37-year-old who says she can't get a lawyer job after applying to 150 firms loses her lawsuit against her school

Business Insider
Mar. 25, 2016

A jury has ruled against a 37-year-old graduate of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law who claimed that the school defrauded her when she attended nearly a decade ago, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

A San Diego, California, jury ruled 9-3 in favor of the school, handing a victory to TJSL -- since civil cases in that state don't require a unanimous jury vote.

During the trial, a lawyer for the TJSL graduate, Anna Alaburda, argued that the school promoted a misleading employment rate for its graduates. That lawyer claimed TJSL neglected to disclose that many graduates it touted as "employed" were actually working in hair salons or bookstores, or even selling tractors, as the Union-Tribune reported.

The school defended itself by arguing that Alaburda had at one point turned down work and by contending that many of its graduates have successful careers in law.

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