Al Brophy, US News: Take 4–Lawyer/Judge Assessment Scores:

The mean change for Lawyer/Judge assessment is negative (reflecting lower ratings in 2009 than 2008), but it’s only -0.02. The SD, while also fairly small (0.16), is more than twice that for peer assessment, which perhaps deserved more attention than I’ve given it so far. And now let’s look at the schools that changed .3 or more in lawyer/judge assessment from 2008 to 09.

Brian Leiter, Ranking of Top 40 Law Schools by Student (Numerical) Quality 2008:

Below is a ranking of the top 40 schools in terms of student quality as measured by the average of the 75th and 25th percentile LSAT scores for the class that entered in fall 2007. Many academics and admissions officers, to be sure, favor 75th percentile rankings only, because they do not penalize schools for “alternative admissions” procedures which may drag down the numerical credentials of the bottom end of the class. Others point out that the number of “top students” is more important than the “average.” … On the other hand, some believe the “bottom” of the class matters more. … In the ranking, we have listed the corresponding average 75th/25th GPA. Since it is clear that some schools sacrifice GPA in order to boost LSAT, we have factored in GPA as follows: where schools are within 100 in class size, and have the same LSAT, a school with a GPA 0.1 or more higher than its peers is ranked first in that cluster.