Scam Madness 2015! Congratulations Arizona Summit!

Our (cough) most popular feature, Scam Madness(c)(tm) is back!

As you will recall, two years ago, Florida Coastal won a thrilling final match against Cinderella Wilamette.  Last year, the tournament was abandoned mid-stream and Cooley declared itself the unofficial runner-up to Harvard.  Yes, I've been waiting a year to use that joke.

On to the bracket!

EAST
1 NYLS
16 Syracuse
8 Quinnipiac
9 Seton Hall
 4 Western New England
13 Drexel
5 Pace
 12 Catholic
2 Brooklyn
15 Vermont
7 Widener
10 New England
3 New Hampshire
14 Touro
6 Albany
11 Seton Hall

MIDWEST
1 Cooley
16 Michigan State
8 Indiana Tech
9 Valparaiso
4 Dayton
13 Drake
5 St. Louis
12 Northern Kent.
2 Case Western
15 South Dakota
7 William Mitchell
10 John Marshall
3 Capital
14 Depaul
6 Hamline
11 Iowa

SOUTH
1 Florida Coastal
16 Regent
8 South Texas
9 Barry
4 American
13 George Washington
5 Emory
12 Charlotte
2 Washington & Lee
15 William & Mary
7  Belmont
10 Stetson
3  Appalachian
14 Texas A&M
6  Charleston
11 Elon

WEST
1 TJLS
16 New Mexico
8 UNLV
9 Denver
4 UC-Irvine
13 UC-Hastings
5 La Verne
12 Cal-Western
2 Whittier
15 Montana
7 Seattle
10 North Texas
3  Arizona Summit
14 Golden Gate
6  Lewis & Clark
11 MacGeorge

LET THE MADNESS COMMENCE!
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ROUND ONE:  STICKER COSTS

On our first elimination round, we're doing a straight costs comparison.  Who has the audacity to charge more to the few/many students who are dumb enough pay sticker?

EAST
1 NYLS
16 Syracuse
8 Quinnipiac
9 Seton Hall
 4 Western New England
13 Drexel
5 Pace
12 Catholic
2 Brooklyn
15 Vermont
7 Widener
10 New England
3 New Hampshire
14 Touro
6 Albany
11 Syracuse

MIDWEST
1 Cooley
16 Michigan State
8 Indiana Tech
9 Valparaiso
4 Dayton
13 Drake
5 St. Louis
12 Northern Kent.
2 Case Western
15 South Dakota
7 William Mitchell
10 John Marshall
3 Capital
14 Depaul
6 Hamline
11 Iowa

SOUTH
1 Florida Coastal
16 Regent
8 South Texas
9 Barry
4 American
13 George Washington
5 Emory
12 Charlotte
2 Washington & Lee
15 William & Mary
7  Belmont
10 Stetson
3  Appalachian
14 Texas A&M
6  Charleston
11 Elon

WEST
1 TJLS
16 New Mexico
8 UNLV
9 Denver
4 UC-Irvine
13 UC-Hastings
5 La Verne
12 Cal-Western
2 Whittier
15 Montana
7 Seattle
10 North Texas
3  Arizona Summit
14 Golden Gate
6  Lewis & Clark
11 MacGeorge
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 ROUND TWO:  LSAT LIMBO

In Round Two, we're looking solely at which school had the lower 25% LSAT score for matriculating students for the admitted class of 2013 (current 2Ls):

1 NYLS
9 Seton Hall
4 Western New England
12 Catholic
15 Vermont
10 New England
14 Touro
11 Syracuse

1 Cooley
9 Valparaiso (tie - Valpo has a lower median)
13 Drake
5 St. Louis
2 Case Western
10 John Marshall
14 Depaul
6 Hamline

1 Florida Coastal
9 Barry
13 George Washington
5 Emory
2 Washington & Lee
7  Belmont
14 Texas A&M
11 Elon

1 TJLS
9 Denver
13 UC-Hastings
12 Cal-Western
2 Whittier
7 Seattle
3  Arizona Summit
11 MacGeorge
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ROUND THREE:  JOBS DATA MANIPULATION

What a sweet sixteen!  In this round, the winner is the school that has done a better job of artificially manipulating its employment numbers by hiring back its own students and counting them as employed in a coveted position.  On with the madness!

1 NYLS
4 Western New England
10 New England
14 Touro

9 Valparaiso
13 Drake
10 John Marshall
6 Hamline

1 Florida Coastal
5 Emory
7  Belmont
11 Elon

1 TJLS
12 Cal-Western
2 Whittier
3  Arizona Summit
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ROUND FOUR:  CASH, BABY

Onions!  Some more juggernauts fall!  Now it's time to punch tickets to the Final Four.

This round is also simple:  who's got more cash and financial resources?  In other words, who's really playing the game more for sport than because they actually have a non-profit mission to educate and serve?

1 NYLS
10 New England

9 Valparaiso
10 John Marshall

5 Emory
11 Elon

12 Cal-Western
3  Arizona Summit
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ROUND FIVE: FINAL FOUR

What's in a name?  In this round, we look at what or whom the law school is named after, and determine - in the LSTC's sole discretion with input from Dean Satan - which one in scammier.

NYLS - a very large city named after its state named in honor of English royalty or something
VALPARAISO - a city in Indiana named after a city in Chile despite its Yankee pronunciation

EMORY - am 18th c. Methodist minister from Maryland
ARIZONA SUMMIT - an unknown, intangible mountain symbolizing the pinnacle of a legal education and/or an overdose of peyote.

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ROUND SIX:   THE TITLE BOUT

It's finals time and it's a heavyweight bout between the Valparaiso Law Crusaders, with the religious sentiment of taking the meekest of LSAT scorers, and the Arizona Summit Mountaineers, with the fortitude of climbing invisible, things like mountains of insurmountable debt.

Our final category is... IT'S A DEAN-OFF!  SCAM MADNESS!

Valparaiso's dean is Andrea Lyon.  Dean Lyon is a real lawyer who has defended multiple capital murder cases to trial.  Prior to becoming dean she was a clinical professor at Depaul and Michigan.  There's some nice ideas about pseudo-reform and diversity, but overall, I'm greatly concerned that she's spent too much time actually practicing law.

Arizona Summit's dean is Shirley Mays.  Dean Mays was formerly at Capital University for a term in an assistant dean role.  She has served on ABA site visit committees as well as being on various other commissions in Ohio and Arizona related to legal education.

Well, this is obvious.

Congratulations, Arizona Summit!  You are the 2nd undisputed champion of Scam Madness!

Cue the band playing One Shining Moment and savor the glory, Summiteers.  You are the 2nd Infilaw school to take home the crown and the first from west of the Mississippi.  You smashed the competition like the Kentucky Wildcats and maybe - just maybe - ten (10) of your students can be highly-paid professionals some day, too.  Alumni donations have to come from somewhere, am I right?

And hopefully your win fuels the real Arizona to win the NCAAs.  The LSTC has, uh, part of its operating funds tied up in a sophisticated financial instrument related to same.