U.S. News
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Law Schools, Rankings
Law School Rankings: Crowdsourcing Makes Them More Awesome
Everybody loves law school rankings, but these are special. These rankings are not based on a formula developed in secret by statisticians or prestige gurus. These rankings are put together by you. By us. By the mass of humanity that makes up the general mob. These rankings are crowdsourced. The Conglomerate is putting together rankings […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law School Deans, Law Schools, LSAT, Rankings, U.S. News
ABA Considers Dropping LSAT Requirement for Admission to Law School
Really, it’s a good news/bad news kind of thing. The good news: the ABA committee reviewing the accreditation standards for law schools is starting to remember it has some power over how law schools operate. The bad news: the committee is contemplating a change that will only result in making it easier for schools to […] - Sponsored
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Bail, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.11.11
* Judy Clarke, counsel to Jared Lee Loughner, is known as the “One-Woman Dream Team.” Here’s to hoping the prosecution doesn’t get played like Frédéric Weis. [USA Today] * There is a time when the operation of the merger becomes so odious… plaintiff’s attorneys have got to put their bodies upon the gears and upon […]
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Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
If you regret going to law school....
and wind up unemployed and some six figures in debt, despite graduating from a highly ranked school, can you sue… U.S. News and World Report? It sounds ridiculous, right? And yet…. -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, U.S. News
U.S. News to Disclose ALL the Job Info It Collects: But Let's Not Lick Each Other's Popsicles Just Yet.
Last week, the people at the Law School Transparency project scored a major victory. They got U.S. News to agree to disclose all of the employment information the magazine collects about law schools, with the release of next year’s influential rankings. According to stories around the blogosphere, U.S. News rankings guru Robert Morse is even […] -
Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, U.S. News
Non-Sequiturs: 11.05.10
* U.S. News will be shutting down its print magazine. But the rankings should be safe. [Mediabistro] * The ABA is coming for your internets. [Avvo] * Prince Jefri of Brunei is a wild and crazy guy. [Law Shucks] * Justice Stevens pontificates on Ground Zero Mosque. [BLT: Blog of the Legal Times] * Prop […] -
Rankings, U.S. News, U.S. News Law Firm Rankings
The U.S. News Best Firm Rankings: So Who Is Making Money From This?
You can’t get two clicks into the legal blogosphere today without seeing a repackaged press release from Sidley Austin. Here’s one of the headlines we received today, which blares louder than a New York City fire engine stuck in mid-tier midtown traffic: Sidley Austin LLP has received 20 first-tier national rankings in the inaugural U.S.News […] -
Biglaw, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Rankings, Small Law Firms, U.S. News, U.S. News Law Firm Rankings
U.S. News Launches First Official Law Firm Rankings
We told you this day would come. Way back in July 2009, we reported that the rankings behemoth, U.S. News & World Report, would soon be ranking law firms. In February 2010, we reported that the American Bar Association — so toothless in the face of U.S. News’s law school rankings — was worried about […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News, Vanderbilt
Most Schools Would Like Law School Transparency to Just Go Away
In July, we profiled the efforts of a group of Vanderbilt law students who are trying to bring more accuracy and transparency to the employment statistics provided by law schools. Their group, Law School Transparency, has requested all ABA-accredited schools to provide useful information to prospective law students — information that neither the ABA nor […] -
Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, U.S. News
Non-Sequiturs: 08.18.10
* We know you love rankings. Here are the top 25 national universities and liberal arts colleges, according to the 2011 U.S. News college rankings. [TaxProf Blog] * CHECK YOU ETHICS? In the seemingly endless Barbie/Bratz litigation, lawyers from Orrick, which now represents Bratz maker MGA, have accused Mattel lawyers from Quinn Emanuel of participating […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News
New Rankings List 'Best Value' Law Schools
In a time of rising tuition prices and declining job prospects, looking at the value proposition of going to law school is more important than ever. For the second year in a row, the National Jurist has named the 60 best value law schools in its preLaw magazine. From these 60 schools, it has further […] -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Can Stanford Become the #1 Law School? Outlook Not So Good.
Late last month, we posed a question: Can Stanford overtake Harvard and Yale and become the #1 law school? We consulted our Magic 8 Ball, which gave this answer: “Outlook Not So Good.” And it’s not just the Magic 8 Ball. Professor Bill Henderson, one of the leading academics studying the legal profession, constructed a […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News
Law School Transparency Group Seeks Data from Law Schools
Back in April, we reported on an admirable organization called Law School Transparency. The goal of LST: “encouraging and facilitating the transparent flow of law school employment information.” Given what’s typically at stake — three years of your life, and six figures of cash (or student loans) — the decision to attend law school is […]
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Law Schools, Student Loans, U.S. News
Even U.S. News Suggests Law School Tuition Is Getting Ridiculous
Over the past few days we’ve seen an outpouring of support for the proposition that people should go to law school. It’s clear that there are many students in law school or heading to law school who believe that they’ve made the right decision (and it is the right decision, for some people). Moreover, we’ve […] -
Bad Ideas, Law Professors, Law Schools, LSAT, Media and Journalism, Rankings, U.S. News
Law Profs Want Schools to Stop Reporting LSAT Scores to U.S. News
From the files of “things that will never freaking happen,” the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) is telling law schools to discontinue divulging LSAT scores to U.S. News for the publication’s annual rankings. SALT should duck before that flying pig smacks it upside its head. The National Law Journal reports: [SALT] has urged law […] -
Law Schools, Rankings, Screw-Ups, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2011 U.S. News Law School Rankings (Fourth Tier)
This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end We’ve come to the end of the U.S. News Law School Rankings. The Fourth Tier. The schools that are friends to those who will do anything in order to go to law school. Here is an open thread to discuss […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Too Clever By Half, U.S. News
SMU Will Pay You To Hire Their Graduates
It was only a matter of time. SMU Dedman School of Law is now officially willing to pay law firms to hire its graduates. The school is calling its new program “Test Drive,” which adds a nice layer of hilarity: Toyota wouldn’t pay me to test drive a Camry. Even the logo for this program […] -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News, UNC Law, Vanderbilt, William and Mary School of Law
Open Thread: 2011 U.S. News Law School Rankings (17 – 28)
Given the legal economy, prospective students should clearly be shooting for law schools in the top-15. But, not everybody can rock the all powerful LSAT. Going to a law school in this group can still result in Biglaw jobs for graduates who want them — especially if the school is located in the market where […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Increasing Transparency in Employment Reporting by Law Schools: What Is To Be Done?
Lat here. Today’s topic: transparency in how law schools report their graduates’ “employment outcomes” — i.e., the jobs that their graduates obtain. When we attended admitted students’ weekend at Yale Law School — back in 1996, so almost 15 years ago — we were given detailed lists showing where the past few classes ended up […] -
Harvard Law Review, Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2011 U.S. News Law School Rankings (1 - 5)
The new U.S. News law school rankings are out. Now it’s time to allow students and alumni to weigh in on their law school and their brand new rank. At the very top, the order remains unchanged. Yale, Harvard, and Stanford continue to be kings of the U.S. News world. If prospective students can get […]