U.S. News & World Report has released its 2010 law school rankings: Cue griping from a chorus of the publication’s detractors who maintain that the list undermines law schools’ focus on providing quality legal education.
The latest rankings-which some in the law school world love, and some just love to hate-don’t reveal any major upheavals among the nation’s most prestigious schools. Predictably, Yale Law School maintained its stranglehold on the top spot. Harvard Law School edged out Stanford Law School for the No. 2 spot after tying for that position last year. Duke Law School snuck up two spots and into the top 10 this year, tying Northwestern University School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law for the No. 10 spot.
