ABA Journal:  It wasn’t just concerning the most recent incoming law school class that the University of Illinois initially published inaccurate Law School Admission Test and grade point average data on its website and in promotional materials.

In addition to now-corrected LSAT and GPA information for the law school class of 2014, the U of I has also determined that one or both figures were also inaccurately reported for the three prior years, it announced in a press release today.

It provides a handy chart of what was originally reported by the U of I and the new figures.

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National Law Journal:  The law school world was scandalized in February when Villanova University School of Law announced that its former dean and admissions officials had for years inflated the Law School Admission Test scores and grade-point averages of the school’s incoming classes.

On Sept. 11, officials at the University of Illinois announced that they were investigating the veracity of the same statistics reported by its College of Law after getting a tip that the numbers released for its new class were wrong.

It remains to be seen whether Illinois did, in fact, report bogus numbers this year or in the past, or whether it was done on purpose. But the fact that a second law school had fallen under suspicion within a year raised questions. How widespread is the inflation of the academic credentials? What is being done to ensure law schools are honest?

ABA Journal:  The University of Illinois has released corrected grade and test data for its incoming law class that is lower than the statistics previously reported on the school’s website and promotional materials.

The median Law School Admission Test score for the class of 2014 is 163, not the 168 originally touted, report the Champaign News-Gazette, the Chicago Tribune and the National Law Journal. The students had a median undergraduate grade point average of 3.7, not the 3.81 previously reported.

ABA Journal:  An employment website has more bad news for unemployed lawyers. Its data shows the legal field is the most difficult industry for job placement.

According to data from job search engine SimplyHired.com, there is less than one job opening for every 100 working lawyers, making it the career that is most difficult for job placement, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports.

The outlook is better for occupational, physical and speech therapists, who are in high demand and short supply, the story says. There are 64 open jobs in occupational therapy for every 100 people working in the field.