Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I’m Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I’ll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

I’m happy to be back after a week off, and I’m diving right in with a look at recent University of Pennsylvania law grad Christopher Iacono’s new look at the U.S. News law school rankings and how they can be improved. Next up, I’m asking readers to weigh in on how Law.com reports on the ABA’s annual law school employment figures. Read on!