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U.S. News & World Report reworks law school rankings, but Yale won’t return

Higher Ed Dive

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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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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Association of American Law Schools President Speaks on Cooperative Politics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alexander has always been interested in the realms of law, politics, and democracy. He said it was one of the reasons he went to law school. So much of my career I did my scholarship in the field of election law,” said Alexander, the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law at Villanova University.

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U.S. News: Law school rankings will continue, even as more schools opt out

University Business

News & World Report’s rankings of the best law schools. The movement was initiated by Yale University last Wednesday when the school’s dean announced that the institution will no longer submit its data for review. News will therefore continue to rank the nearly 200 accredited law schools in the United States.”

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‘U.S. News’ Will Change Its Law School Rankings

Inside Higher Ed

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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Best law schools: US News is revising rankings after list dropouts

University Business

After some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions dropped out of its best law schools rankings, U.S. News & World Report’s best law schools. Yale University, which regularly lands at the top of the list, kicked off the exodus when law school Dean Heather K. Best law schools overhaul.

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Announcing the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is pleased to announce the 109 institutions of higher education selected as recipients of the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award — including those in the community college and law school categories — and the 62 winners of the 2023 Health Professions HEED Award.