Law School Screw Up

Note: The term "rising" seems to be law school jargon for someone who is entering a new level, i.e., a rising 2nd year law student is one who is entering the second year. Yours truly never heard of it before. He is not even sure that he is correct on what it means. He did find a debate online about whether using the term is offensive. 

From today's Inside Higher Ed:

The University of California, Los Angeles, law school accidentally released to first-year students information about rising third-year students, including their grade point averages and success in landing jobs, Law.com reported.

The data included students’ names. UCLA intended to share the information without names.

UCLA released this statement: “Our career services staff recently shared information with our rising 2L students to help them prepare for interviews. Unfortunately, this information included a spreadsheet that contained hidden tabs that should have been removed. Those tabs contained some rising 3L students’ 1L GPAs, along with firms from whom they had callbacks or offers. 

This accidental disclosure was a meaningful breach of confidentiality, and we feel terrible about it. Once the error was discovered, the confidential information was removed immediately. We are working closely with the university’s Office of Records and Registration to follow all university rules and federal laws, and to address what happened in order to ensure that no such thing happens again.”

Source: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/06/09/ucla-law-releases-confidential-student-information.