U.S. News & World Report reworks law school rankings, but Yale won’t return
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 3, 2023
Other law school deans aren’t satisfied, either. The magazine also said it has no intention of ending its rankings system.
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Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 3, 2023
Other law school deans aren’t satisfied, either. The magazine also said it has no intention of ending its rankings system.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Cornell dean asks what leaving lists based on public data will actually accomplish. The decisions in part stem rankings' bleeding after others pulled out.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
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The latest attack on efforts to support diversity comes in the form of a lawsuit targeting Northwestern University’s law school. The suit accuses the school’s faculty and administration of snubbing high-profile white male applicants. Several years ago, I led the premiere tax law graduate program at NYU.
Inside Higher Ed
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
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Higher Ed Dive
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
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Inside Higher Ed
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The law schools of Columbia, Georgetown and Stanford Universities all announced on Friday that they would leave the U.S. The law schools of Harvard and Yale Universities announced Wednesday that they were no longer participating. The law school of the University of California, Berkeley, announced on Thursday.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
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Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The law schools of Harvard and Yale Universities announced Wednesday that they would no longer participate in the rankings of U.S. On Thursday, the law school of the University of California, Berkeley, joined the movement. News methodology, similar to those raised by the Harvard and Yale deans.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The law school of the University of California, Los Angeles, announced Tuesday that it is dropping out of the U.S. And on Wednesday, the law school of the University of California, Irvine, joined the movement. Approximately 80 percent of a law school’s U.S. News & World Report rankings.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The law schools of the University of Chicago and Cornell University may not love the U.S. University of Chicago dean Thomas J. ” Cornell’s law school also announced that it will still participate in the rankings of U.S. News & World Report rankings, but they aren’t walking away from them.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 27, 2023
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Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 23, 2023
A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus. Hide by line?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:
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Inside Higher Ed
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 3, 2023
News & World Report announced Monday that it would change its law school rankings, in which many top law schools have announced they will no longer participate. ” In addition, “Some law schools that are able to offer fellowships felt they were being undervalued, thus discouraging public service careers.
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Inside Higher Ed
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