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Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, U.S. News
New U.S. News Law School Rankings: They're Official
We reported on the leaked U.S. News law school rankings on Tuesday afternoon. That leak was correct, and the 2011 rankings are officially up on the U.S. News website, right now. That’s bad news for NYU kids. They should try asking Berkeley students how transparent it looks to say that you go to a “top […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
U.S. News Rankings Leaked? This Happens Every Year.
We anticipated that the new U.S. News Law School Rankings would come out this week. That means we anticipated that the new rankings would be leaked beforehand. It happened last year; apparently U.S. News has more moles than Jack Bauer’s office at CTU. We reached out directly to U.S. News rankings guru Bob Morse, but […] - Sponsored
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Rankings Are Valuable (And Here to Stay) So let’s focus on making them better.
Ed. note: In advance of the soon-to-be-released U.S. News and World Report law school rankings, we wanted to get a fresh take on why the rankings are something we should care about. So we reached out to one of the most well-known proponents of law school rankings, Dean David E. Van Zandt of the Northwestern […]
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Minority Issues, U.S. News
U.S. News Claims Their Rankings Do Not Hurt Law School Diversity
There is a growing awareness on just how much the U.S. News law school rankings affect legal education in this country. Last fall, the Government Accounting Office reported that the rankings were a significant factor in the rising cost of legal education. Many have argued that the rankings create perverse incentives for law school deans. […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Media and Journalism, Rankings, U.S. News
U.S. News to Rank Law Firms, and Now the ABA Is Concerned
Back in July 2009, U.S. News & World Report announced that it would pimp out its prestige whores to the law firm audience. For years U.S. News has dominated the thoughts of prospective law students and the actions of law school administrators. For years the ABA has stood idly by while a magazine has distorted […] -
Law Schools, U.S. News
Study Confirms U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Important
A new study out from Northwestern says that law school administrators really care about the U.S. News Law School rankings. The National Law Journal reports: Like it or not, the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of law schools profoundly influences the way those schools are managed, spend resources and are perceived internally and […] -
Contests, Douchiest Law School Contest, Law Schools, U.S. News
The Douchiest Law School
Ed. note: Find the latest match-ups here. GQ.com had a charming feature story this week: The Top 25 Douchiest Colleges. This is one of the few times that Kash’s alma mater – Duke (#2) – managed to beat Lat and Elie’s undergrad institution, Harvard (#4). Duke would have taken the top spot on the list […] -
Loyola Law School, Rankings, U.S. News
Loyola Law School (L.A.) Blames Name Mistake For Drop In Rankings
This year’s U.S. News Law School Rankings saw Loyola Law School (L.A.) drop from #63 to #71. Despite the back-and-forth between Above the Law and Loyola Law dean Victor Gold, the drop had nothing to do with us. Apparently, the drop didn’t have anything to do with any legitimate factor. Brian Leiter is on the […] - Sponsored
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Rankings, U.S. News
U.S. News to Rank Law Firms: Will Give Legal Prestige Whores 'Cradle-to-Grave' Service
If you enjoyed making crucial decisions on where to receive your undergraduate and post graduate education based on a list in a magazine, you are going to love what is coming next. The WSJ Law Blog reports that U.S. News & World Report will be getting into the business of ranking law firms. US News […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
Top. Universities. In the World.
We know how much everybody loves rankings. By now, everybody has had time to digest the new law school pecking order — even George Washington Law School students. But true prestige whoring begins much earlier than law school. U.S. News has just released (hat tip: Tax Prof Blog) a list of the top 400 colleges […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (Fourth Tier)
My mother always said that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. Wait a minute. She never said that. Instead, my mother said: “Using spellcheck instead of committing to learn the basic rules of phonics is really going to come back and bite you in the ass one day.” […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (The Third Tier)
Well, here we are. The third-tier law schools. We’ve given students and alumni at the top 100 law schools a chance to sound off on the good (and bad) about their law schools. Hopefully prospective students will take note. We won’t list all the the third-tier schools, but you can refresh your memory here. Some […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (77 - 100)
Even though U.S. News blithely skips from tier 1 to tier 3, we are definitely in the tier 2 part of the law school rankings. You’ll have to do some digging here to find the school that is the right fit for you. Here is the next batch: 77. Chicago – Kent; Rutgers – Camden; […]
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Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (50 - 75)
Our review of the most recent U.S. News law school rankings now moves out of the top 50. Some of these schools have regional significance. Others are second or third choices for students who didn’t do quite as well on the LSAT as they might have liked. But we don’t think any of these schools […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
'Employed at Graduation' Statistic Needs Some Work
People who care about the U.S. News law school rankings are starting to worry about how U.S. News handles its “employed on graduation” statistic. On Friday, the issue boiled over at Wake Forest School of Law. Today, Paul Caron of TaxProf Blog asks if some schools actually hurt their rankings, simply by being honest: Several […] -
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Wake Forest Law Student: The Latest Meltdown
We’ve done quite a few stories now on law students losing control of their sense of discretion as graduation approaches. We’ve got another one, this time from Wake Forest School of Law, we think. The student who sent it claims not to have sent it. We’ve spoken to school officials who are looking into this […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (30 - 49)
Let’s keep rolling through the U.S. News law school rankings. Last time, we learned a couple of interesting things about Emory: ATL has a lot of readers who are alumni of Emory, and the school generates a lot of hate from other law schools in Georgia. Who knew? While still first-tier schools, the next batch […] -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (17 - 28)
We are continuing our march through the latest U.S. News law school rankings. So far we’ve learned that students who go to law school in warm weather climates believe their quality of life is much better than what is experienced by students who attend law schools in the Northeast and Chicago. We’ve also learned that […] -
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U.S. News 2010 Law School Rankings
The 2010 U.S. News law school rankings leaked over the weekend were not fake. Bob Morse — the rankings guru — essentially confirmed the results to the Wall Street Journal today, ahead of the magazine’s official release tomorrow. Here’s the official list of the top 20 law schools: 1. Yale 2. Harvard 3. Stanford 4. […] -
Rankings, U.S. News
U.S. News Law School Rankings Leaked Don't Forget to Take Your Grain of Salt
Every year, somebody claims to have obtained a leaked copy of the U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings. Every year, there are numerous hoaxes and fakes. This year is no different. But over the weekend, we saw one version of the leaked rankings at least had the air of legitimacy. The official rankings […]