1.0link221463<![CDATA[Emails Show How Clout Got An Unqualified Student Into The University Of Illinois Law School]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/26/emails-show-how-clout-got_n_221463.htmlWhat does it cost to get an unqualified student into the University of Illinois law school? Five jobs for graduating law students, suggest internal e-mails released Thursday.
The documents show for the first time efforts to seek favors -- in this case, jobs -- for admissions, the most troubling evidence yet of how Illinois' entrenched system of patronage crept into the state's most prestigious public university.