Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Law School Rankings
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Law School Rankings: The Good News, The Bad News And The Ultimate Proof That It Is Flawed
National Law Journal Op-Ed: Law School Rankings: The Good News, the Bad News and the Ultimate Proof That It Is Flawed, by Alan B. Morrison (Associate Dean, George Washington): Finally, after two false starts, the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings are out, and one clear positive is that the authors have now
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Law School Rankings: The Good News, The Bad News And The Ultimate Proof That It Is Flawed
National Law Journal Op-Ed: Law School Rankings: The Good News, the Bad News and the Ultimate Proof That It Is Flawed, by Alan B. Morrison (Associate Dean, George Washington): Finally, after two false starts, the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings are out, and one clear positive is that the authors have now
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Muller: How Law Faculty Succeeded In Diminishing Their Importance In The U.S. News Rankings
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Law School Faculty Have Aggressively and Successfully Lobbied to Diminish the Importance of Law School Faculty in the USNWR Rankings: In many contexts, there is a concern of “regulatory capture,” the notion that the regulated industry will lobby the regulator and ensure that the regulator sets forth rules most beneficial to the
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Muller: How Law Faculty Succeeded In Diminishing Their Importance In The U.S. News Rankings
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Law School Faculty Have Aggressively and Successfully Lobbied to Diminish the Importance of Law School Faculty in the USNWR Rankings: In many contexts, there is a concern of “regulatory capture,” the notion that the regulated industry will lobby the regulator and ensure that the regulator sets forth rules most beneficial to the
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2024 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 46% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.4 NYU* 2 4.2 Harvard* 2 4.2 Stanford* 4 4.1 Columbia* 4 4.1 Duke* 4 4.1 Georgetown* 7 3.9 Chicago 7
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2024 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 46% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.4 NYU* 2 4.2 Harvard* 2 4.2 Stanford* 4 4.1 Columbia* 4 4.1 Duke* 4 4.1 Georgetown* 7 3.9 Chicago 7
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2024 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings include the contracts/commercial law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 42% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.8 Chicago 2 4.6 Columbia* 3 4.4 Harvard* 3 4.4 Stanford* 5 4.3 NYU* 5 4.3 Penn* 5 4.3 UC-Berkeley* 8
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2024 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings include the contracts/commercial law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 42% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.8 Chicago 2 4.6 Columbia* 3 4.4 Harvard* 3 4.4 Stanford* 5 4.3 NYU* 5 4.3 Penn* 5 4.3 UC-Berkeley* 8
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2024 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings include the constitutional law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 46% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.8 Harvard* 2 4.7 Yale* 3 4.6 Chicago 3 4.6 Stanford* 5 4.5 NYU* 5 4.5 UC-Berkeley* 5 4.5 Virginia* 8
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2024 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings include the constitutional law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 46% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.8 Harvard* 2 4.7 Yale* 3 4.6 Chicago 3 4.6 Stanford* 5 4.5 NYU* 5 4.5 UC-Berkeley* 5 4.5 Virginia* 8
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Will Boycotts And Bad Press Put A Dent In The U.S. News Law School Rankings’ Reputation?
Law.com, Ahead of the Curve: Will Boycotts and Bad Press Put a Dent in the US News Rankings' Reputation?: This week, we dive back into the U.S. News & World Report’s education rankings, examining whether the U.S. News law school rankings will remain influential despite widespread public boycotts by dozens of schools. … Paul L.
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Will Boycotts And Bad Press Put A Dent In The U.S. News Law School Rankings’ Reputation?
Law.com, Ahead of the Curve: Will Boycotts and Bad Press Put a Dent in the US News Rankings' Reputation?: This week, we dive back into the U.S. News & World Report’s education rankings, examining whether the U.S. News law school rankings will remain influential despite widespread public boycotts by dozens of schools. … Paul L.
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Projected 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Biggest Winners And Losers
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR Law School Rankings (To Be Released March 2024 Or So): Fifty-eight percent of the new USNWR law school rankings turn on three highly-volatile categories: employment 10 months after graduation, first-time bar passage, and ultimate bar passage. Because USNWR releases its rankings in the spring, at the
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Projected 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Biggest Winners And Losers
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR Law School Rankings (To Be Released March 2024 Or So): Fifty-eight percent of the new USNWR law school rankings turn on three highly-volatile categories: employment 10 months after graduation, first-time bar passage, and ultimate bar passage. Because USNWR releases its rankings in the spring, at the
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2024 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings include the clinical training law programs at 188 law schools (the faculty survey had a 53% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.4 American* 1 4.4 Georgetown* 3 4.3 CUNY 4 4.2 Yale* 5 4.1 NYU* 6 4.0 Baltimore 6 4.0 Northwestern*
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2024 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings include the clinical training law programs at 188 law schools (the faculty survey had a 53% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.4 American* 1 4.4 Georgetown* 3 4.3 CUNY 4 4.2 Yale* 5 4.1 NYU* 6 4.0 Baltimore 6 4.0 Northwestern*
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2024 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings include the business/corporate law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 58% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.5 Chicago 1 4.5 Columbia* 1 4.5 Harvard* 4 4.4 NYU* 4 4.4 Penn* 4 4.4 Stanford* 4 4.4 UC-Berkeley* 8
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2024 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings include the business/corporate law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 58% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.5 Chicago 1 4.5 Columbia* 1 4.5 Harvard* 4 4.4 NYU* 4 4.4 Penn* 4 4.4 Stanford* 4 4.4 UC-Berkeley* 8
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More Commentary On The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings
Chronicle of Higher Education, What the New ‘U.S. News’ Law-School Rankings Reveal About the Rankings Enterprise: Here are three takeaways from this year’s law list and what they say about the rankings enterprise. The law schools that opted out clustered at certain places on the list. Of the 15 top-ranked law schools, all but one, the
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More Commentary On The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings
Chronicle of Higher Education, What the New ‘U.S. News’ Law-School Rankings Reveal About the Rankings Enterprise: Here are three takeaways from this year’s law list and what they say about the rankings enterprise. The law schools that opted out clustered at certain places on the list. Of the 15 top-ranked law schools, all but one, the
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2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings include the tax programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.7 NYU* 2 4.4 Florida 3 4.3 Georgetown* 4 4.1 Northwestern* 5 4.0 Virginia* 6 3.9 UC-Irvine* 7 3.7 Chicago 7 3.7 Columbia*
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2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings
The new 2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings include the tax programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.7 NYU* 2 4.4 Florida 3 4.3 Georgetown* 4 4.1 Northwestern* 5 4.0 Virginia* 6 3.9 UC-Irvine* 7 3.7 Chicago 7 3.7 Columbia*
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The Impact Of The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott On Peer Reputation
Following up on my previous post, Will U.S. News Refuse To Count Votes From Deans, Faculty, Lawyers, And Judges From Boycotting Law Schools In Reputation Metric In 2024 Rankings?: Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Did “Boycotting” the USNWR Law Rankings Affect Those Schools’ Peer Scores?: USNWR’s methodology provides that it withdrew the survey responses of “boycotting”
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The Impact Of The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott On Peer Reputation
Following up on my previous post, Will U.S. News Refuse To Count Votes From Deans, Faculty, Lawyers, And Judges From Boycotting Law Schools In Reputation Metric In 2024 Rankings?: Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Did “Boycotting” the USNWR Law Rankings Affect Those Schools’ Peer Scores?: USNWR’s methodology provides that it withdrew the survey responses of “boycotting”
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Tobin: A Preliminary Analysis Of The New U.S. News Law School Rankings
Update (5:00 PM): The 2023-2024 U.S. News Law School rankings are now available here. TaxProf Blog op-ed: A Preliminary Analysis of the New U.S. News Law School Rankings, by Donald Tobin (Maryland; Google Scholar): U.S. News will release its law school rankings tomorrow with new methodology. These changes raise interesting questions about both the validity