Law Student Finally Gets Her Shot at Alma Mater

It’s been almost eight years since Anna Alaburda graduated from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and almost five years since she filed a class-action lawsuit against her alma mater demanding $50 million in damages, alleging the school artificially inflated employment statistics.

This week, Alaburda’s case is finally going to trial. But the stakes are much lower than they might have been back in 2011, when she first filed the complaint: In 2013, the San Diego Superior Court judge overseeing the case declined to certify the class action, and Alaburda is now seeking damages of just $125,000.

According to The New York ...