Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Law School Rankings
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Incoming Class Of 2026 Relied Less On The U.S. News Rankings In Choosing A Law School
ABA Journal, Doing Their Homework: These Incoming Law Students Relied Less on School Rankings and More on Other Factors—Including Comfort Level: For many [law school applicants], the U.S. News & World Report annual law school rankings played a significant role in their decisions—despite longtime criticism from many in legal academia who advise applicants not to rely
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Boycotts, Race, And Rankings: Howard Law School’s Peculiar Position
Michael Conklin (Angelo State University), Boycotts, Race, Rankings, and Howard Law School's Peculiar Position: Novel research was conducted in 2020 to measure disparities between the U.S. News & World Report overall rankings and the peer rankings of law schools. The research uncovered a stark outlier—Howard University School of Law—whose peer rank was consistently twenty to
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Boycotts, Race, And Rankings: Howard Law School’s Peculiar Position
Michael Conklin (Angelo State University), Boycotts, Race, Rankings, and Howard Law School's Peculiar Position: Novel research was conducted in 2020 to measure disparities between the U.S. News & World Report overall rankings and the peer rankings of law schools. The research uncovered a stark outlier—Howard University School of Law—whose peer rank was consistently twenty to
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Constructing Inclusive & Current Scholarship Impact Rankings
Rob Willey (George Mason; Google Scholar), Melanie Knapp (George Mason; Google Scholar) & Ashley Matthews (George Mason), Constructing Inclusive & Current Scholarship Impact Rankings, 44 Women’s Rts. L. Rep. 1 (2022): Most legal scholarship ranking metrics focus on all-time publications — even rankings that purport to identify the top legal scholars of today, consider decades-old papers
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Constructing Inclusive & Current Scholarship Impact Rankings
Rob Willey (George Mason; Google Scholar), Melanie Knapp (George Mason; Google Scholar) & Ashley Matthews (George Mason), Constructing Inclusive & Current Scholarship Impact Rankings, 44 Women’s Rts. L. Rep. 1 (2022): Most legal scholarship ranking metrics focus on all-time publications — even rankings that purport to identify the top legal scholars of today, consider decades-old papers
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Can Law School Rankings Predict Future Career Satisfaction?
Law.com, Can Law School Rankings Predict Future Career Satisfaction?: Christopher D. Iacono graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School a little over four years ago. In 2019, he said in an interview with my predecessor, Karen Sloan, that U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings greatly influenced his decision to go to
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Can Law School Rankings Predict Future Career Satisfaction?
Law.com, Can Law School Rankings Predict Future Career Satisfaction?: Christopher D. Iacono graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School a little over four years ago. In 2019, he said in an interview with my predecessor, Karen Sloan, that U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings greatly influenced his decision to go to
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The Top 100 Law Schools, Based On 5-, 10-, And 15-Year Rolling Average U.S. News Rankings
Bradley A. Areheart (Tennessee), The Top 100 Law Reviews: A Reference Guide Based on Historical USNWR Data: The best proxy for how other law professors react and respond to publishing in main, or flagship, law reviews is the US News and World Report (USNWR) rankings. This paper utilizes historical USNWR data to rank the top 100
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The Top 100 Law Schools, Based On 5-, 10-, And 15-Year Rolling Average U.S. News Rankings
Bradley A. Areheart (Tennessee), The Top 100 Law Reviews: A Reference Guide Based on Historical USNWR Data: The best proxy for how other law professors react and respond to publishing in main, or flagship, law reviews is the US News and World Report (USNWR) rankings. This paper utilizes historical USNWR data to rank the top 100
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Fraud
Geoffrey Rapp (Toledo), Fraud on the Rankings, 74 Baylor L. Rev. 583 (2022): The professional school Dean did not take the stand in his own defense, but character witnesses testified that he was a person of integrity. One witness said of the Dean, “I would trust him with my life, my children, my anything.” The
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Fraud
Geoffrey Rapp (Toledo), Fraud on the Rankings, 74 Baylor L. Rev. 583 (2022): The professional school Dean did not take the stand in his own defense, but character witnesses testified that he was a person of integrity. One witness said of the Dean, “I would trust him with my life, my children, my anything.” The
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U.S. News Took A Hit On Rankings. Its Competitors Say They’re Doing Just Fine.
Chronicle of Higher Education, ‘U.S. News’ Took a Hit on Rankings. Its Competitors Say They’re Doing Just Fine.: Since last fall, as dozens of colleges boycotted U.S. News & World Report’s lists of best law, medical, and undergraduate programs, other publications and companies that craft college rankings have been watching. But they’re not worried by what they see. They say
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U.S. News Took A Hit On Rankings. Its Competitors Say They’re Doing Just Fine.
Chronicle of Higher Education, ‘U.S. News’ Took a Hit on Rankings. Its Competitors Say They’re Doing Just Fine.: Since last fall, as dozens of colleges boycotted U.S. News & World Report’s lists of best law, medical, and undergraduate programs, other publications and companies that craft college rankings have been watching. But they’re not worried by what they see. They say
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Muller: Law Schools Should Rethink Admissions In Light Of The U.S. News Rankings Methodology Changes
Derek T. Muller (Notre Dame; Google Scholar), Law Schools Have an Extraordinary Moment to Rethink Law School Admissions in Light of USNWR Methodology Changes: The USNWR law rankings undoubtedly affect law school admissions decisions. A decade ago, I chronicled how law schools pursue lower-quality students (as measured by predicting first year law school GPA) to achieve
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Muller: Law Schools Should Rethink Admissions In Light Of The U.S. News Rankings Methodology Changes
Derek T. Muller (Notre Dame; Google Scholar), Law Schools Have an Extraordinary Moment to Rethink Law School Admissions in Light of USNWR Methodology Changes: The USNWR law rankings undoubtedly affect law school admissions decisions. A decade ago, I chronicled how law schools pursue lower-quality students (as measured by predicting first year law school GPA) to achieve
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Fordham Dean Diller: New U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology Is ‘Deeply Problematic’
National Law Journal Op-Ed: Problem Not Solved: A Closer Look at the New US News Law School Ranking Formula, by Matthew Diller (Dean, Fordham): My school benefited from the new U.S. News & World Report law school ranking formula [Fordham ranks #29 this year, up from #37 last year], and I still don’t like it.
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Fordham Dean Diller: New U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology Is ‘Deeply Problematic’
National Law Journal Op-Ed: Problem Not Solved: A Closer Look at the New US News Law School Ranking Formula, by Matthew Diller (Dean, Fordham): My school benefited from the new U.S. News & World Report law school ranking formula [Fordham ranks #29 this year, up from #37 last year], and I still don’t like it.
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Muller: Academic Attrition And The U.S. News Law School Rankings
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), USNWR Should Considering Incorporating Academic Attrition Rates to Offset Perverse Incentives in New Methodology: Last year, 41 schools have 0 students who faced academic attrition. Another 70 schools had academic attrition at less than 1% of the law school’s overall total JD enrollment. … USNWR has now done a few things
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Muller: Academic Attrition And The U.S. News Law School Rankings
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), USNWR Should Considering Incorporating Academic Attrition Rates to Offset Perverse Incentives in New Methodology: Last year, 41 schools have 0 students who faced academic attrition. Another 70 schools had academic attrition at less than 1% of the law school’s overall total JD enrollment. … USNWR has now done a few things
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Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings For All U.S. Law Schools
Following up on my previous post, The Most-Cited Law Faculties: Sisk-Leiter (Westlaw) v. Sag (HeinOnline): Matthew Sag (Emory; Google Scholar), Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings for U.S. Law Schools, 51 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. ___ (2023): Although the very concept of law school rankings is currently under fire, rankings abolitionism is misplaced. Given the
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Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings For All U.S. Law Schools
Following up on my previous post, The Most-Cited Law Faculties: Sisk-Leiter (Westlaw) v. Sag (HeinOnline): Matthew Sag (Emory; Google Scholar), Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings for U.S. Law Schools, 51 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. ___ (2023): Although the very concept of law school rankings is currently under fire, rankings abolitionism is misplaced. Given the
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Panel At Today’s AALS Institutional Advancement Conference
I am moderating the final panel today at the first-ever AALS Institutional Advancement Conference: Making a Difference in a Changing World (registration): U.S. News Law Rankings (4:30 PM ET)It’s a whole new world with changes to the US News Law Rankings. Or is it? We’ll hear from those who are covering the U.S. News changes
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Panel At Today’s AALS Institutional Advancement Conference
I am moderating the final panel today at the first-ever AALS Institutional Advancement Conference: Making a Difference in a Changing World (registration): U.S. News Law Rankings (4:30 PM ET)It’s a whole new world with changes to the US News Law Rankings. Or is it? We’ll hear from those who are covering the U.S. News changes
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Muller Critiques The 7% Weighting Of Ultimate 2-Year Bar Passage Rates In The U.S. News Law School Rankings
Following up on my previous post, Methodology Changes In The New 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Does a School's "Ultimate Bar Passage" Rate Relate to That School's Quality?: With a loss of data that USNWR used to use to assess the quality of law schools, USNWR had to rely on
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Muller Critiques The 7% Weighting Of Ultimate 2-Year Bar Passage Rates In The U.S. News Law School Rankings
Following up on my previous post, Methodology Changes In The New 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Does a School's "Ultimate Bar Passage" Rate Relate to That School's Quality?: With a loss of data that USNWR used to use to assess the quality of law schools, USNWR had to rely on