USNews.com ranking boycott update

December 12, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares an update on which schools have and have not decided to boycott US News rankings. 

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Theory’s Role in ELS

December 12, 2022

Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) explains how theory is incorporated into empirical legal studies.

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New Cromwell Article Prize Announced

December 12, 2022

Legal History Blog (by Dan Ernst) — Professor Ernst (Georgetown Law) shares the details for a new award from the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation honoring the best legal history article of the year.

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Maynard on “Killing the Motivation of the Minority Law Professor”

December 12, 2022

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a Minnesota Law Review article by Goldburn P. Maynard Jr. (Indiana University Kelley School of Business) detailing how minority law faculty can come to feel discouraged within their first few years of teaching.

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Mixed motives, many questions as Yale, Harvard “drop out” of the USNWR law rankings 

December 5, 2022

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) shares how concerns over employment of graduates, debt metrics, and admissions statistics could have influenced law schools’ decision to boycott the US News rankings.

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Some realism about withdrawing from USNews.com (UPDATED)

December 5, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares his thoughts on why the boycott of the US News rankings may not produce the desired result.

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The dollars and math behind Yale Law’s withdrawn from USN rankings (340)

December 5, 2022

Legal Evolution (by Bill Henderson) — Professor Henderson (Indiana University Maurer Law) analyzes Yale Law’s recent decision to withdraw from the US News rankings.

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Slaying the US News Law School Rankings Dragon

December 5, 2022

TeachPrivacy (by Daniel Solove) — Professor Solove (George Washington Law) opines on why several law schools have started to boycott the US News rankings.  

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Leiter Lateral Moves with Tenure 2012-2022 – Analysis

December 5, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares data and graphs on lateral law professor hiring trends over the past decade.

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Mark Your Calendar – ASP Presentations January 2023 at AALS Conference

December 5, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a programming schedule from the AALS Section on Academic Support for the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego.

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