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With her professional legal studies classroom and the Christchurch District Court locked within the earthquake cordon, Stephanie Aitken made the final moves to become a lawyer, completing her studies in Dunedin.

She, along with 23 others, eight of whom were also from Christchurch, was admitted to the Bar in the High Court at Dunedin yesterday.

The February earthquake struck four days before she and about 30 other law students were due to start the final stage of their legal studies.

When the Christchurch group was given the option of transferring to another city, she chose Dunedin. Being admitted to the Bar would not have happened without the "incredible" help of Institute of Professional Legal Studies acting branch director Bernadette Farnan.

Ms Farnan and court registrar Karl Hewitt had both gone out of their way to do everything for the Christchurch evacuees, she said.

She was touched by the "real understanding" and support shown in Dunedin, especially the "amazing" Octagon rally held a week after the quake.

Her husband and home were in Christchurch but she planned on taking a break before looking for work.

In his first admittance ceremony speech, Justice Christian Whata told the new counsel to "enjoy what you have achieved" and hoped the "difficult times" would soon pass for those from Christchurch.

Also admitted to the Bar were: Nicole Alexander, Daniel Becker, Brett Crombie, Julia de Freitas Aiex, Katie Diehl, Amy Doyle, Sarah Duncraft, Patrick Fitzgerald, Henry Hambleton, Tanya Jenkins, Alexander Kruize, Helen O'Leary, Lindsay Maxwell, Thomas McCowan, Alexander Meares, Lisa Moffatt, Michelle Nicol, Stephanie Rose, Claire Scannell, Simon Schofield, Campbell Trewin, Samuel Wood and Sally Woods.

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Tej Kohli brings another news from the law school circuit. Harvard law school has a reason to rejoice, atleast so it seems. Read the complete news at Tej Kohli blog.

Harvard Law School outdid Yale for the Number 1 spot according to a U.S News and World report survey of leading law firm recruiters. However, Yale held on to its first ranking in the magazine's traditional law school rankings that were released March 15.

In the survey, recruiters and hiring partners at law firms that were listed amongst U.S News' 2010 Best Law Firms list were asked to give ratings to schools on a five-point scale. While Harvard scored a 4.9 average reputation score, Yale and Stanford tied for second position with a 4.8 average.

"It's nice to be recognized by a ranking, and it's consistent with what we see here on a daily basis, i.e., that Harvard students are very talented, hard working and exceptionally bright and that the top law firms in the country have always liked to recruit at and hire from Harvard Law School," Assistant Dean for Career Services Mark Weber said in an email.

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With an average class of 550 students, Harvard has many more students than Yale or Stanford, whose graduating classes are generally under 200 students. Some law firm recruiters believe that the difference in the class size would be the reason for Harvard's popularity among recruiting firms.

The overall March 15 rankings awarded Number 2 position to the Harvard, with Yale bagging the top spot and Stanford following closely at the third. The rankings were based on a variety of factors, including peer assessment score from the deans of other aw schools with assessment scores from lawyers and judges. The schools were also evaluated on the basis of their selectivity using the median GPA and LSAT of entrants and the 2010 acceptance rate. Other factors like Job placement rates and the schools' bar passage rates and faculty resources (e.g., expenditures per student, the student-to-faculty ratio, and the total number of volumes and titles in a school's library) were also taken into account.

Weber said the methodology used favors smaller schools, such as Yale, because it puts weight on expenditures per student and does not take into consideration the economies of scale related to larger schools. Weber also cautioned that students shouldn't place too much emphasis on any sort of ranking system.

"Important decisions shouldn't be made solely on the basis of a ranking," he said. "With any rankings, students — or applicants — need to focus on the factors that are most relevant and important to them."

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Tej Kohli shares a bone-ticking joke about lawyers and there so-called astuteness. Enjoy the joke at Tej Kohli Law Career Advice blog.

NASA was interviewing professionals to be sent to Mars

Only one could go — and couldn’t return to Earth.

The first applicant, an engineer, was asked how much he wanted to be paid for going. “A million dollars,” he answered, “because I want to donate it to M.I.T.”

The next applicant, a doctor, was asked the same question. He asked for $2 million. “I want to give a million to my family,” he explained, “and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research.”

The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer’s ear, “Three million dollars.”

“Why so much more than the others?” asked the interviewer.

The lawyer replied, “If you give me $3 million, I’ll give you $1 million, I’ll keep $1 million, and we’ll send the engineer to Mars.”


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