While the U.S. News rankings shouldn’t matter as much as they do, it’s news worthy that the new law school rankings reportedly are out. I haven’t confirmed that the rankings posted on a law school discussion board are accurate, but the rankings purporting to be the new list can be found here.
As usual, not much motion relative to the previous year’s rankings. (As I noted two years ago, commenting on the 2003 rankings: “It’s basically the same as last year, which was basically the same as the year before that, which was basically the same as the year before that.”) Of interest to the frequent posters here at the VC, UCLA was 16 and is now tied at 15; GW was in a 3-way tie for 20 and is now in a 2-way tie for 20; BU was in a tie for 23 and is now in a tie for 20 with GW; and GMU was tied for 38 and is now in a 6-way tie for 41.
Thanks to lawprof Roger Alford of 22-spot jumping Pepperdine for the link.
UPDATE: For a good explanation of the U.S. News methodology and its considerable flaws, see this page from Brian Leiter.
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