Top of the Class
Forget law school rankings: Thanks for tackling this topic, it's a well-written profile on the dean, and you did a nice job explaining larger trends in the legal profession ["Schooled, Indebt, Struggling, & Broke," Rachel Swan, 9/16]. People shouldn't get dragged into the rankings debate, these green-shade freaks with their kooky metrics, or feel compelled to write a roundup on each and every ABA and non-ABA school in Northern California. Leave that to the trade press/blogs or "periodicals of the legal profession," as self-important legal snobs would say. It's pretty ugly out there, especially for working class strivers who lack elite school pedigrees and familial connections. Kudos to SF Weekly for the story and kiddos to UC Hastings for at least trying to fix a very broken system. Am I the only one who found it strange that the dean recorded the interview? I mean, this is the hometown weekly, not a 60 Minutes ambush interview. I guess after what happened to GGU Law's dean in the NYT a few years ago, I can't blame him for being a little paranoid. Still.
underdogstriver
Refocus on law school rankings: While I commend the SF Weekly for exploring the issues confronting higher education in the state, I am a bit dismayed at the paper's portrayal of UC Hastings. While UC Hastings has been unfairly penalized for being a stand-alone public institution by U.S. News' overall ranking, one must look at the individual metrics, which still place Hastings squarely in the top 25 of national law schools in peer and bar and bench rankings. While there is much room for improvement and a need to return its overall ranking to match its peer metrics, Hastings still provides the least expensive path for social mobility and higher education achievement out of all of its sister UC law schools.
Socal
On the 0x000ARoad Again
Serial stowaway clearly illustrates what's wrong with the system: [Marilyn Hartman's stowaway attempts] show just how flawed our system is ["Flight Risk," Joe Eskenazi, Sucka Free City, 9/10]. How instead of being evaluated and offered services, especially mental health services, she was put away and hopefully forgotten, but then due to jail overcrowding was released without a second look. That is, until she offended again.
Sayida S.
Blog Comment 0x000Aof the Week
Readers are serious about their burritos: I'm sorry; this is a good burrito, and San Francisco has great food, but S.F. knows absolutely nothing about Mexican food ["La Taqueria is Best Burrito in America, According to FiveThirtyEight," Anna Roth, SFoodie, 9/10]. Take a trip to Southern California and get a burrito from any mom-and-pop joint between Los Angeles and Palm Springs, and it's 10 times better than any joint in S.F.
Robert P.
When it comes to Mexican food, readers say Southern California reigns supreme: Voting on the "best" burrito is ridiculous. It's like voting on the best song or best movie. People have their favorite burrito spot. Besides, everyone knows that the best Mexican food comes from Southern California.
Ethan W.
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