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Down with Starvation, Except When it’s US News
Our long national nightmare may soon be over. The National Law Journal reported on Monday that SALT (not just a garden-variety spice, or a Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty, or an anagram of LSAT, but...
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US News: Law School Demand Rising with Tuition
US News and World Report, of all things, has a piece today that essentially brings the hammer down on people applying to law school. In the article, the author, Katy Hopkins, implies that it’s a...
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US News Law School Rankings: Eh, Can’t Really do Anything About Them
Way back in February, the ABA (American Bar Association) decided it was going to investigate the US News rankings of law schools with the hope, it seems, of finding out if they are at all helpful for...
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Guess What, Stanford? You Can Never be the Best
Guess what? The rankings still sort of suck. If the US News & World Report rankings didn’t already seem problematic enough, a few weeks ago Bill Henderson of Indiana University came to some...
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Villanova Scandal Shows LSAT Scores Matter to Schools, Too
There’s a lot of buzz going on right now about Villanova’s Law School. Diverse Education reports that “Villanova’s average LSAT scores were padded by two to three points between 2005 and 2009…The...
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University of Illinois Law School in Hot Water (Again)
Illinois is a troubled state. In July, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was convicted of corruption for selling Barack Obama’s vacated senate seat. He will be the fourth Illinois governor in...
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Rank Should Still Play a Role in Finding Your Best Law School
What’s the best law school? Most of you would respond, “Oh, that’s easy. Let’s just check US News and World Report.” You’d check it, and you’d find that Yale Law School is now and forever at the...
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A Closer Look at the 2013 US News & World Report Law School Rankings
As I’m sure you are aware, the 2013 US News & World Report law school rankings are out. And thus starts the celebrating of 1Ls who picked an up-and-comer, the head shaking of 1Ls who picked...
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How the New Law School Rankings Should Affect Your Plans
Unless you’ve been skipping my articles (in which case, you probably won’t be reading this one, either), the new US News and World Report law school rankings came out last week. I’ve already given you...
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Law School Transparency Unveils Own Law School Rankings
When it comes to ranking law schools, US News and World Report dominates the picture to the extent that their rankings are often referred to without even being mentioned by name. It’s common to hear,...
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2014 US News & World Report Law School Rankings Out Now
Like the rings of a tree, the release of a new set of US News & World Report law school rankings marks the passing of another year. One day, they’ll accept my offer to produce an awards show akin...
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University of Illinois Law School in Hot Water (Again)
Illinois is a troubled state. In July, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was convicted of corruption for selling Barack Obama’s vacated senate seat. He will be the fourth Illinois governor in...
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Rank Should Still Play a Role in Finding Your Best Law School
What’s the best law school? Most of you would respond, “Oh, that’s easy. Let’s just check US News and World Report.” You’d check it, and you’d find that Yale Law School is now and forever at the...
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A Closer Look at the 2013 US News & World Report Law School Rankings
As I’m sure you are aware, the 2013 US News & World Report law school rankings are out. And thus starts the celebrating of 1Ls who picked an up-and-comer, the head shaking of 1Ls who picked...
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How the New Law School Rankings Should Affect Your Plans
Unless you’ve been skipping my articles (in which case, you probably won’t be reading this one, either), the new US News and World Report law school rankings came out last week. I’ve already given you...
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Law School Transparency Unveils Own Law School Rankings
When it comes to ranking law schools, US News and World Report dominates the picture to the extent that their rankings are often referred to without even being mentioned by name. It’s common to hear,...
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2014 US News & World Report Law School Rankings Out Now
Like the rings of a tree, the release of a new set of US News & World Report law school rankings marks the passing of another year. One day, they’ll accept my offer to produce an awards show akin...
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A Better Way to Measure Law School Job Numbers
Determining the “best” law schools has been a hotly contested field over the last few years, with everyone wanting to get a piece of the ranking action. U.S. News & World Report is the most common...
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The 2016 US News Law School Rankings Are Here
US News and World Report released their all-important law school rankings today — a momentous occasion that will affect law school applications, admissions and hiring for the next year. We’ll have...
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Analysis: U.S. News Law School Rankings
U.S. News and World Report released its 2016 law school rankings yesterday, and it essentially looks like a huge game of chutes and ladders up in here. Among the top tier of schools, the names remain...
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