LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: A Peek Behind the U.S. News Rankings Curtain: Law School Hiring of Graduating 3Ls. “Bernard A. Burk (North Carolina) reports some eye-popping numbers of unemployed graduates hired on a short-term basis by several law schools to improve their placement data, which count 18% in the U.S. News rankings.” I’m really beginning to wonder if I work at the only law school in America that doesn’t game the system outrageously. . . .