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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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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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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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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Following up on yesterday’s post, 2024 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings: Here are the law schools whose U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Ranking most exceeds their overall U.S. News Ranking:   School Specialty Rank Overall Rank Difference 1 Santa Clara 77 158 +81 2 Brooklyn* 46 111 +65 3 Illinois-Chicago 97 159 +62 3 Suffolk 71…

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The new 2024 U.S. News Specialty Rankings include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 196 law schools. Here are the Top 100 law schools, determined by giving equal weight to each of the 13 separate specialty rankings: Business/Corporate Law Clinical Law Constitutional Law Contracts/Commercial Law Criminal Law Dispute Resolution Environmental Law Health Care Law…

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The new 2024 U.S. News Trial Advocacy Rankings include the trial advocacy programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 59% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.4 Stetson 2 4.3 Temple 3 4.2 Baylor 4 3.9 Samford 5 3.8 Loyola-L.A. 6 3.7 Denver 6 3.7 Fordham 6…

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The new 2024 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings include the legal writing programs at 121 law schools (the faculty survey had a 63% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.3 Oregon 2 4.2 UNLV 3 4.1 Stetson 4 4.0 Arizona State 5 3.9 Suffolk 5 3.9 Wake Forest 7 3.8…

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The new 2024 U.S. News International Law Rankings include the international law programs at 174 law schools (the faculty survey had a 53% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 NYU* 2 4.4 Columbia* 3 4.3 Harvard* 3 4.3 Yale* 5 4.2 American* 5 4.2 Georgetown* 7 4.1 George Washington…

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The new 2024 U.S. News Intellectual Property Law Rankings include the intellectual property law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 57% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.8 Stanford* 1 4.8 UC-Berkeley* 3 4.4 NYU* 4 4.1 George Washington 4 4.1 Santa Clara 6 3.8 Houston…

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The new 2024 U.S. News Health Care Law Rankings include the health care law programs at 189 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.3 Boston University 1 4.3 Georgia State 1 4.3 St. Louis 4 4.1 Loyola-Chicago* 5 4.0 Stanford* 6 3.9…

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The new 2024 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 59% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 Pace 2 4.5 Lewis & Clark 3 4.4 UC-Berkeley* 4 4.3 NYU* 4 4.3 UCLA* 4 4.3 Vermont 7 4.1…

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The new 2024 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 67 law schools (the faculty survey had a 56% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.5 Harvard* 2 4.4 Ohio State 2 4.4 Pepperdine Caruso 4 4.3 Missouri (Columbia) 5 4.2 Cardozo 5 4.2 Mitchell |…

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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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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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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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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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