Peyton's Struggles: Florida Coastal School of Law

Started by Metro Jacksonville, December 08, 2008, 05:00:00 AM

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brainstormer

#30
December 16, 2008, 09:53:43 PM
What?  :o Are you serious?  That makes three strikes.  If it was baseball he would be out of here.  Send him back to Ponte Vedra and his concrete fortune.

Charles Hunter

#31
December 16, 2008, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: brainstormer on December 16, 2008, 09:53:43 PM
What?  :o Are you serious?  That makes three strikes.  If it was baseball he would be out of here.  Send him back to Ponte Vedra and his concrete fortune.
or overcoat

wihtgar

#32
June 08, 2009, 09:34:38 PM
They are better off without Coastal.  The school is a rip off.   It's the worst ranked law school in America, but charges about the same as Duke University.  Whether it's private or not it's a pure scam.   98% of the people who graduate from there won't find a job that pays decent wages in the legal field.

fatcat

#33
June 09, 2009, 06:52:11 AM
I will take any rip off college over a homeless feeding station. I think the Mayor and certain people intentionally want to make the downtown a homeless central.

vicupstate

#34
June 09, 2009, 07:43:39 AM
Quote from: wihtgar on June 08, 2009, 09:34:38 PM
They are better off without Coastal.  The school is a rip off.   It's the worst ranked law school in America, but charges about the same as Duke University.  Whether it's private or not it's a pure scam.   98% of the people who graduate from there won't find a job that pays decent wages in the legal field.

Can you back any of this up?
"The problem with quotes on the internet is you can never be certain they're authentic." - Abraham Lincoln

fsujax

#35
June 09, 2009, 07:58:47 AM
I thought they had one of the highest pass rates of the Florida Bar than any other law school in the state? maybe I am mistaken?

xian1118

#36
June 09, 2009, 10:04:45 AM
Quote from: vicupstate on June 09, 2009, 07:43:39 AM
Quote from: wihtgar on June 08, 2009, 09:34:38 PM
They are better off without Coastal.  The school is a rip off.   It's the worst ranked law school in America, but charges about the same as Duke University.  Whether it's private or not it's a pure scam.   98% of the people who graduate from there won't find a job that pays decent wages in the legal field.

Can you back any of this up?

That comment sounds like it came straight from the mouth of someone who gave FCSL a go and didn't graduate. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and according to their website "Coastal Law graduating classes consistently pass the bar in Florida, most recently with an 85.2 percent pass rate in February 2008. That rate placed Coastal Law third among Florida's 10 law schools and was almost nine points higher than the state average." Calling it a "pure scam" sounds like libel to me, and I'm not lawyer.

I can vouch for several graduates who have found great jobs in the legal community after graduating from FCSL. The school is especially great for those who want to earn a law degree but can't move to a different city to do so.
If you will it dude, it is no dream.

jason_contentdg

#37
June 09, 2009, 10:10:12 AM
Quote from: wihtgar on June 08, 2009, 09:34:38 PM
They are better off without Coastal.  The school is a rip off.   It's the worst ranked law school in America, but charges about the same as Duke University.  Whether it's private or not it's a pure scam.   98% of the people who graduate from there won't find a job that pays decent wages in the legal field.
Sweet, I guess I know 2% of Florida Coastal's grads.

Karl_Pilkington

#38
June 09, 2009, 10:36:14 AM
yeah, jason you and I must know the same 2%.

law schools are just trade schools they aren't teaching neurosurgery or rocket science.  the costal grads that I know (and no I didn't go there either) are very competent.  Heck you think that going to some prestigious school like Harvard or Yale makes you smart?  just look at John Yoo, complete idiot, I'd take a coastal grad over this baffoon any day.
"Does the brain control you or are you controlling the brain? I don't know if I'm in charge of mine." KP

fatcat

#39
June 10, 2009, 11:08:06 AM
hmm, I think we are talking about the mayor not the school in this thread. Can we back on topic?

ChriswUfGator

#40
June 16, 2009, 08:11:57 AM
Quote from: wihtgar on June 08, 2009, 09:34:38 PM
They are better off without Coastal.  The school is a rip off.   It's the worst ranked law school in America, but charges about the same as Duke University.  Whether it's private or not it's a pure scam.   98% of the people who graduate from there won't find a job that pays decent wages in the legal field.

You're a idiot.

FCSL is not the worst-ranked in America, it's not even close. Even within this state, it consistently has a higher bar passage rate than Stetson, FIU, FSU, Barry, and FAMU. And as to the cost, it's LESS EXPENSIVE than Stetson or Barry University, which are both "not-for-profit" schools with inferior bar passage rates.

You clearly haven't read the USNWR rankings, so where exactly did you get your 'facts' from? Baghdad Bob?

tufsu1

#41
June 16, 2009, 09:18:42 AM
um...really?

from what I understand, FSU consistently has the state's highest pass rate on the bar

Traveller

#42
June 16, 2009, 10:30:15 AM
Florida is about to get another law school.  Ave Maria School of Law, a Catholic law school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has announced it will be moving to Naples.  It will be the 11th law school in the state, and the fourth new law school opening in the past decade.

1. Stetson University (1900) - Gulfport/Tampa
2. University of Florida (1909) - Gainesville
3. University of Miami (1926) - Coral Gables
4. Florida State University (1966) - Tallahassee
5. Nova Southeastern University (1974) - Davie
6. St. Thomas University (1984) - Miami Gardens
7. Florida Coastal School of Law (1996) - Jacksonville
8. Barry University (1999) - Orlando
9. Florida A&M University (2000) - Orlando (prior law school closed 1968)
10. Florida International University (2000) - Miami
11. Ave Maria School of Law (2009) - Naples

ChriswUfGator

#43
June 16, 2009, 10:50:02 AM
Quote from: tufsu1 on June 16, 2009, 09:18:42 AM
um...really?

from what I understand, FSU consistently has the state's highest pass rate on the bar

You evidently misunderstood.

It varies from exam period to exam period, but FSU isn't consistently in the top spot. Actually, except for 2006, they're rarely in the top spot. And FCSL regularly lands ahead of FSU.

http://www.sunethics.com/ba-results.htm

http://www.discourse.net/archives/2008/09/university_of_miami_law_tops_florida_bar_pass.html

ChriswUfGator

#44
June 16, 2009, 10:55:42 AM
Quote from: Traveller on June 16, 2009, 10:30:15 AM
Florida is about to get another law school.  Ave Maria School of Law, a Catholic law school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has announced it will be moving to Naples.  It will be the 11th law school in the state, and the fourth new law school opening in the past decade.

1. Stetson University (1900) - Gulfport/Tampa
2. University of Florida (1909) - Gainesville
3. University of Miami (1926) - Coral Gables
4. Florida State University (1966) - Tallahassee
5. Nova Southeastern University (1974) - Davie
6. St. Thomas University (1984) - Miami Gardens
7. Florida Coastal School of Law (1996) - Jacksonville
8. Barry University (1999) - Orlando
9. Florida A&M University (2000) - Orlando (prior law school closed 1968)
10. Florida International University (2000) - Miami
11. Ave Maria School of Law (2009) - Naples

The state's population has also increased something like 65.8% in the last two decades.

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