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主页菌语 今天的推送是一则让人大跌眼镜的新闻，来自 Business Insider。一位毕业生因为自己找不到工作把自己的法学院给告了，刷新了主页菌的三观。不过回过头一想，我们确实也算是法学院教育服务的消费者，如果能够证明学校招生时候的数据有作假，那这个官司还真有可能赢。西太会持续关注官司的进一步发展。 翻译志愿者： Kyle 编辑：俞梦丹 主页菌 据《纽约时报》报道，Anna Alaburda，托马斯杰斐逊法学院（TJLS）的一位37岁的毕业生，在毕业近10年后，终于有机会为自己起诉学校欺诈的案件陈词。 她的案子值得关注。 这是第一起起诉法学院利用虚高的毕业就业数据来欺诈申请者正式进入审理的案件。 据《华尔街日报》报道，仅在2011与2012年，就有至少12起法学院学生的集体诉讼，他们大多控告学校虚高的就业率美化了自己的就业前景。 但是其中的大多数案件被法官以不构成欺诈驳回诉讼请求。 尽管审理Alaburda案的法官判决该案不能以代表他人的集体诉讼成立，她将于周一在圣迭戈一审法院继续以个人名义起诉。 Alaburda在投身法律职业前，于2002年从纽约大学学士毕业。 根据该案案情，她在阅读了2003年《US News & World Report》上报道的托马斯杰斐逊法学院（位于圣迭戈）就业情况介绍和该校的招生手册后决定报考。
Wikipedia-Thomas Jefferson School of Law 据《US News & World Report》报道，“该校80.1%的毕业生在毕业9个月后入职。” 比照耶鲁法学院（目前在US News中全美排名第一）的2016年就业数据可知，该校的毕业生就业率为88.2%。 据《纽约时报》报道，Alaburda在该届名列前茅，也仅一次就考取了律师执照，并于2008年毕业。 但是尽管她成绩优异，她一直不能找到一份全职律师的工作。 她曾将自己的简历投递给超过150家律所但是仅被其中一所录取，“这样的就业难度远高于她所能选择的非法律工作”，她在请求中如是说。 此外，她在毕业时已承担了$150，000的学生贷款，目前连本带息共计$170，000，以致于她不得不从事兼职和非法律工作以偿还贷款。 该校则坚称其毕业生工作并无问题。Thomas Guernsey，TJSL的院长，在《商业内参》的访谈稿中谈到，“我们对毕业生去向有准确的记录，其中有将近7，000人成功在国内国际执业。” 《商业内参》之前也曾报道，TJSL可以向不能被更好法学院录取的律师提供录取机会。 以下是英文原文： Anna Alaburda, a 37-year-old graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, is finally getting the chance to argue her case against the school in court — nearly a decade after she attended, The New York Times reported. Alaburda's case is noteworthy. It's the first case to go to trial that accuses a law school of using inflated post graduation employment figures and salaries to defraud applicants. Graduates of law schools filed more than a dozen proposed class-action lawsuits in 2011 and 2012 alone, according to The Wall Street Journal. These suits claimed the schools defrauded graduates into thinking employment prospects were rosier than they really were. But judges have thrown out most of these suits, disagreeing with the premise that law students were defrauded. While a judge ruled that Alaburda's case couldn't proceed as a class action representing other graduates, she is pursuing the case on her own behalf in a San Diego trial that starts Monday. Alaburda graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in 2002 before setting her sights on the legal profession. She decided on the San Diego-based TJSL after reading about its postgraduation statistics in its marketing brochures and in the 2003 US News & World report, according to the lawsuit. US News & World Report said "80.1 percent of students [at TJSL] were employed nine months after graduation," according to the suit. For comparison, Yale Law School, rated the No. 1 law school in the nation by US News, has a postgraduate employment rate of 88.2%, according to 2016 statistics. Alaburda excelled at TJSL, graduating in the top tier of her class, according to The Times. She also passed the bar exam on her first attempt. She graduated from the school in 2008. But despite her academic successes, Alaburda has been unable to find full-time employment as a lawyer. She has sent her résumé to more than 150 law firms and received only one job offer, which "was less favorable than non-law related jobs that were available to her," the suit says. In addition, she graduated with $150,000 in student-loan debt, a figure that has since ballooned to $170,000 accounting for interest, and has been forced to accept part-time and non-legal work to pay her bills. TJSL stands by the assertion that its graduates find successful employment after attending the school. "We have a strong track record of producing successful graduates, with 7,000 alumni working nationally and internationally," Thomas Guernsey, dean of TJSL, told Business Insider in a statement. As Business Insider has previously reported, TJSL can provide an opportunity for aspiring lawyers who can't get into more competitive schools. 致歉：昨天的推送中误把南卡大学法学院的院徽当作南加州大学的院徽，主页菌向USCer致歉！ 西太的近期推送 西太公开课 | 点击进入世界顶尖法学院——哈佛法学院合同法课程（1） 关于西太平洋的风 |
