In response to two recent blog posts questioning the methodology used in the publication’s law school rankings, U.S. News & World Report‘s director of data research defended the process and the accuracy of the results. Writing in the “Morse Code” … Continue reading
In an article in its March 2010 issue, The National Jurist has ranked the University of Iowa College of Law’s library as the nation’s top law library — besting 197 other competitors. The article, “What Makes a Great Library,” and … Continue reading
Offering a preview Friday of the soon-to-be-released full rankings, Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports has placed Yale Law School atop its 2010 study of “scholarly impact.” Yale was followed in the rankings, which tabulate scholarly citations over a five year … Continue reading
Responding to a somewhat accusatory study, the U.S. News & World Report’s Robert Morse downplayed the effect his publication’s law school rankings have on institutional diversity, addressing the criticism in a blog entry last week. The study in question, put … Continue reading
Supplanting Columbia Law School in the annual “go-to” law school list, Northwestern University School of Law garnered top honors in a relatively down recruitment year. The rankings, released Monday afternoon by The National Law Journal, detail the number of law … Continue reading
At its Midyear Meeting Monday, the American Bar Association (ABA) accepted Resolution 10A, which says that the ABA will study how organizations rank law schools. The final tally passed by virtue of a narrow voice vote. Law firm rankings will … Continue reading
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