A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought against Thomas M. Cooley Law School (“Cooley”) by twelve of its graduates. The plaintiffs alleged that Cooley, a for-profit law school, deceived, defrauded, and misled them regarding Cooley graduates’ employment prospects. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that the school made false representations about the “percentage of graduates employed” and the “average starting salary for all graduates” in an annual employment report and salary survey of recent graduates.

The case against Cooley is one of more than a dozen lawsuits that have been filed against law schools on similar grounds. One of those cases, against New York Law School, was dismissed in March.