US News & World Report to revamp ‘flawed’ law school rankings: report

On Monday, US News sent a letter to the deans of the 188 law schools it ranks, saying it would make changes to its criteria, according toSpecifically, US News said it would put less weight on reputational surveys completed by deans, faculty, lawyers and judges, and it won’t take into account per-student expenditures that favor the wealthiest schools.

When the dust settled, 12 of the 14 top-rated schools said they wouldn’t provide the publication with any additional information for the rankings. Some law schools that said they would continue to share the requested information also criticized the existing system, the Journal said. The change in methodology could be due to necessity. The Journal said that while US News gleans much of its data from the American Bar Association and said it would rank schools whether or not they cooperated, the publication relies on schools to provide the spending figures and to complete peer-review surveys.

US News did not break down what weight those surveys would carry under the new system. A rep from US News did not return requests for comment.

Good news for the mediocre law schools.

Things the new US News and World Report law school rankings will reward: Adherence to leftist dogma. Things it won’t reward: Respect for the US Constitution.

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