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Why U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Lame: Part Deux
In my last post, I bemoaned USNWR’s law school rankings as being performative rather than merely descriptive; that is, I claimed that the rankings create and reinforce a hierarchy of law schools,...
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Why U.S. News Law School Rankings are Lame: Part Trois
I’m tired of talking about this, so I can only imagine how tired your must be of hearing about it. In my first post on this subject I argued that the USNWR rankings use LSAT scores in a way that is...
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More USNWR Law School Ranking Crappery
I was thinking of following Trent’s lead and writing about whatever the hell pops into my mind (number one contender was The Various Firms and Starting Salaries of the Muppets) when I came across this...
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Pancakes and Professors: More Law School Rankings
As everyone knows, US News and World Report already dropped the Fat Man of rankings on us not so long ago, but just this week The Princeton Review (TPR) dropped their Little Boy as well. TPR does their...
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USNWR Law School Rankings are Bad News
It’s no secret that it’s expensive to go to law school. But when a public school (UC Hastings) ranked 39th charges more for tuition than a private school (Stanford) ranked 3rd; something is very, very...
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Law School Rankings: When a Comfy Chair Counts
As has been discussed ad nauseam, law school rankings can often be inaccurate oversimplifications and generally detrimental for everyone other than US News and World Report shareholders. For a variety...
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Diversity in US News Law School Rankings? Non-existent.
It’s not a secret that we are not the biggest fans of the US News Rankings here at MSS. Trent has had multiple postings on the subject of the rankings and there’s no real reason to delve back into it...
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US News Law School Rankings: the 2010 Rankings are Out
I managed to sprain/break my ankle last week while lightly jogging to my car. I’ve been claiming I fell on a curb, but really, it was just a slight incline (hey, it was dark!). I then fainted, like a...
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Down with Starvation, Except When it’s US News
Our long national nightmare may soon be over. The National Law Journal reported on Monday that SALT (not just a garden-variety spice, or a Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty, or an anagram of LSAT, but...
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US News: Law School Demand Rising with Tuition
US News and World Report, of all things, has a piece today that essentially brings the hammer down on people applying to law school. In the article, the author, Katy Hopkins, implies that it’s a...
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Should you care about law school rankings? Um, is the sky blue? (Checking on that second question…) Above the Law Law school scams. This is scary and interesting. Like a really well-educated...
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Law students are in a fight for paid internships. Business Week Suffolk Law School offered buyouts to ALL tenured faculty. Maybe they’re just rebooting. You know, Suffolk Law School: The New Class. ABA...
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A Better Way to Measure Law School Job Numbers
Determining the “best” law schools has been a hotly contested field over the last few years, with everyone wanting to get a piece of the ranking action. U.S. News & World Report is the most common...
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The benefits of law school for a public policy career. US News & World Report If you’re anxiously awaiting your September LSAT score, check out this timetable for previous score release dates....
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The best law school facilities. Turns out the University of Memphis is basically Stark Tower… PreLaw Magazine A law school dean turns a judge’s sexist joke into a teachable moment. Above The Law Thomas...
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The best law schools for making money. Cash money milionaires, y’all. Above The Law But wait! A high post-law school salary still might not make you rich. I retract the previous link. Bloomberg LSAT...
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Another law school ranking, another first-place finish for Yale. Business Insider Mapping out law school expenses before you submit your applications can help you figure out where to apply. US News...
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A) Law school applications are down 8.5% compared to last year, and over 30% since 2012. Basically, law schools are about as full as Kirk Cameron’s birthday party. Wall Street Journal B) However,...
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A) Six study tools the might change your life. Click it click it click it. (Seriously, good advice though.) Law School Toolbox B) Can lawyers from modestly ranked law schools make like Tom Brady and...
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A) This list of law schools ranked by biglaw hiring is led by Columbia and Penn — a departure from the typical list-topping Harvard-Yale-Stanford triumvirate. Above the Law B) Answering some questions...
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