Will U.S. News Refuse To Count Votes From Deans, Faculty, Lawyers, And Judges From Boycotting Law Schools In Reputation Metric In 2024 Rankings?

Paul Caron:

Following up on yesterday’s post, U.S. News Releases Preview Of 2024 Law School Rankings: Top 14 And New Methodology:  Every year, U.S. News sends reputation ballots to three groups of recipients provided by law schools:

  • Peer Assessment Score (25% of last year’s overall ranking): Law schools provide names of deans, deans of academic affairs, chairs of faculty appointments, and the most recently tenured faculty member.
  • Lawyers and Judges Assessment Score (15% of last year’s overall ranking): Law schools provide names of ten law firm hiring partners, lawyers, and judges.
  • 13 Legal Specialties (100% of each specialty ranking): Law schools provide names of faculty in each specialty area.

From my earlier post, U.S. News Provides Additional Information On Forthcoming Law School Rankings: