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Some ranting about the proposed changes to the USNWR rankings
Just couldn't help myself--over at my own blog (here), I react to some of the pushback about the proposed inclusion of part-time students' median LSAT and UGPA scores in the USNWR rankings...

Rankings, Accounting, and Gaming
Posted by Jeff Lipshaw Fresh off the front page Wall Street Journal article this morning, friends Larry Ribstein and Nancy Rapoport nail the analogy between law deans gaming the USNWR rankings and accountants massaging the numbers to meet the quarterly...

Chat online with the man behind the US News & World Report law school rankings
You may have seen this posted on other blogs, so here's just a quick reminder: this Friday from 3-4pm EST, the ABA Journal is hosting a live chat with the man behind U.S. News & World Report's law school rankings...

Love 'em or hate 'em, it's law school rankings time again
Four Texas law schools are ranked among the nation?s best 100, and six are among the most diverse, according to U.S. News & World Report?s annual rankings. The 2009 edition of the magazine?s ?America?s Best Graduate Schools,? which includes rankings...

Why Small Moves in the USNWR Don't Mean Very Much
Posted by Jeff Lipshaw I opened up my RSS feed to Discourse.net and saw that it's "Black Friday" at the University of Miami Law School because it dropped twelve spots in the USNWR. As a public service, I am providing...

Why's it gotta be our school that gets F'ed with
Courtesy of Concurring Opinions, we’ve now learned the dirty, dirty truth behind the US News & World Report law school rankings. A leaked memo shows how the rankings are updated each year and sitting tied at twenty is good old…

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