Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Law School Rankings
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More Commentary On The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott (Part 2)
Reuters, Stay? Go? Law Schools Diverge in US News Rankings Revolt: Bob Morse, who heads the U.S. News rankings, has been calling law school deans to discuss their participation, and some schools are likely waiting to see if he changes the rankings methodology to address the concerns raised by the boycotting schools, said law school
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More Commentary On The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott (Part 2)
Reuters, Stay? Go? Law Schools Diverge in US News Rankings Revolt: Bob Morse, who heads the U.S. News rankings, has been calling law school deans to discuss their participation, and some schools are likely waiting to see if he changes the rankings methodology to address the concerns raised by the boycotting schools, said law school
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An Access And Equity Ranking Of America’s 63 Public Law Schools
Christopher L. Mathis (Iowa; Google Scholar), An Access and Equity Ranking of Public Law Schools, 74 Rutgers U.L. Rev. 677 (2022): Over the past few decades, several comprehensive ranking systems, including the influential U.S. News and World Report’s Best Law Schools rankings, have emerged to provide useful information to prospective law students seeking to enroll
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An Access And Equity Ranking Of America’s 63 Public Law Schools
Christopher L. Mathis (Iowa; Google Scholar), An Access and Equity Ranking of Public Law Schools, 74 Rutgers U.L. Rev. 677 (2022): Over the past few decades, several comprehensive ranking systems, including the influential U.S. News and World Report’s Best Law Schools rankings, have emerged to provide useful information to prospective law students seeking to enroll
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Wash U Joins Chicago And Cornell In Refusing To Boycott U.S. News Law School Rankings
Law.com, No. 16-Ranked Washington University Law Says It Will Not Bail on the US News Rankings: On Tuesday, 16th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis School of Law joined 12th-ranked Cornell Law School and third-ranked University of Chicago Law School to continue providing information to U.S. News, amid a dozen law schools who have decided to
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Wash U Joins Chicago And Cornell In Refusing To Boycott U.S. News Law School Rankings
Law.com, No. 16-Ranked Washington University Law Says It Will Not Bail on the US News Rankings: On Tuesday, 16th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis School of Law joined 12th-ranked Cornell Law School and third-ranked University of Chicago Law School to continue providing information to U.S. News, amid a dozen law schools who have decided to
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More Commentary On The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott (Part 1)
Nicholas Allard (Founding Dean, Jacksonville Law School), Law Schools Are Right To Steer Clear Of US News Rankings: For many years my academic colleagues have tolerated the rankings while acknowledging their profound methodological flaws and describing their insidious effects. There is a mountainous record of critical commentary and analysis on the subject. Less substantively and
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More Commentary On The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott (Part 1)
Nicholas Allard (Founding Dean, Jacksonville Law School), Law Schools Are Right To Steer Clear Of US News Rankings: For many years my academic colleagues have tolerated the rankings while acknowledging their profound methodological flaws and describing their insidious effects. There is a mountainous record of critical commentary and analysis on the subject. Less substantively and
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UC-Davis Is 12th Law School (5th In California) To Boycott U.S. News Rankings
Kevin R. Johnson (Dean, U.C. Davis), UC Davis Law Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Rankings: Beginning today (Nov. 28), UC Davis School of Law will no longer provide data to U.S. News & World Report for use in compiling its law school rankings. This decision has been made after receiving guidance from the
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UC-Davis Is 12th Law School (5th In California) To Boycott U.S. News Rankings
Kevin R. Johnson (Dean, U.C. Davis), UC Davis Law Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Rankings: Beginning today (Nov. 28), UC Davis School of Law will no longer provide data to U.S. News & World Report for use in compiling its law school rankings. This decision has been made after receiving guidance from the
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Yale Law School’s Revolt Of The Elites
The New Republic, Yale Law School’s Revolt of the Elites: Yale University has the most elite law school in America, an institution so central to the production of future Supreme Court clerks and legal bigwigs that, in the space of a few months last year, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker
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Yale Law School’s Revolt Of The Elites
The New Republic, Yale Law School’s Revolt of the Elites: Yale University has the most elite law school in America, an institution so central to the production of future Supreme Court clerks and legal bigwigs that, in the space of a few months last year, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker
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Here’s Why Top Law Schools May Be Pulling Out Of The U.S. News Rankings
Following up on Saturday's post, Law School Admissions Without LSATs, Race, And Rankings: The Daily Caller, ‘Writing On The Wall’: Here’s Why Top US Universities May Be Pulling Out Of High-Profile Ranking System: Top law school[s] … may be dropping out of the rankings ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action because they
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Here’s Why Top Law Schools May Be Pulling Out Of The U.S. News Rankings
Following up on Saturday's post, Law School Admissions Without LSATs, Race, And Rankings: The Daily Caller, ‘Writing On The Wall’: Here’s Why Top US Universities May Be Pulling Out Of High-Profile Ranking System: Top law school[s] … may be dropping out of the rankings ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action because they
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Law School Admissions Without LSATs, Race, And Rankings
Wall Street Journal Editorial, Law Schools Without LSATs: The American Bar Association’s move to discard objective tests won’t enhance diversity. The flight from merit continues across America, and it’s spreading fast in the legal profession. An arm of the American Bar Association (ABA), which accredits law schools, voted on Nov. 18 to end the requirement
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Law School Admissions Without LSATs, Race, And Rankings
Wall Street Journal Editorial, Law Schools Without LSATs: The American Bar Association’s move to discard objective tests won’t enhance diversity. The flight from merit continues across America, and it’s spreading fast in the legal profession. An arm of the American Bar Association (ABA), which accredits law schools, voted on Nov. 18 to end the requirement
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Penn Evaluates Whether To Join Boycott Of U.S. News Rankings By Ten Of Top 15 Law Schools
Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Carey Law Evaluating Participation in U.S. News & World Report Rankings After Harvard, Yale Pull Out: Spokesperson Meredith Rovine wrote in a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian that Penn Carey Law “applauds Yale Law and Harvard Law for their leadership in raising key questions for all law schools,” and agrees that the
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Penn Evaluates Whether To Join Boycott Of U.S. News Rankings By Ten Of Top 15 Law Schools
Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Carey Law Evaluating Participation in U.S. News & World Report Rankings After Harvard, Yale Pull Out: Spokesperson Meredith Rovine wrote in a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian that Penn Carey Law “applauds Yale Law and Harvard Law for their leadership in raising key questions for all law schools,” and agrees that the
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Is This The Beginning Of The End Of The U.S. News Rankings Dominance?
Chronicle of Higher Education, Is This the Beginning of the End of the 'U.S. News' Rankings Dominance: Less than one week after the dean of Yale Law School announced she would no longer cooperate with U.S. News & World Report on its annual rankings, several of her peers have followed suit. As of Tuesday, deans at 10
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Is This The Beginning Of The End Of The U.S. News Rankings Dominance?
Chronicle of Higher Education, Is This the Beginning of the End of the 'U.S. News' Rankings Dominance: Less than one week after the dean of Yale Law School announced she would no longer cooperate with U.S. News & World Report on its annual rankings, several of her peers have followed suit. As of Tuesday, deans at 10
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Chicago And Cornell Are First Elite Law Schools To Refuse To Join U.S. News Rankings Boycott
Thomas J. Miles (Dean, Chicago), Rankings: Many of you are aware that in the past week some law schools have announced that they will no longer participate in the U.S. News rankings. After conferring with University leaders and with some members of our faculty, our administrative team, and our alumni community, I have decided that we will
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Chicago And Cornell Are First Elite Law Schools To Refuse To Join U.S. News Rankings Boycott
Thomas J. Miles (Dean, Chicago), Rankings: Many of you are aware that in the past week some law schools have announced that they will no longer participate in the U.S. News rankings. After conferring with University leaders and with some members of our faculty, our administrative team, and our alumni community, I have decided that we will
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UC-Irvine Is First Non-Elite Law School To Join U.S. News Rankings Boycott
Austen Parrish (Dean, UC-Irvine), University of California, Irvine School of Law Withdraws From Participating in U.S. News Annual Law School Rankings: I write to share our decision to withdraw from participating in the U.S. News & World Report annual law school rankings — a decision that we have not reached lightly. Over the last several
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UC-Irvine Is First Non-Elite Law School To Join U.S. News Rankings Boycott
Austen Parrish (Dean, UC-Irvine), University of California, Irvine School of Law Withdraws From Participating in U.S. News Annual Law School Rankings: I write to share our decision to withdraw from participating in the U.S. News & World Report annual law school rankings — a decision that we have not reached lightly. Over the last several
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Bill Henderson: The Dollars And Math Behind Yale Law School’s Withdrawal From U.S. News — ‘Are Limits on Federal Student Loans The Best Way To End The Rankings Madness?’
Bill Henderson (Indiana), The Dollars and Math Behind Yale Law’s Withdrawn From USN Rankings: Yale Law School’s $1.2 billion share of the Yale University endowment provides approximately $63 million in operating funds, which translates into $106,000 per student. … To be clear, these are the funds available before Yale Law collects its first dollar of tuition.