USNews.com ranking boycott update
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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Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) explains how theory is incorporated into empirical legal studies.
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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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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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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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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.
Read More about Some realism about withdrawing from USNews.com (UPDATED)The dollars and math behind Yale Law’s withdrawn from USN rankings (340)
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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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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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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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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