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Open Thread: 2014 U.S. News Law School Rankings (102 – 144)

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Welcome back to our series of open threads on the latest batch of U.S. News law school rankings. Last time, readers weighed in on the law schools that made up the bottom half of the traditional second tier (no, not the U.S. News second tier). This time, we’ll be taking a look at what was once known as the “third tier” — a group of law schools that was previously unranked.

Two years ago, these law schools were visited by Bob Morse, the U.S. News rankings fairy, who left a now-treasured numerical rank under each of their pillows. Now the deans at these schools can proudly boast that even if they dropped in rank, they’re “in the first tier,” an accomplishment that only the most gullible of prospective law students could be impressed by. Sigh.

Anyway, let’s see if there were any movers and shakers this year in this section of the list….

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Quote of the Day: So, You’re Saying Law Students Shouldn’t Take ‘Law And Unicorns’?

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Justice Antonin Scalia

The only time you’re going to have an opportunity to study a whole area of the law systematically is in law school. You should not waste that opportunity. Take the bread-and-butter courses. Do not take “law and women,” do not take “law and poverty,” do not take “law and anything.”

– Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, advising students during a speaking engagement at the University of Wyoming Law School that they should avoid “frill courses” during their time in school.

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Open Thread: 2013 U.S. News Law School Rankings (101 – 145)

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Welcome back to our series of open threads on the latest batch of U.S. News law school rankings. Last time, readers weighed in on the law schools that made up the bottom half of the traditional second tier (no, not the U.S. News second tier). This time, we’ll be taking a look at what was once known as the “third tier” — a group of law schools that was previously unranked.

Just one year ago, these law schools were visited by Bob Morse, the U.S. News rankings fairy, who left a now-treasured numerical rank under each of their pillows.

Let’s see if there were any movers and shakers this year in this section of the list….

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The ‘Best Value’ Law Schools of 2011

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We know how much our readers love rankings, so as we mentioned in Morning Docket, the National Jurist has released the fifth annual list of the 60 Best Value law schools in its preLaw magazine. As it stands, the list remains unranked, but the final grades for the honor roll are expected in October.

The Best Value ranking typically takes into account the following criteria: in-state tuition, average student debt, the percentage of graduates employed nine months after graduation, and bar passage rates.

But this year, the National Jurist made some adjustments to its rankings methodology to account for “fairness.” It now takes into account averages for bar passage rates and post-graduation employment over the past two years. And even if a law school didn’t meet one of these important standards, the school wasn’t automatically excluded from consideration. Everyone gets a trophy in this year’s Best Value rankings.

You may be surprised at some of the law schools that made this year’s Best Value honor roll. Check and see if your school made the list, after the jump….

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Non-Sequiturs 04.28.10

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This princess kissed a frog.

* A correction on a Linda Greenhouse column? Someone tell Judge Kozinski that no journalist is perfect. [National Review]

* Deconstructing the Downfall downfall. [Infamy or Praise]

* This Swedish lawyer’s fairy tale does not have a happy ending. [Lawshucks]

* William Ayers’s lawsuit against University of Wyoming pays off. [Fox News]

* Whoops! [Instapundit]

* Oh, Texas. [WSJ Law Blog]

* One sentence. 538 words. [Lowering the Bar]

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Morning Docket 04.13.10

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Eric Holder may head to the Hill this week

* Simpson Thacher partner Philip Culhane joins the RICO lawsuit against his prep school for sex abuse. [AmLaw Daily]

* A Denver lawyer is threatening to sue the University of Wyoming on behalf of a student unless it lets former 1960s radical William Ayers speak on campus. [Associated Press]

* Tagged.com is going to be contributing to the San Francisco District Attorney budget. [San Francisco Chronicle]

* Attorney General Eric Holder may be grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. [Washington Post]

* Italian judge explains his ruling against Google executives for violating privacy laws. [New York Times]

* Husson University in Maine decides NOT to start up a law school. [Bangor Daily News]

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