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December 27, 2022 | Law.com
"I did not attend the rally on January 6, 2021," High Point University School of Law Dean Mark Martin said in an email to Law.com on Tuesday. "I was not involved in any way in its planning, nor have I ever endorsed the events of that day, either before or after."
By Christine Charnosky
6 minute read
December 21, 2022 | Law.com
"This is simply that two lawyers filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights and we have been asked to respond," Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper distinguished professor of law, told Law.com in an email Monday. "The university, of course, will fully cooperate with the investigation."
By Christine Charnosky
5 minute read
December 20, 2022 | Law.com
"This will allow us to strengthen our already outstanding criminal justice faculty, which are widely regarded as among the very best in the country," Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper distinguished professor of law, said in a statement. "Barry Tarlow was an eminent criminal defense attorney, and I am thrilled that we will honor his legacy by having a permanent chair named in his memory."
By Christine Charnosky
3 minute read
December 9, 2022 | Law.com
The University of Virginia School of Law is the last of the T14 law schools to announce that it will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report education rankings, joining 11 other T14s (and 15 law schools in total) that have also pulled out.
By Christine Charnosky
4 minute read
December 6, 2022 | Law.com
"While the full scholarship is amazing, the package of opportunities that comes with this is potentially life-changing for the selected student," Mark A. Cohen, director of communications for Minnesota Law, told Law.com.
By Christine Charnosky
4 minute read
November 29, 2022 | Law.com
UC Davis Law Dean Kevin R. Johnson cited "major flaws" with the rankings, adding that law schools have made a good-faith effort to work with U.S. News on improvements, but "U.S. News has failed to meaningfully change the rankings methodology."
By Christine Charnosky
5 minute read
November 28, 2022 | Law.com
"The reality is that U.S. News & World Report is a journalistic enterprise, and they don't need anyone's permission, including mine, to publish a ranking, and they have ready access to information from the ABA and other public sources to construct their rankings," Cornell Law Dean Jens David Ohlin wrote in his statement.
By Christine Charnosky
4 minute read
November 23, 2022 | Law.com
"We are under no illusion that UCLA Law's decision will have a substantial impact on how law schools are evaluated by U.S. News," Interim Dean Russell Korobkin continued. "Approximately 80 percent of a law school's U.S. News 'score' is based on publicly available data and the surveys of reputation that U.S. News itself conducts, so U.S. News undoubtedly will continue to rank all of the law schools, perhaps with only minor methodological adjustments.
By Christine Charnosky
7 minute read
November 22, 2022 | Law.com
"[W]e believe that the U.S. News law school rankings" have become detrimental to legal education since "the rankings rely on flawed survey techniques and opaque and arbitrary formulas, lacking the transparency needed to help applicants make truly informed decisions," Dean Kerry Abrams told the Duke Law community Monday.
By Christine Charnosky
8 minute read
November 22, 2022 | Law.com
"[W]e are troubled that U.S. News relies in part on unverified data reported by law schools that can significantly impact outcomes," Northwestern Law Dean Hari Osofsky wrote. "This approach has implications for the accuracy and fairness of the rankings," further pointing out that law schools can only gain access to specific data by paying U.S. News.
By Christine Charnosky
7 minute read
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