. he is such a douche. i really hope that leiter does not get an offer from chicago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379166)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:09 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

Leiter makes a lot of sense. I agree with him. His rankings based solely on student body is also a much better, and seemingly more in the style of xo, ranking system.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377936)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:11 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

And yet they don't support his claim of a T15 at all (or at least not a T15 that includes Texas):

http://www.leiterrankings.com/students/2005student_quality.shtml

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377948)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:27 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

You're right about that. I just never liked the concept of t14, it seems too driven by xo. I think that there are like 7 or 8 top top law schools, then about 15-20 that are a step below, but still damn good. After that, its harder to differentiate and maybe it should be done on a regional basis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378069)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:03 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

Arguably defensible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379906)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:19 PM
Author: Vibrant topaz meetinghouse

I always knew Fordham was top 20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378566)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:28 PM
Author: motley fishy rehab

It is a top 20 school, reputation aside.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378638)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:44 PM
Author: Vibrant topaz meetinghouse

oh fordham, if only you could reach 50% of your potential then i might actually attend you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378779)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:12 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

I'm happy he compiles lists of all sort. They are interesting.

He, on the other hand, is a big fricking prick.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377956)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:23 PM
Author: twisted hell

His faculty quality and faculty movers lists, though, are pure bullshit. He often doesn't know anything about the person he grades. I highly doubt he reads all of their work (or, in most cases, probably ANY of their work) before making one of his pronouncements.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378045)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:31 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

The faculty quality list is based on surveys sent to other faculty members. I think he does a decent enough job. He seems more open about his survey than US News.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378105)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:33 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

It's especially funny when he claims someone left the school when in reality they haven't at all. Like when he listed Geoffrey Hazard as a Hastings prof and not a Penn prof in his 2005 faculty rankings. And yet, in March 2006, on the Penn Law front page:

http://www.law.upenn.edu/

According to Professor Geoffrey Hazard, Kentucky's Assistant County Attorney Ballard may have violated ethical rules for lawyers prohibiting deception when he disguised his involvement in a letter that lead to the ousting of Judge Stewart. The Courier Journal (2/26/06). Article.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378126)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:15 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle bearded factory reset button ladyboy

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=284778&mc=3&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5377972)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:21 PM
Author: silver histrionic base

Why's this guy catch so much flak on here? He doesn't seem to be any douchier than the average poster, and he's certainly more successful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378028)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:22 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

You haven't been around long enough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378039)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:25 PM
Author: silver histrionic base

I've been here almost two years. That seems like a pretty long time. What, did he do something a decade ago that people are still rankled by? It seems pretty silly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378057)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:30 PM
Author: twisted hell

Aside from the fact that he's an incredible fucking douche, he's a drooling moron. What more do we need?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378100)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:25 PM
Author: Vivacious bawdyhouse

For one, it's probably not a good idea to do a study designed to assess "national placement power" of law schools that excludes DPW and STB while including Miller Nash and Stoel Rives.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378052)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:26 PM
Author: silver histrionic base

Are you kidding?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378065)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:28 PM
Author: Vivacious bawdyhouse

I wish I were: http://www.leiterrankings.com/jobs/2003job_national.shtml

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378077)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:29 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

Yeah that is a horrible study.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378089)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:31 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

Even putting Vault differences aside, can you really get a good idea of how a school places in New York based on how many associates it had go to Wachtell, Cravath or SullCrom? I think not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378107)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:37 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Except it's even worse than that. See my post below -- he *completely* excluded Cravath and SullCrom associates, and only included Cravath/SullCrom partners. The only NY firm that had all its associates and partners in his dataset was Wachtell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378161)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:39 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

Now I'm really mad at that dood. Thank you for your study.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378170)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:28 PM
Author: Jade garrison half-breed

are you talking about that ranking that just chose 3 firms in each city? it's bizarre in the Vault context, but it depends what "national" means, i suppose.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378084)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:32 PM
Author: Vivacious bawdyhouse

"but it depends what 'national' means, i suppose."

I guess, but he should have accounted in some way for the concentration of elite firms in some cities. You can't assess national placement power by including 5 Texas firms, 3 Seattle firms, 3 Atlanta firms, and only 3 from New York, which is by far the largest legal market (not to mention only 3 from Chi and 3 from DC).



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378110)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:48 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

That and he doesn't even examine all the lawyers at those 3 NY firms; he completely excludes all associates at Cravath and SullCrom. Wachtell, Cravath, and SullCrom is a very shitty sample as it is -- Wachtell, Cravath partners, and SullCrom partners is an even shittier one, especially when he includes partners and associates at the 5 Texas firms, 3 Seattle firms, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378242)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:59 PM
Author: Mewling Abode Codepig

He picked FIVE Texas firms?

What a douche.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5381762)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:36 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Don't forget the fact that his "study" completely excludes *ALL* associates at Cravath and SullCrom (those firms don't include associates in their Martindale listing, which is what he used).

So basically his NY dataset just includes Wachtell, and Cravath/SullCrom partners.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378149)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:37 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

Wow. I didn't know that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378157)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:38 PM
Author: Vivacious bawdyhouse

Didn't know that. Awesome.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378164)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:46 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

It's truly amazing. Those omissions, as well as his extreme oversampling of firms in TTT markets and his failure to account for regional preferences, explain why he gets very odd results like Columbia at #7 and NYU at #11. Basically this whole thing was constructed to make Texas look like it places far better than it actually does.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378227)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:06 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

Columbia/NYU doesn't seem that strange, given that Columbia is more historicaly established, and that both will tend to focus on NYU as their home market (in addition to being the primary biglaw market overall.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379909)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:16 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

You're greatly underestimating the impact leaving out Cravath and SullCrom's associates had on these rankings. Let's use Columbia and Cravath as an example. I'm going to cite to Sullivan here instead of Leiter because Sullivan made his dataset publically available online, used the same methodology as Leiter, and I gathered data on Cravath from its website around the same time Sullivan got his data on Cravath from Martindale.

Sullivan's dataset has only 19 Columbia and 21 NYU grads working at Cravath:

http://www.calvin.edu/admin/csr/students/sullivan/law/data.htm

Now go to http://www.cravath.com and use their attorney search to find out how many Columbia and NYU grads really work there. As of today, the search turns up 82 Columbia grads and 56 NYU grads.

Hmm, 19 vs. 82, and 21 vs. 56... and that's just the difference for Cravath! Throw in the lost SullCrom associates and the gap becomes even bigger.

Now, do you *really* think that didn't have an impact on Leiter (and Sullivan's) rankings? There's absolutely no way Columbia would only be #7 and NYU would only be #11 if Cravath and SullCrom had their entire firms counted, as Leiter did with every other firm in his study.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379923)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:19 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

I'm sure Leiter's survey is highly flawed. I'm just saying that self-selection alone would account for a more "regional" focus for both Columbia and NYU vs. other top 10 programs. I don't doubt that they could both place far more nationally, the grads just tend to stay in NYC for obvious reasons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379926)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:28 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

I think you're misunderstanding the problem here. Most of the ranking was determined by taking the total # of lawyers they found at all those firms and then adjusting it per capita (he wasn't adjusting for regional preferences or anything like I did -- it was straight total laywers divided by total students).

You're right, Columbia and NYU have a more regional focus -- which is precisely *why* completely elimining Cravath and SullCrom's associates from the dataset makes Columbia and NYU appear very low ranked! In other words, Texas and other schools got the benefit of having all lawyers at their "regional" firms counted, while Columbia/NYU/Cornell/Penn and other schools that send most of their grads to NYC were at a very severe handicap, since most of the lawyers in two of their three "regional" firms were not counted at all.

Even if this exact same shitty methodology was used, but with the missing lawyers included, Columbia and NYU would be ranked much higher. If Columbia placement was measured as 1262 / 578 instead of 1162 / 578 (assuming 100 CLS alums at Cravath and SullCrom weren't counted), it would've made a pretty big difference (probably putting CLS at #4 or #5, which is where you'd expect it to be).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379941)





Date: March 19th, 2006 10:28 PM
Author: twisted hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378085)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:45 AM
Author: Flushed Dashing Public Bath Cuckoldry

"Why's this guy catch so much flak on here?"

He's the king of douches, and a total windbag. Rather than carrying on intellectual discourse he operates via ad hominem attacks and threats of lawsuits. This is disgraceful conduct, *especially* for a law school prof. Plus, he's full of crap on numerous levels.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379500)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:01 PM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

How can Leiter possibly say that the top 14 doesn't exist and is "literally meaningless"? Here, for example, is a very learned expert who says quite definitively that there is a "top 14" law schools.

This expert says that "Arguably competitive with the bottom end of the top 14 are such schools as Duke University, the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California."

So, according to this most learned and wise expert, there is in fact a "top 14."

In fact, this most wise and brilliant expert says that "For purposes of students thinking about teaching careers, the most important factor is the scholarly distinction of the faculty. There are some 180 accredited law schools in the U.S., but the top 14 law schools in terms of faculty quality are (in alphabetical order) the following:"

Who is this wise and brilliant expert who so devastatingly proves that Leiter is dead wrong when he denies the existence of the "top 14"?

Check it out:

http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/2004/lawsch.htm

s3lf-pwn3d!



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378389)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:03 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

OMFG pwned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378399)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:04 PM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

Can I get a 180, or least a 174 on that one?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378416)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:05 PM
Author: Aqua vigorous weed whacker really tough guy

180+, it really is a great find. YOu should post it on the comments of his blog or write an email or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378430)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:07 PM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

For the record, in the anti-14 rant, Leiter concedes that UT is not one of the 14, but on his list of the top 14, UT is one of the 14. But, still, he goes to great lengths to deny the existence of 14 and to affirm the existence of the 15.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378455)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:18 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

How does his top 14 differ from US News?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378561)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:22 PM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

It has Texas, of course. Plus, it's faculty quality not overall quality. I don't know who he drops out of the 14 to get Texas in.

His schtik is so obvious. Top 14 is meaningless but top 15 is universally accepted. Who's missing from the top 14 as the rest of the world knows it? Texas.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378590)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:24 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

I wonder who he kicked off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378600)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:25 PM
Author: Vibrant topaz meetinghouse

i thought he hated duke for some reason. maybe they're "on the cusp" with USC and UCLA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378612)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:26 PM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

Columbia University

University of California, Berkeley

Cornell University

University of Chicago

Georgetown University

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Harvard University

University of Pennsylvania

New York University

University of Texas, Austin

Northwestern University

University of Virginia

Stanford University

Yale University

No Duke or UCLA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378620)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:50 PM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378844)





Date: March 19th, 2006 11:52 PM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

Download that one, because he has to change it!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378861)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:02 AM
Author: Navy Site Boistinker

pwn3d. his hypocrisy rivals gto.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5378925)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:53 AM
Author: bat shit crazy pervert

1-fucking-80

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379230)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:43 AM
Author: misanthropic pink gaping

You guys may not like him, and yes, he is an unbelievable ass, but that doesn't make everything he says wrong. He has a point here. The same 16 schools have been ranked in the top 16 slots, but that doesn't catch on. Why 14? Moreover, the US news rankings suck. They are a senseless mismash of different criteria. It is pretty sad that this ranking system, simply because it is a readily available ranking, has come to define a group of schools as being better than the ones below. Is there a precipitous drop in reputation or placement at 14? I really don't think so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379175)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:47 AM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

You can't say "top 14" is utterly meaningless and also claim that in real world everyone uses "top 15." Then when you think about why he switches from "absurd" to "universally accepted" when he moves from 14 to 15, you see that the only basis for his 180 degree switch is that his school now makes the list. It's pathetically transparent.

To top it, you go to his own site and see that he invokes the concept of a "top 14" repeatedly when it favors UT.

This guy, by the way, is supposed to be a philosopher.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379196)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:55 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

"The same 16 schools have been ranked in the top 16 slots, but that doesn't catch on."

Except they haven't. The Top 14 has been in the same slots for something like 15 years, while this "Sweet 16" has only been intact for 5 or 6 years (if even that). Also, every school in the Top 14 has been in the Top 10 at one point, while none of the other schools have (in fact that's how the term originated -- the Top 14 is not the Top 14 because it's always been the Top 14 in US News, but because every school in the Top 14 is arguably a Top 10 school, while that's not the case for Texas, UCLA, etc.).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379248)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:08 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

I don't think Gtown has ever been in the top 10. Also, NU only got there recently, after the T14 phrase was coined.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379911)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:53 PM
Author: Adventurous Startling Headpube Electric Furnace

1993

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382617)





Date: March 21st, 2006 1:56 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

Link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5387549)





Date: August 28th, 2006 1:40 PM
Author: marvelous indian lodge

"this 'Sweet 16' has only been intact for 5 or 6 years (if even that)."

It's actually been in tact for 8 years (1999-2007).

The rest of your post is 100% true though.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6515148)





Date: March 20th, 2006 12:55 AM
Author: mentally impaired vengeful french chef temple

"Is there a precipitous drop in reputation or placement at 14?"

I think there is a real difference in placement between 14 and 15. There's certainly a significant difference between 14 and 20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379249)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:07 AM
Author: racy crusty friendly grandma

I don't think there is a big drop. Is SUNY Ithica, the third best law school in its city, really so much better than Texas as to warrant some type of cutoff distinction?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379319)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:10 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

By every objective measure that matters to students, yes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379332)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:17 AM
Author: Navy Site Boistinker

texas is a fucking ttt you homosexual troll. eat shit and live with the fact that your school sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379368)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:18 AM
Author: Metal rambunctious church building

i didn't know Ithaca had 2 more law schools, each better than "SUNY-Ithica"!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379372)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:56 PM
Author: Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon

He's stuck in NYU-bash mode

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382646)





Date: March 21st, 2006 2:03 AM
Author: racy crusty friendly grandma

Yeah, sometimes it's hard to keep all my trolling in order. I troll against NYU to justify choosing TTTexas over it, and I troll against Cornell because it is the most likely candidate to fall below TTTexas in the rankings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5387619)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:09 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

You could debate UT, or even maybe UCLA, but I don't think USC or Vandy is really comparable to the top 10 schools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379914)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:20 AM
Author: razzmatazz striped hyena school cafeteria

did leiter even go to texas? Didnt you go to Michigan? The douche lost all credibility when he threatened to sue us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379378)





Date: March 20th, 2006 2:16 AM
Author: heady erotic dog poop

us?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379596)





Date: March 20th, 2006 9:55 PM
Author: razzmatazz striped hyena school cafeteria

he threatened "subpeonas" for anyone insulting him here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5385424)





Date: March 20th, 2006 10:01 PM
Author: heady erotic dog poop

subpoenas are perfectly real, and don't require quotations marks. and as most insults are protected speech, that's not exactly what he threatened. are you going to refuse to write a cease and desist letter that threatens subpoenas when the underlying action that's threatened is dubious? or is the sanctity of the "top-14" the only issue you care deeply about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5385474)





Date: March 20th, 2006 10:11 PM
Author: razzmatazz striped hyena school cafeteria

you just took the life out of this entire thread. Enjoy hell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5385549)





Date: March 21st, 2006 12:13 AM
Author: heady erotic dog poop

no danger of this common enemy losing its allure here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5386523)





Date: August 28th, 2006 3:56 PM
Author: Electric trump supporter fat ankles

i know this reply is several months late, but this seems like a very odd post to me.

"are you going to refuse to write a cease and desist letter that threatens subpoenas when the underlying action that's threatened is dubious?"

this is what i don't understand. Leiter was not representing anyone except himself; there was no ethical obligation -- nor even profit motive -- to write the C&D's. so when he makes a particularly questionable threat, he deserves all the blame; there is no client whose interests he is bound to represent.

maybe i'm just not understanding your criticism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6515870)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:19 PM
Author: Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon

moron

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382836)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:46 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

I love how he retains the idea of a "Top 15", though, with Texas in the group.

CHEFHYPOCRITPWNED!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379868)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:46 AM
Author: Puce business firm

"It seemed to be the operative premise in Justice Thomas's dissent in Grutter when he singled out Michigan, UVA, Boalt, and Texas as the top state schools"

I guess Justice Thomas is only a part of the "lunatic fringe" when he's not writing about law school rankings.

http://brianleiter.powerblogs.com/posts/1139002920.shtml

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379869)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:48 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Ha, good find.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379879)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:49 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

CHEFHYPOCRITPWNED!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379883)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:55 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

I wonder if that post was intended as a parody of himself. It just seems too absurd to be real given everything else he's written.

Then again, Leiter isn't exactly a bastion of consistency:

http://brianleiter.powerblogs.com/posts/1142728893.shtml

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379895)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:57 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

It really does a good job of distilling his paranoia, hyprocricy, and obsession into a few short paragraphs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379901)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:46 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

PS: It's sad he cited LSD for the T14 concept on the internet, and not XO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379871)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:47 AM
Author: Puce business firm

he'd never cite this board after the tubgirl incident and why brian leiter hates us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379874)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:49 AM
Author: Razzle Fanboi

Wouldn't be the first time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5379882)





Date: March 21st, 2006 12:15 AM
Author: heady erotic dog poop

you actually find it "sad"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5386547)





Date: March 21st, 2006 1:52 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

Tragic may be a better word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5387503)





Date: August 28th, 2006 3:58 PM
Author: Electric trump supporter fat ankles

kind of pathetic, yes, that he bends over backwards not to acknowledge the board's existence when it is so clearly the source -- or at least the most zealous proponent -- of the offending schema

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6515886)





Date: March 20th, 2006 1:49 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

Unrelated, but interesting: http://rightreason.ektopos.com/archives/2005/07/if_i_were_brian.html

Leiter outs someone in the comments to a blog entry:

"Try 'former' friend. What happened to you, Steve? Does your ex, Scott--who was always the nice one--know that you've sunk to this level?

I always admired your philosophical acumen, and your contrarian views in aesthetics, and think it a travesty of our profession that you did not secure permanent employment in it.

Posted by: BL at July 10, 2005 01:10 PM

"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5381693)





Date: March 20th, 2006 2:00 PM
Author: charismatic balding associate

What an insufferable asshole.

EDIT: I re-read it and now I genuinely HATE Brian Leiter. Previously I had a hearty, good-natured contempt for the man. Now I want to see this guy pwn3d when he comes to Chicago in the worst way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5381772)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:32 PM
Author: Navy Site Boistinker

holy shit.

gto, you need to add this to 'why leiter hates us and why we hate him.'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382423)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:33 PM
Author: Puce business firm

omg, what a disgusting man. this is completely indefensible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382433)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:20 PM
Author: Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon

Holy shit, what a fucking asshole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382846)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:29 PM
Author: Titillating crawly whorehouse marketing idea

Jesus. What a complete asshole. This really gives weight to the title of the other UT prof's blog: "Brian Leiter, Academic Thug."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382923)





Date: March 21st, 2006 12:52 AM
Author: Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon

Wow the whole comments section on that is fucking awesome. LeiTTTer is such a TTT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5386940)





Date: March 21st, 2006 1:57 AM
Author: lime puppy macaca

Wow, he didn't just out him -- he "outted" him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5387554)





Date: March 20th, 2006 2:54 PM
Author: Nighttime Arrogant Giraffe Library

honestly, what the fuck is wrong with this guy?

has anybody here taken a class with him who can comment on his in-class behavior?

Just his employent alone at UT removes any chance of it ever making it into the top 14



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382111)





Date: March 20th, 2006 9:51 PM
Author: provocative deep hunting ground becky

Curious that no one ever answers this query.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5385405)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:44 PM
Author: Puce business firm

this incident and thread has made the anti-Leiter blog

http://brianleiter.powerblogs.com/posts/1142886513.shtml

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382543)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:22 PM
Author: Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon

I love xo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382854)





Date: March 20th, 2006 3:57 PM
Author: slap-happy galvanic stain space

I didn't apply to Texas or Chicago because of Leiter. Don't these schools realize how much damage he does to their reputations?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382654)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:09 PM
Author: Titillating crawly whorehouse marketing idea

What the hell is wrong with this guy, seriously? He acts like a 6 year old.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382762)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:26 PM
Author: Mewling Abode Codepig

Most 6-year-olds aren't that vindictive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382898)





Date: March 20th, 2006 4:31 PM
Author: curious ape windowlicker

He left out one rationale for the T14 rationale that is wholly logical and morally justifiable: it turns TTTexas people red with sputtering rage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5382936)





Date: March 20th, 2006 9:59 PM
Author: Pea-brained mad-dog skullcap

I saw Leiter at the Chicago-Midway airport wearing a UChicago hat. I approached him to ask if he was Brian Leiter of the Univeristy of Texas and he responded by saying "Depends, do you believe in the myth of t14 or the truth of t15." He was totally erect during our interlude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5385458)





Date: March 20th, 2006 10:41 PM
Author: Big Chad

I really don't understand why he obsesses over the rankings of law schools so publicly when he works in academia, it must make him radioactive to anyone who wants to hire him, because with the exception of HYS, he's bashed all the T14 schools at one time or another.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5385777)





Date: March 20th, 2006 10:44 PM
Author: heady erotic dog poop

perhaps GTO can explain the roots of this obsession. it is an odd thing to care deeply about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5385801)





Date: March 20th, 2006 11:24 PM
Author: alcoholic transparent address

I think his major problem in academia is just that he has a remarkable way of personalizing the smallest dispute.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5386063)





Date: March 21st, 2006 1:59 AM
Author: Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon

I think his major problem in academia is just that he's a prick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5387573)





Date: March 21st, 2006 1:55 AM
Author: Cracking Autistic Tanning Salon

A+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5387534)





Date: August 28th, 2006 11:30 AM
Author: bateful regret

this made me laugh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6514708)





Date: March 21st, 2006 11:33 AM
Author: shivering godawful hall wrinkle

The anit-Leiter blog is asking if Leiter knows German. Anyone out there know? The answer has to be yes, because how can you get a doctorate on Nietzsche unless you read, write and speak German fluently?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#5389244)





Date: August 28th, 2006 12:00 PM
Author: Electric trump supporter fat ankles

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Leiter&offset=20060418163131&limit=500&action=history

GTO, what is leiter's IP address? I'd bet dollars to donuts that BL himself is a serious contributor to his own biography, which is a pretty big faux pas in wikipedia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6514806)





Date: August 28th, 2006 1:49 PM
Author: Magical telephone piazza

http://www.arin.net/whois/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6515199)





Date: August 28th, 2006 4:00 PM
Author: Electric trump supporter fat ankles

Search results for: brian leiter

No match found for brian leiter.

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2006-08-27 19:10

# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6515896)





Date: August 28th, 2006 4:02 PM
Author: exciting idiotic kitchen elastic band

looking up 70.112.222.175 (the IP that keeps deleting things), we get a RoadRunner IP in Herndon, VA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=383101&forum_id=2#6515917)