AbovetheLaw has released their early copy of the US top law school rankings, due out next week. The details have Stanford and Yale at Number 1. ATL say that the US News methodology does not appear to have altered much notwithstanding the uproar that has ensued following their rankings methodology. As predicted by law school […]
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Choosing the law schools’ rankings from the upcoming U.S. News & World Report can be a vexed issue, but the effort has been made by a number of experts, as reported in the ABA Journal with a reasonably predictable outcome for many – except for the Number 1 law school. While Yale and Stanford are
The University of Otago’s law faculty is grieving the loss of one of its esteemed alumni, who tragically lost his life in what appears to be a hit-and-run incident in Sydney. Mitch East, 28 was a former Meredith Connell solicitor, who had also worked with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terror attack.
Checking how to get to the best pre-law schools means doing some research but these are the leading schools – together with some examples of other top, small schools
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U.S. News has released its controversial 2023-2024 Best Law Schools rankings, which faced delays and methodological changes. The rankings now heavily emphasize employment outcomes and bar passage rates. Notable changes include Harvard dropping to fifth place, a tie between Penn and Yale being broken, and Duke making the biggest gain in the T14. State schools also saw significant improvements.
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The American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar will reconsider the elimination of the longstanding rule requiring schools to use the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) or other standardized tests when admitting students. The decision raises the question: should law schools continue to require standardized tests like the LSAT as part of their admissions process?
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The US News law school rankings for 2023 have been delayed due to unrelenting criticism from law schools about their accuracy.
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The US News & World Report college rankings that have been so long-favored by so many schools and their students alike is losing two of the country’s most prestigious law schools, who say that the methodology and the values of the system is “profoundly flawed”. “The U.S. News rankings are profoundly flawed — they disincentivize programs that
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Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann may have only been in the top legal role for over three years, but her impact has been pronounced in areas ranging from access to justice issues to digitisation programmes. Negotiating the Covid pandemic has been a major challenge, which has been compounded – or exacerbated – by the increase
