Paul L. Caron
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Legal Ed Rankings
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July 2024 Texas Bar Exam Results: Texas A&M Is #1 Again
Here are the results of the July 2024 Texas Bar Exam Results for first-time test-takers by law school, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking: Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School US News Rank TX (Overall) 1 (97.4%) Texas A&M 2 (26) 2 (96.4%) Texas 1 (16) 3 (95.2%) Baylor 4 (46) 4 (91.6%) South Texas 7…
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July 2024 Virginia Bar Exam Results: Liberty Is #1
The July 2024 Virginia bar passage rates by school are out. Here are the results for the 8 Virginia law schools, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (Virginia and overall): Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School US News Rank VA (Overall) 1 (90.6%) Liberty 7 (140) 2 (88.9%) Virginia 1 (4) 3 (87.5%) Regent…
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: 1-11
In May, I blogged Derek Muller’s Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings for the Top 100 law schools. Last week, Mike Spivey published projected rankings for the Top 11 law schools. The table below shows the differences between the two models for the Top 11 schools: LawSchool 2024-25Rank Muller Projected2025-26 Rank Spivey Projected2025-26 Rank…
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July 2024 Florida Bar Exam Results: For The First Time In Ten Years, Florida International Is Not #1
The July 2024 Florida bar passage rates by school are out. For the first time in ten years, Florida International not is #1—they are #2 by 0.1 percentage point. Here are the results for the 12 Florida law schools, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (Florida and overall): Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School…
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2025 U.S. News College Rankings
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2025 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges: Rank National Universities 1 Princeton 2 MIT 3 Harvard 4 Stanford 5 Yale 6 Cal-Tech 6 Duke 6 Johns Hopkins 6 Northwestern 10 Penn 11 Cornell 11 Chicago 13 Brown 13 Columbia 15 Dartmouth 15…
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The Most-Cited Deans At The 64 Most-Cited Law Schools
Following up on last week's post, The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties: here are the 22 deans among the 10-most cited faculty at the Top 64 law schools: 6. UC-Berkeley: Erwin Chemerinsky 9. Vanderbilt: Chris Guthrie18. UC-Davis: Kevin Johnson20. Texas: Robert Chesney23. Minnesota: William McGeveran; St. Thomas-MN: Daniel Kelly; William & Mary: A. Benjamin Spencer26. USC:…
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The Most-Cited Tax Faculty At The 64 Most-Cited Law Schools
Following up on last week's post, The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties: here are the 13 Tax Profs among the 10-most cited faculty at the Top 64 law schools: 3. Harvard: Louis Kaplow4. NYU: Daniel Hemel14. Michigan: Reuven Avi-Yonah18. UC-Davis: Darien Shanske22. UC-Irvine: Victor Fleischer23. Minnesota: Kristin Hickman34. Cardozo: Edward Zelinsky; Florida State: Steve Johnson42. BYU:…
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The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties
Gregory C. Sisk (St. Thomas-MN; Google Scholar), Adam Bent (Florida), et al., Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2024: Updating the Leiter Score Ranking for the Top Third: This updated 2024 study explores the scholarly impact of law faculties, ranking the top third of ABA-accredited law schools. Refined by Brian Leiter, the “Scholarly Impact…
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2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2024 Meta-Ranking of Flagship US Law Reviews: This is an updated ranking of the top flagship law reviews at US law schools (updated as of August 7, 2024). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking from 2018-2024, including changes in ranking…
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2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking
I previously blogged the lists of the Top 5 law schools in fourteen categories in the 2024 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools. In a series of posts, I will highlight the Top 50 schools in the five categories for which the Princeton Review provides individual law school data: Admissions Selectivity Academic Experience…
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2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Career Rating
I previously blogged the lists of the Top 5 law schools in fourteen categories in the 2024 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools. In a series of posts, I will highlight the Top 50 schools in the five categories for which the Princeton Review provides individual law school data: Admissions Selectivity Academic Experience…
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2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Professors (Teaching And Accessibility)
Update: 2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking I previously blogged the lists of the Top 5 law schools in fourteen categories in the 2024 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools. In a series of posts, I will highlight the Top 50 schools in the five categories for which the Princeton Review…
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U.S. News Replaces Ordinal Ranking Of Medical Schools With Tiers Due To Boycott. Are Law Schools Next?
Chronicle of Higher Education, ‘U.S. News’ Medical-School Rankings Are Out — Except They’re Not Really Rankings: U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Medical Schools” lists were published on Tuesday, and, for the first time, the schools don’t have ordinal ranks. Instead, they’re organized into four tiers. Within each tier, the schools are listed in alphabetical…
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2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Professors (Accessibility)
Update: 2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking I previously blogged the lists of the Top 5 law schools in fourteen categories in the 2024 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools. In a series of posts, I will highlight the Top 50 schools in the five categories for which the Princeton Review…
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2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Professors (Teaching)
Update: 2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking I previously blogged the lists of the Top 5 law schools in fourteen categories in the 2024 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools. In a series of posts, I will highlight the Top 50 schools in the five categories for which the Princeton Review…
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2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Academic Experience
Update: 2024 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking I previously blogged the lists of the Top 5 law schools in fourteen categories in the 2024 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools. In a series of posts, I will highlight the Top 50 schools in the five categories for which the Princeton Review…
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Princeton Review’s Best 168 Law Schools (2024 Edition)
The Princeton Review has published the 2024 edition of The Best 168 Law Schools (press release) (FAQs) (methodology): The company reports its annual law school rankings in 14 categories, each one naming the top 10 schools in a particular category. … The Princeton Review’s law school rankings are uniquely based on data the company gathers…
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Top Law Schools For Alternative Dispute Resolution
Top Law Schools For Alternative Dispute Resolution, preLaw, Spring 2024, at 37: Law students who specialize in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) focus on litigation and conflict resolution skills. ADR acts as an alternative to going to trial when problems arise between businesses and their customers, suppliers, partners or employees. Just as trial skills are important,…
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2024-25 U.S. News Global Universities Rankings
U.S. News & World Report, 2024-25 Best Global Universities Rankings: These institutions from the U.S. and more than 100 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations. Students can use these rankings to explore the higher education options that exist beyond their…
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Georgetown Study: Return On Investment At 186 Law Schools
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Press Release: At Nearly 1 in 5 Law Schools, Graduates Earn Less Than $55,000 Net of Debt Four Years After Graduation, Georgetown University Report Says Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, A Law Degree Is No Sure Thing: Some Law School Graduates Earn Top Dollar,…
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Aren’t Useful Anymore To Applicants
Bloomberg Law Op-Ed: U.S. News Law School Rankings Aren’t Useful Anymore to Applicants, by David Lat: "Once upon a time, the News & World Report law school rankings were critically important to law schools,” University of Kentucky’s Brian Frye and Indiana University’s Christopher “CJ” Ryan write in a new study. “Law schools literally lived or…
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Frye: The New York Times Law School Rankings
Brian L. Frye (Kentucky; Google Scholar), The Gray Lady’s Guide to Legal Education: For better or worse, the U.S. News & World Report law school ranking has dominated legal education for decades, by giving prospective law students information about the relative prestige of law schools. But in recent years, it has become largely irrelevant, as prospective…
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Frye & Ryan: Entering Law Students Do Not Rely On The U.S. News Rankings In Choosing A Law School
Update: Reuters, U.S. News & World Report's Law School Rankings 'Irrelevant' to Applicants, Study Finds Brian L. Frye (Kentucky; Google Scholar) & CJ Ryan (Indiana-Maurer; Google Scholar), The Decline & Fall of the US News Rankings: Have the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings become irrelevant? The ostensible purpose of the US News law school…
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Biggest Winners And Losers
Derek Muller (Notre Dame; Google Scholar), Projecting the 2025-2026 USNWR Law School Rankings (To Be Released March 2025 Or So): Fifty-eight percent of the new USNWR law school rankings turn on three highly-volatile categories: employment 10 months after graduation[33%], first-time bar passage [18%], and ultimate bar passage [7%]. USNWR has tried to smooth these out…
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Law School Class Of 2023 Jobs Rankings For All 195 Law Schools In Seven Categories
Law360, The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2023: Law360, Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Careers: By The Numbers: Lists of the Top 10 law schools in seven jobs categories: BigLaw